Thomas
Hi my name is Thomas. I am 12 years old and I live in Southern New Hampshire. My mother is from England and my father's grandparents were from Poland. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother. I have 4 cats. We often foster cats that are sick and kittens that are too young to be adopted and sometimes they are sick too. I am in 6th grade at West Running Brook Middle school. My favorite subject at school is gym. I know it's important to study hard and do my homework but sometimes when the weather is nice I just love to spend my time outside. I love to keep active and enjoy many sports. In the summer I like to swim, kayak, and bicycle. I also like to play baseball and play football with my friends. In the fall I play soccer. In the winter I like to ice skate on a pond in back of my house and ski. My favorite book is the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. My favorite kind of food is Italian especially pizza. I drink a lot of water but if I feel like something sweet I drink orange-tangerine juice. We don't eat much candy at home but the candies I like the most are twizzlers. I decided to do a website on obesity because I think it's important to know how to keep myself healthy. We hear a lot about kids being overweight and having their life spans shortened. We talk a lot about it in school and I wanted to find out more about the global impact of obesity. We looked at many different aspects of healthy living on this website and I will definitely be more careful about what I eat. My Grandma had diabetes and high blood pressure so I have a reason to avoid parts of her lifestyle that added to her diseases. I learnt to read all the food labels and to try to avoid foods with the first ingredient sugar (unless its candy, of course). We worked together as a team on the forum and at meetings. It's always interesting to meet people from different cultures. We had a lot of fun trying new recipes and building food sculptures. I hope you enjoy this website and learn something from it. I know I did.