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I'm noticing that there's loads of fat children these days. Usually they have fat parents too.
What the hell is going on?
It's the parents right to eat and diet how they wish, but surely they have a responsibility to ensure their kids eat healthily, exercise regularly and avoid becoming an early health risk?
It seems the parents of these fat little kids just don't give a f
k at all.
What the hell is going on?
It's the parents right to eat and diet how they wish, but surely they have a responsibility to ensure their kids eat healthily, exercise regularly and avoid becoming an early health risk?
It seems the parents of these fat little kids just don't give a f
k at all. 
Heathwood said:
I don’t notice too many that are fat, but those that are always have chubbies as parents. It’s child abuse IMO, pure and simple.
This. I don’t see fat kids everywhere, but when I do see some, they usually have obese parents waddling along behind them.
Far more common these days are fat young women, usually with boyfriends who are thin/normal build. If you spend any time near a university campus, you will see a shocking amount of overweight girls aged 18-25, and quite often with a fairly slim, and healthy looking male partner.
Oh, and female NHS staff. What the heck is going on there? Levels of obesity amongst NHS staff is incredible.
Even the Royal College of Physicians are so worried about it, that they pointed us to a Department of Health report called "Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On" which mentions:
"Of the 1.2 million staff in the NHS, it is likely that around 300,000 would be classified as obese and a further 400,000 as overweight.
Got a teacher in the family, kids dangerously under weight and they can be reported to the relevant authorities.. ... Kids dangerously over weight... No interest.
She has young kids who are so obese they are developing sores on their thighs & are simply unable to take part in PE in any meaningful degree. Their morbidly obese family collect... Nothing anyone can do.
She has young kids who are so obese they are developing sores on their thighs & are simply unable to take part in PE in any meaningful degree. Their morbidly obese family collect... Nothing anyone can do.
mikewilliams79 said:
BurtonLazars said:
NHS sites have banned smoking on campus (or confined it to an inconvenient area) because smoking causes cancer. Surely the next step is to ban staff with a BMI above overweight from campus, too.
Wouldn't be left with many people.Ironically although they are obese they may also be malnourished because of a diet lacking in fruit and vegetables.
You also see normal weight parents but with obese children.
Main problem is ultra processed foods. They are cheap, highly flavoured and also highly calorific. Fizzy drinks perhaps the epitome - sugar and chemicals that provide calories with no other nutritional benefit.
Eating proper food is more expensive and takes a lot more time and effort. Most people nowadays don’t seem to want to make an effort.
What is also ironic is that you often see parents who lavish money on their off spring buying designer clothes and endless toys and tat but don’t put any thought, energy or money into feeding them properly.
Situation seems to have got much worse. Not sure of a solution. People keep suggesting that the government do something but shouldn’t parents take responsibility in the first instance?
You also see normal weight parents but with obese children.
Main problem is ultra processed foods. They are cheap, highly flavoured and also highly calorific. Fizzy drinks perhaps the epitome - sugar and chemicals that provide calories with no other nutritional benefit.
Eating proper food is more expensive and takes a lot more time and effort. Most people nowadays don’t seem to want to make an effort.
What is also ironic is that you often see parents who lavish money on their off spring buying designer clothes and endless toys and tat but don’t put any thought, energy or money into feeding them properly.
Situation seems to have got much worse. Not sure of a solution. People keep suggesting that the government do something but shouldn’t parents take responsibility in the first instance?
Totally agree, I drove opp North yesterday my first road trip in a year and on the way back stopped at at a services, the only healthy options were in M&S but the lines were at KFC and the families lining up at The Golden Arches resembled them, Cheap Lazy food for the masses seems to be the winner, my annual mot at the docs the nurse had a bum that would struggle down a bus isle-something needs to be done!
"Eating proper food" is NOT more expensive.
It's down to laziness, everyone is "so busy" yet they spend hours watching TV or dare I say wasting time on the 'net.
It also doesn't help when people say "big" instead of "fat" as if "fat" is a taboo word.
Possibly can be summed up by saying that sadly the human race is stupid.
It's down to laziness, everyone is "so busy" yet they spend hours watching TV or dare I say wasting time on the 'net.
It also doesn't help when people say "big" instead of "fat" as if "fat" is a taboo word.
Possibly can be summed up by saying that sadly the human race is stupid.
austinsmirk said:
Ever watched the news regarding a food bank ?
Noticed just how obese the parents and children are ?
It’s like some surreal reality.
But honestly we’re don’t forget as a nation: just look at society as it wobbles its way around.
But that's about being able to afford or not. Not about making wise food choices.Noticed just how obese the parents and children are ?
It’s like some surreal reality.
But honestly we’re don’t forget as a nation: just look at society as it wobbles its way around.
loskie said:
"Eating proper food" is NOT more expensive.
It's down to laziness, everyone is "so busy" yet they spend hours watching TV or dare I say wasting time on the 'net.
It also doesn't help when people say "big" instead of "fat" as if "fat" is a taboo word.
Possibly can be summed up by saying that sadly the human race is stupid.
Absolute rubbish.It's down to laziness, everyone is "so busy" yet they spend hours watching TV or dare I say wasting time on the 'net.
It also doesn't help when people say "big" instead of "fat" as if "fat" is a taboo word.
Possibly can be summed up by saying that sadly the human race is stupid.
A fiver in Iceland and you can feed a family of four cheap beige processed stodge about three times straight out of the freezer. (1.6 kg chips and 50 chicken dippers, -£4.50)
What is you healthy alternative.
Eating properly is significantly more expensive than eating crap.
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