Overweight kidds

Article in the paper today, 155 million kidds world wide are severly overweight.
When I was a kid (ok Im 42) the fat kids like me were the minority, today you have to look for the thin kids.
I dont know about anyone else but since I started BBuilding and watching my diet these last years I certainly pass it on to my kids.
I know countless parents who are huge and there kids reflect it. I hate to talk down to them because I myself used to be heavy, but for the love of the kids someone needs to get them a miror and a wakeup kick in the ass.
Sorry had to rant.....

twinkies are yummy

there was an article in USA Today a few days ago about an implant you can get (retainer almost) in the roof of your mouth. supposed to control how fast you eat. how stupid is that. there were only a certain number of dentists qualified to "install" these retainers too.

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Originally Posted by KeyMastur

there was an article in USA Today a few days ago about an implant you can get (retainer almost) in the roof of your mouth. supposed to control how fast you eat. how stupid is that. there were only a certain number of dentists qualified to "install" these retainers too.

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they had a demonstration and a story on those yesterday on fox news...the whole time all i could think was what a load of crap...

Three things have happened:

1) Almost every foodstuff kids eat today have huge amounts of calories and fat.
2) Playing outside has been replaced by PS2 and the Internet
3) Parents are right there with them stuffing twinkies down the hatch watching Ameican Idol. This behavior gets passed on to the kids... the cycle continues.

everytime i see an overweight parent dragging their overweight kid around Walmart and hear those kids screaming I WANT THIS I WANT THAT.. i want to grab that parent bythe hair and tell them... "ok i can tell you hate your life.. but do you really want to kill your kids by making them fat too??????"

her in lebanon its rare to see fat pplz espacialy in kids, 99% of the kids are in good shape.

From everything I see, it can be remedied simply by not having the **** in the house to begin with. The blame falls largely on the parents, in my opinion, who use sweets and junk food as negotiating tools. If and when I have children, there sure aren't going to be any cookies and whatnot in the house for constant access.

BG I had that upbringing.. no cookies candy sdas chips, nothing.. and I was forced to play outside everyday for a couple hours.. the nly time i had junk food was when I was sick and then i was allowed to induldge.. which I still do if Im sick.. lol

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Originally Posted by ttuPrincess

BG I had that upbringing.. no cookies candy sdas chips, nothing.. and I was forced to play outside everyday for a couple hours.. the nly time i had junk food was when I was sick and then i was allowed to induldge.. which I still do if Im sick.. lol

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Do you think you're better off for it? I'm by no means talking about forcing my healthy lifestyle upon them and having BigGreen Jr eating brown rice and skinless chicken breasts, but I do think that giving them soda every night (or even having it accessible) is almost a mild form of child abuse.

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Originally Posted by BigGreen

Do you think you're better off for it? I'm by no means talking about forcing my healthy lifestyle upon them and having BigGreen Jr eating brown rice and skinless chicken breasts, but I do think that giving them soda every night (or even having it accessible) is almost a mild form of child abuse.

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im glad I didnt have that crap.. now I know how to induldge without completely pigging out.. and by no means did my parents make me eat rice and chicken every night.. we had fun stuff.. like tacos (crispy shells have 20 g/carbs for every 3) or sloppy joes and stuff that was relatively good for you, but tasted good too...and I LOVED VEGGIES!!!!! I ate salads like they were candy.

the crazy thing about it was that my parents (dad and step mom ) were and still are overweight and I was a skinny little pole.. so no,just cause someones overweight, doesnt mean their kids have to be too..

statistically (you can look it up if you dont buy my BS...lol) in the late 70s and early 80s only 3% of americans were obese. now 33 percent are and its climbing about 1.5%each year concurrently for the last 5years.

In 1985 the internation obesity task force announced obesity as an epidemic. Approx. 1/3 (33.4%) of adults are to be obese. More pople arespending more time at work in a office job. More sitting and less activity. evidence of this is concluded in things like (LPB) low back pain, knee injuries, chronic diseases like increased triglycerides and cholesterol levels,obesity, high blood pressue, glucose tolerance, heart disease, and strokes.

parents pass this directly along to their children. Their is less involvement in outdoor activities and more time spent playing video games,watching TV, and sitting on a computer. parents do less home cooking and outsource their food from other establishments.

I was a fat kid when I was little. That's why I'm such a narcissistic, self-loathing bastard now.