Overweight children in America

[Bonzi]

what do you think the % is of overweight and/or obese children in America?
(without looking it up?)

 

[Iceweasel]

I'm guessing 33%.

 

[Bonzi]

well that was no mystery!
that doesn't include the "borderlines" either. Not sure what the state would be if those were included...

 

[Bonzi]

now, the question is - why?
or, more importantly - who is at fault?

 

[ClosedCaption]

now, the question is - why?
or, more importantly - who is at fault?

Being lard asses is akin to being free to some of these dumbass. Free to have diabetes and heart disease. Just dont mention companies shoveling fucked up food in Americans faces. That, unlike cutting off a diabetic limb, is unfair

 

[martybegan]

I have a major issue with trying to categorize people into obese and borderline using a chart that only takes into account a person's height and sex. At 5'8 the chart says I should be around 165, and the Chart can go kiss my ass. I admit I am around 230 right now and I am overweight, but when I get down to 200 or so people start thinking I look too thin for my frame.

I have what the Italians call the "Paisan" Build, short in stature, and wide in the shoulders. The charts don't take that into account.

 

[gipper]

Obesity is higher amongst the poor, since they tend to eat mostly processed shitty food.

Maybe when an R is the WH, the media will rise hell about this.

 

[irosie91]

the human brain is hardwired to eat

 

[irosie91]

I have a major issue with trying to categorize people into obese and borderline using a chart that only takes into account a person's height and sex. At 5'8 the chart says I should be around 165, and the Chart can go kiss my ass. I admit I am around 230 right now and I am overweight, but when I get down to 200 or so people start thinking I look too thin for my frame.

I have what the Italians call the "Paisan" Build, short in stature, and wide in the shoulders. The charts don't take that into account.

funny ----I have the same problem -----when I approach that level that WAS my IDEAL weight-----even as a young girl-----people thought I was dying-------my cheeks cave in. HOWEVER-----I am now overweight------If I lose ten pounds----there will be rumours of THE BIG C.......... I should-----anyway

 

[Bonzi]

now, the question is - why?
or, more importantly - who is at fault?

Being lard asses is akin to being free to some of these dumbass. Free to have diabetes and heart disease. Just dont mention companies shoveling fucked up food in Americans faces. That, unlike cutting off a diabetic limb, is unfair

causes breathing problems as well. Sleep apnea etc.

 

[the_human_being]

I would say the major causes are: EBT, games, and the lack of a viable physical education program at their schools.

 

[OldLady]

When I was a kid, I was fat. Fattest kid in my class. The doctor kept saying it was baby fat and would go away. It did when I hit puberty. Since then, I've had trouble keeping weight on. I don't know what baby fat is, but I can't be the only person it ever happened to.
I did eat a lot of junk, too, PLUS the three squares a day my mom put on the table. But I still eat whatever I want and I'm still thin.

 

[TNHarley]

Too much. Parents should be parents instead of friends.

 

[OldLady]

I would say the major causes are: EBT, games, and the lack of a viable physical education program at their schools.

When I was a kid, we were always outside playing, climbing trees, walking a couple miles to a friend's house. People are too afraid to let their kids ramble like that anymore. It's a shame. I had a lot of fun.

 

[Bonzi]

There is a stage in development where every kid gets pudgy, right before a growth spurt.
Both my kids had that.
Both are thing/average now.
My youngest is average/strong because of being in the military.
My oldest started to get heavy, but Dr. told him to watch it so he trimmed down.

I love my kids self-discipline! I'm am so proud! I don't even have to nag them!

 

[Bonzi]

Too much. Parents should be parents instead of friends.

Not only that.
Parents just don't want to deal with the work to mold and teach their kids.
It's like, just watch tv, eat what you want and stay out of my hair.

 

[OldLady]

Obesity is higher amongst the poor, since they tend to eat mostly processed shitty food.

Maybe when an R is the WH, the media will rise hell about this.

I believe Mrs. Obama has been making a fuss about this for several years. Fresh produce is expensive; it will never work on food stamps or a really tight budget.

 

[Bonzi]

Genetics is a big part of health
Weight is controllable (most of the time) - it can make the quality of life better. And improve psyche.

 

[Bonzi]

Maybe kids need to be taught in school how to be good parents.
If anyone can figure that out....

 

[Pogo]

When I was a kid, I was fat. Fattest kid in my class. The doctor kept saying it was baby fat and would go away. It did when I hit puberty. Since then, I've had trouble keeping weight on. I don't know what baby fat is, but I can't be the only person it ever happened to.
I did eat a lot of junk, too, PLUS the three squares a day my mom put on the table. But I still eat whatever I want and I'm still thin.

Yup, metabolisms vary widely. That's lucky for you.

The variable at work here is the input. We've evolved in the last few decades to far more processed/frozen food-wannabes with far more sugar and salt in bigger portion sizes, and we're exhorted at every turn to eat beyond the traditional sit-down-with-family meal time format. It's not necessarily that Corporatia all got together and said "let's make people fat", but that individually the Frito-Lays and the General Foodses and the Coke/Pepsis each tried to claim their own angle of profiteering at the expense of public health.

Most people's constitutions can't handle that. And I left out genetic engineering; I can't eat wheat any more, nor can a lot of people, without at the very least balooning on another twenty or thirty pounds, if not worse. Not only is wheat (a grass) not an ideal food basic for humans, it ain't the wheat it used to be.