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blenchi
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Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:21 pm |
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Who’s to blame for childhood obesity?
| Quote: | Who’s to blame for childhood obesity?
Should governments be doing more to tackle the growing rate of obesity around the world or does the buck stop with parents?
From today all adverts for processed snacks and fast food in France will have to carry a health message encouraging people to stay healthy and take regular exercise.
The move affects advertisements on television, radio and billboards and the Internet for processed, sweetened or salted food and drinks. Advertisers who refuse to run the message face a fine of 1.5 percent of the cost of the ad.
Will these messages have an effect? What can be done to stop the rise in childhood obesity? Are parents doing enough to stop their child becoming overweight? Should your government be taking the issue more seriously?bbc.co.uk |
I think parents are to blame. Eat healthy at home. No sweets, coke, chips. Only on special days they can have a treat.
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| pax
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Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:29 pm |
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The food! It's the food's fault! Blame the food! Sue the food!
LOL, just kidding Blenchi. I agree with you.
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| yankee-in-france
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:17 am |
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I agree, Blenchi, that parents set the stage for the eating habits of their children. I don't think though that unhealthy snacks are the only culprit. How many families actually have dinner together? Do they sit down to a table as a family or is everyone in a hurry to do his/her own thing? Is it a home-cooked meal or is it prepared food picked up by Mom on her way home from work?
Americans not only eat too much, but they eat too fast, and everything has way too much sugar in it. It is hard to find a loaf of bread that doesn't have sugar in it. The meat has been genetically modified with chemicals and hormones. Some of the chicken sold in the US is pathetic looking. The food supply is IMO in a sorry state of affairs.
There is some interest in the bio foods, but they can be too expensive for some people.
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| yankee-in-france
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:19 am |
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| pax wrote: | The food! It's the food's fault! Blame the food! Sue the food!
LOL, just kidding Blenchi. I agree with you. |
We can foresee that litigation, can't we? The smokers did it with the cigarettes, why not the fatties. 
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| justamom
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:37 pm |
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| yankee-in-france wrote: | | pax wrote: | The food! It's the food's fault! Blame the food! Sue the food!
LOL, just kidding Blenchi. I agree with you. |
We can foresee that litigation, can't we? The smokers did it with the cigarettes, why not the fatties. |
Some ppl already tried sueing mcdonalds didnt they for making them fat? 
Seriously I dont know where this childhood obesity comes from. I have 5 kids and none are obese. They eat junk food all the time too so go figure. I guess it might have something to do with playing outside, skateboarding and playing sports but Im no expert lol.
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| dithers
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:46 pm |
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I agree with all of the above. And sometimes it just boils down to your genes. But that being the case, guess you are stuck with a lifetime of just having to work harder at keeping the weight off and not blaming someone else for it.
Did any of you see this story from last week?
| Quote: | A grossly overweight eight-year-old boy who weighs four times the healthy weight of a child his age has been allowed by Social Services to stay with his family.
Connor McCreaddie, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, weighed 15stone 8lb before Christmas and has since lost one-and-a-half stone thanks to intensive exercise and healthier eating.
Connor and his mother, Nicola McKeown, 35, attended a child protection conference with North Tyneside Council where social workers allowed the boy to stay with his family rather than being taken into care.
The hearing was held under Section 47 of the Children Act, which places a duty on the local authority to conduct an inquiry if it has "reasonable cause to suspect that a child... in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm".
After the meeting North Tyneside Council issued a statement on behalf of the Local Safeguarding Children Board.
"We have had a useful discussion ... during which all agencies and the family confirmed that the priority in this matter is the eight-year-old boy," the statement said.
"The Local Safeguarding Children Board was able to confirm that its hope and ambition is to enable this child to remain with his family.
"In order to move this matter forward we have made a formal agreement with the family to safeguard and promote the child's welfare."
http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/paChildTues18OverweightboyUD |
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| blenchi
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:51 pm |
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Kids nowadays are hanging infront of the tv or computers for hours. Do you see kids playing in the streets, school nowadays? No they are hanging infront of supermarkets and mc.donalds. Ofcourse there are exceptions when a child is fat, could be his heart or some kind of medicines ....but most of them its because of the food intake and hardly any exercise. You see this in the Netherlands too now. There is also a rise in diabetes.
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| dithers
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:01 pm |
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| blenchi wrote: | | Kids nowadays are hanging infront of the tv or computers for hours. Do you see kids playing in the streets, school nowadays? No they are hanging infront of supermarkets and mc.donalds. Ofcourse there are exceptions when a child is fat, could be his heart or some kind of medicines ....but most of them its because of the food intake and hardly any exercise. You see this in the Netherlands too now. There is also a rise in diabetes. |
I remember one of the things that I hated throughout my public school years was that by virtue of the different places we moved to that I wound up having Phys.Ed. for all 12 years. That was not always normal. Not being a naturally athletic type I always hated Phys. Ed.
But nowadays I think it is the exception instead of the norm to have Phys. Ed. In fact, I've recently seen stories where kids are even banned from running at recess for fear they will fall and hurt themselves. Not to mention all of the games they are banned from playing such as tag, etc.
And then people are surprised that kids are couch spuds and overweight?
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| blenchi
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:45 pm |
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Ohh Dithers here is another one ....I hated gym. I had to hang on a bar...or jump that high thing...don't know the name. I was scared to jump and hang. But I loved the games. Volleyball, softball etc. Hide and seek. Playing Indians and cowboys....lol Hoola Hoop...remember that? Its exercise too. You had many many games which you hardly see them do nowadays
I love aerobics and being on the treadmill. I want to be in shape. And I love food...but I do take care.
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| Ber
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:00 am |
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It is a rule in our house, in the warm weather (usually spring, summer and fall) and when school is not in session, after breakfast, the kids are kicked out in to the back yard for the day. They can come in for lunch and I take light snacks out the them every couple of hours. They drink milk in the morning and and have water bottles outside all day, they can choose juice water or milk w/lunch and dinner. The one exception they are allowed is a small soda twice a week, pizza once a week (after school, we have to jet to gymnastics w/ soccer immediately following so it's got to be quick) and on Mondays, they are allowed a fast food meal. My grandparents (Grampa just turned 84) took us to MacDonald's every thursday and I was a very petite child. My kids are small and light, but they are health y and extremely active and involved in extra curriculars. We installed a play set last spring for them. It was designed by pediatrians an engineers to promote child health and fitness.
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| castlerocklives
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:45 am |
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I can see how some kids become obese very quickly if parents do not have control over their eating habits.
My 10 and 12 year old daughters are completely different in body shape and eating patterns. My 10 yr old is very thin, long legged and has that "super model" physique. She also has a picky appetite and sometimes I have to ask her to please eat, and I worry because she is afraid of getting fat, but Dr says she is healthy.
My 12 yr old has a very voluptuous figure. She is already in a 34C bra and has all the curves of a 16 yr old, but by no means overweight. But, if I let her eat whenever she wanted and whatever she wanted, she would be obese in a matter of weeks I think. She can eat hourly and thinks fast food or sweets are the best...so I have to keep an eye on her. It is also scary because males tend to think she is much older 
Thankfully they are both very active physically and only play video games if it is nasty outside.
Just my experience with kids and weight issues.
CRL
Edit to add:
That play set looks like a lot of fun Ber!
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