You wouldn’t let your 5 year old smoke, drink alcohol, or play in the middle of the road. Why? Because it’s dangerous, harmful, and/or unsafe. But, you let your kid follow in your footsteps by eating all the garbage you bring home. How is this any different? You’re putting your kid in a hole they’ll have to overcome on their own, and it’s completely unfair to them. Not only are you putting your kid at many health risks, but you put them at risk of being bullied because of their weight. We’ve all seen how far bullying can go. I’m not saying your kids should all have 8 packs, but c’mon… Hearing a poor 5 year old girl huff and puff just to walk down the sidewalk is pretty sad to see. I feel bad for these kids, and it’s a display of incredibly selfish and bad parenting. Fat kids are becoming way too common, and it’s very sad to see. —Not So Happy Meal
This article appears in May 5-11, 2011.
o.p., some kids just are born with a weight gene. there are those people that eat fuck all, and still outweigh me by a large percentage. i know of one girl, who never ate a burger or any of that shit, she was a vegearian since she was about 12, now she goes almost 400 pounds. so i guess that shoots your idea all to hell then.
Fat kids make fine beach balls, all lobster red & all….
Back when I was a kiddo, it was a rarity to see a fat kid. Then, all of a sudden, the seams burst and they were everywhere!
Good Bitch!
I agree with this bitch. There seems to be fat kids everywhere these days. It’s sick.
What the hell happened?
Parents of fat children should be charged with child abuse!
Your parents should have stuck you on an island somewhere.
Life sucks: Sorry to tell you but there’s no such thing as a fat gene. Your friend is just a fat slob with no self control. Your weight is controlled by 3 main factors: calories in vs calories out, blood sugar levels, and metabolism. All of which can be completely controlled by you. It’s physically impossible to “do everything right” and still be fat. No it’s simple if you’re fat you’re to blame (unless you’re a kid). So no life sucks, you are wrong tell your friend to get on a treadmill.
No NGF onto “The Barge”. It’s this place where I imagine all the people I detest will end up. I’d salt them and put them on an anchored barge in the middle of the Caribbean sea.
Sun n’ Salt
You’re wrong, truelies.
Metabolic disorders CAN inhibit weight loss even if you’re doing everything right and even if you are eating under your BMR, even if your blood sugars are good. Sometimes you CAN’T control your metabolism. I have a metabolic disorder and if I don’t take certain medication, i just keep ballooning up and up, even when I’m eating 1200 cals a day and exercising intensively 3-4 times a week.
You should have a chat with an endocrinologist to get your ass straightened out, truelies.
With every year that passes it seems like people care less and less about what they put in their bodies, and thus in their kids bodies. Too many kids sit in front of the tv watching or playing video games instead of going outside to play.
I got half a mind to move to Europe, I use to live in France, obese/fat people were more rare. They have invested in a quality of life. People have more time to cook and live a healthy lifestyle because all the businesses close early. All this need for convenience in North America has created an environment where people eat fast food multiple times a week and think nothing of it. We’re all guilty, myself included. The sad thing is that when you’ve been fat since you can remember it seems completely normal. That’s hard to shake. Biggest thing for me is parents letting their kids drink pop all the time. Makes you way more likely to be obese and develop diabetes.
It’s definitely child abuse.
lol alright PK we get it by now.. geeze Louise.
I think that’s it, Tommy. Kids aren’t going outside to play anymore, they’re sitting around on computers and playing video games.
However, it’s not like the old time when you could let your kid go outside and not worry about them. I remember when I was a kid my parents had to force me to come inside when it got dark. My mom said it was the same when she was a kid — she’d go out in the morning, come home for lunch and wouldn’t go back home until she was forced to when the sun went down.
It’s just not like that these days.
Well you don’t have to get all persnickety, about it, Tommy.
Heh
lol persnickety? I tried not to be to mean about it cuz I know (at least I think) you’re a nice person who isn’t a big meanie, it’s just that you’ve told us the story about your metabolism disorder I believe 3 days in a row now and I get the feeling many times in the past.
Just sayin..
And yeah, it’s true there are more risks nowadays, many of these risks are made out to be higher than they actually are by the media and this culture of fear that we have though. But they can go in your back yard without worrying about being abducted, surely, especially if you keep a good eye on em. One could make a point to exercise with your kids, or enroll them in something like a sport or activity that gets them off their ass and on their feet. There’s also the Wii, Playstation Move and Xbox Connect, which have video games that get players on their feet and burning calories. I’m sure you’ll agree there’s no excuses to be made for making your kids overweight/obese. The only one I can think of abject poverty and even that is not a good one.
LS, this is only true for the minority of fatties. being at a healthy weight is 80% diet, 10% exercise, and 10% genetics. So only very few cases is this so and can still be controlled by diet and exercise, they just need to eat a little less and exercise a little more than others.
FYI, it’s spelled Kinect (yeah I know, it’s stupid). 😛
Nah that was on purpose Tron, don’t want Microsloft trying to sue for Copyright infringement now do I? lol
lol Mkay
My fat mother outlived three doctors who told her she would die if she remained obese. She’s 97 and they’re worm food. Go figure.
I should mention my mum had 4 sisters, all obese (over 250 lbs) – one croaked in her late 70s, two in their mid-eighties, one at ninety-five – GO GENETICS! >:)
She eat them?
Sorry (not really), I couldn’t resist ;p
Okay TTFN your mom and aunts represent the 1% of obese people who don’t die an early death. But something tells me none of them are, or have ever been, in tip top shape. Just because your weight hasn’t killed you doesn’t mean it hasn’t affected your health.
