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I walk the streets and go out to dinner with my family, I see so many overweight Adults and there children. This is a MAJOR problem and a health epidemic. Is it right to say, that Parents are at fault for having Obese children…
“I hate hearing the excuse” I am just big boned” BS, I have NEVER see a fat skeleton in my life.
What is your input on childhood obesity.
It is 100% the parents. My feeling on it is that it should be charged as *pre-meditated attempted murder*. It is killing the child, and the parents are the ones carrying that out. a 15 year old 300lb kid will be lucky to live past 30, if they did…they would then have all sorts of serious healthy problems. People blame being “fat” on everything under the sun. At the end of the day it is a choice….they choose to sit on their butt and eat 24/7. They could choose to be out running a mile a day and eating a 2500 calorie healthy diet. For kids, it is the parents doing the shopping, they bring the food in…it is their fault! Being a 5′7 130lb mom of 2, and 15 weeks 3 days pregnant with #3….obesity makes me sick to my stomach! To me it is one of the most disgusting things ever, it’s gross. There is no excuse for it. Even medical excuses for it are PROVEN to be controled. Diet/excersize!
There is no reason for people to be pushing 200 lbs unless they are like 6′5! Seriously. Kid’s or adults for that matter.
Medical fact: Women who have a waist over 35 inches around…are 40% more likely to have heart problems. Men with a waist over 40 inches are 40% more likely to have heart problems.
Being morbidly obese increases your death rate by 80% within 10-15 years!
Why are people ignoring all of this and still stuffing their faces!!!!!! It’s sick and nuts!
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_f… The truth hurts. Deal with it, no one is “destined” to be fat! It’s a choice that they make, while medical things can contribute…they also can be counteracted and corrected! There are 0 excuses.
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I think it’s more complicated than that. Certainly if the children are living in a normal, middle class area, the parents should have better control over what their children eat. But if the kids are unfortunate enough to live in a poor, crime ridden area, it gets a little trickier. For example, in a bad neighborhood, you might not let your child play outside so they stay in, glued to the tube. And, because processed foods are cheaper than fresh, you buy the bad stuff because it’s what you can afford. Finally, there are some medical conditions that contribute to overweight and obesity. I would never put anything just on the parents.
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obesity isn’t always about eating habits, sometimes it’s from genetics, my mother was obese, and i am obese, though i have been trying for years to lose weight and keep it off.