Families need more help with tackling childhood obesity?!

[Burwood]

Mort7 said:

DocJock said:

Mort7 said:

Strange isn't it - if parents starved their child then they'd face charges, but if they overfeed them, or feed them junk food, it's somehow everyone else's fault, and so we all have to suffer the same consequences.

Not unlike putting folic acid in flour used to make the bread that we all eat, because expecting pregnant women to be sufficiently aware of the need to take supplements is unreasonable, or putting fluoride in tap water because parents can't be trusted to ensure their children use a fluoride toothpaste.

Limiting portions won't make the slightest difference. They'll just buy two.

Water fluoridation works through an entirely different mechanism to brushing with a fluoridated toothpaste and have completely different outcomes.

Not a requirement for adults though, is it?

And pointless when the chavs give their kids coke in a baby's bottle. My wifes nephew (9) does not eat any fruit or vegetables*. Bread, potato* and pasta is it. His mother is an NHS senior nurse. Beggars belief. Dad was 25 stone and only 5ft 7. The Nurse wife put him on a 'milk' diet. Silly question i suppose but I had to ask, WTF is that. err he just drinks milk. Oh fantastic

[Mort7]

DocJock said:

I never said it was. I was simply pointing out the error on your statement.

Fluoride in tap water is not a substitute for fluoride in toothpaste. They have two entirely different effects.

You are quite correct. I will endeavour to be more precise in future in order to satisfy the pedants.

[AlexC1981]

I fell foul today of the Tesco Express offer of 70p for one chocolate bar or £1.20 for three

I say it in jest, but if it was only 40p per bar, I would have bought one bar...