Okay prettykitty, you’re an exception. But there’s still no such “weight gene”. Sounds like a lame excuse to me.
It’s not just your health and life expectancy, I can’t imagine anyone being happier obese than not.
Even if we leave physical/sexual attractiveness out of the equation (because hey, we’re all attracted to different things, many overweight people are in relationships and there are those that find fat people sexy) there are just so many limits to what you can do when you’ve got all that extra weight to carry around. The smallest of things like walking steps, using public transit or taking a trip on a plane are significant challenges for those that we consider to be obese.
My biggest reason for trying to live healthy is that it really does effect your mood and worst of all your sex life, which really effect each other adversely. One thing just leads to another when it comes to poor health. I personally wouldn’t want to live to be 97 if I was huge.
i’d like to add that just b/c you’re skinny, doesn’t mean you’re healthy either. last year i went to a nutritionist and it was a real eye opener. the amount of sugar in everythinggggggg is shocking. processed foods, convenience foods etc. i cringe when i go grocery shopping and i see a family cruisin around with minimal vegetables in their cart, primarily sugary foods, litres of pop, and fruit juices and processed crap. the kids are super hyper, parents are obese, the kids following in their paths. it’s really sad. i’ve learned to shop the perimeter of the grocery store, mostly in the veg/fruit section, meat, dairy.
i seen on the doctors show today, that a lot of dyes in food, like those chewy ‘fruit snacks’ can be contributing to adhd in children and other behavioral problems.
Being overweight doesn’t necessarily mean you’re unhealthy but it means there’s a great chance that you are.
chickpeas are the answer^^
With the one exception of one aunt who had diabetes, the rest didn’t have to take any meds except my Mum who gets an iron pill everyday (and promptly spits it out). All these women, despite being obese, were all active throughout their lives. I can remember Mum walking downtown from the west end – shit, so she waddled, but she got there. I do believe activity does play a large part in aging but so does genetics.
truelies, you mised the point here. she was no fat, or even overweight,, til she hit her early 20’s. she was eating veggies in her early teen years, never liked cake, cookies, burgers or any of that crap. had well balanced meals, worked hard, and was very active.
she didn’t bother with video games and shit,this lady always maintained a perfect lifestyle, that most would die for, and yet, she started gaining weight. doctor said it was a pituatary reaction. and he wasthe one that mentioned genes to her, and remember, he is a doctor, so he would have an idea what he was talking about.
Truelies: I’d be interested in seeing your data/research on that “1%” claim you’ve made. Where’d you get your sources from?
I’m not saying that fat people are healthy as a whole, and I’m not saying people who are feeding their kids junk are doing them any good. What I am saying is, just because someone isn’t “thin” doesn’t mean they’re lazy slobs who stuff their pie hole with frosting from a can for supper and eat buckets of chicken every day. And hay, there are some fat people out there who’s self esteem is just fine. I know plenty of fatties who are quite happy with themselves. Hell, I’m still fat and I think I’m pretty darn amazing (though I will admit I’m not in the ‘obese’ category) 🙂
In any event, as mentioned, i agree with this bitch. Parents control what young children eat, and it’s a shame to see so many fat kids waddling around. Sometimes it’s as simple as putting them into an activity like dance, or put them on a sports team. Worked for one little girl I know. She’s 6 and was quite the chub until her parents got her involved in sports. Now she’s within a normal weight range. Though I will admit, her parents don’t feed her tons of shit and crap.
bananas are the answer
depends on where you put them painy. but yeah, bananas have more good shit in them than garlic, or at least that’s what health canada says. i mean fuck, i’m part ape, and always liked them, but to find out that they could actually prolong my time on this rock, way too fucking cool.
they’re the perfect food, like eggs or taters
Screw living to 97 … kill me now. Good grief.
How morbid.
I think kids and parents face a real challenge these days. Gone are the days like when I grew up in rural Nova Scotia way back when. Those days, in the summertime, you spent most of the day outdoors playing with friends, exploring the landscape with very little parental supervision. We didn’t have the modern toys and conveniences to tempt us away from that lifestyle.
Today, busy parents often use electronic babysitters which promotes a sedentary lifestyle for their children. As well, the temptation to use fast food as meals to save and energy is too much. All this has been said but I think parents have to set an example and become more physically active.
When they have show like Man Versus Food on TV pretty much says it all. OK, OK I do admit to watching it, it typifies the American mentality, enormous fried portions scarfed down in record time, although I do believe the outcomes of some of the food challenges are faked.
Anyone got any chips, pizza, deep fried Mars bar????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFB_vHVFM_8
remember my pic of the 6 foot pizza, man i could go for one right now. yum, slurp, burp, belch, gobble.
I worked with a guy who was 400 lb, and could eat a Big Mac in 2 bites. It was gross gross gross
You’re right a Big Mac is gross.
I saw someone today, s/he was 300lbs. s/he had tits. Like B’s or C’s, and I still don’t know if it was a guy or a girl. We should base our health care on people’s eating and activity levels. Fat fucks pay more than healthy people who don’t eat crap. How about that? Didn’t think so.
Parents don’t have a choice? I can think of 3 families right now who have active kids who don’t ask to go to mcdonalds. I know one of these families have never taken their kids for fast food, their kids don’t even consider it an option. I was surprized as fuck, that’s for sure. Hell, how to do cure a hangover without a bigmac?
I’m proud to say my lips have never hoovered a Big Mac – when I heard the sauce was basically 1000 Islands, I went yak and that was the end of Mickey Dees for me. Nor have I ever consumed a Whopper. I can’t think of an unkinder thing to do to my stomach.