the crisis of child obesity (704 hits)
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Submitted by <rabid_monkey1234.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-06-25 02:05:32 EDT
Children's obesity is receiving a ton of media attention these days. Time magazine addressed this "national epidemic" in a special issue recently. Seventeen reports that 15% of American teenagers are obese, a number that's more than doubled over the past 30 years. And a cultural fixation with fast food isn't helping. The nearly one-third of young Americans who eat fast food daily will likely gain six pounds more per year than those who never eat it.
The incredible amount of overweight kids in American is astounding. No other country on earth has such of high rate of obesity among people under twenty. What continually amazes me is that we write some news articles about it, do a few "exercise is good for your health" commercials and then let the issue rest when another issue takes its place as the health topic of the day. If the problem continues at such an alarming rate, we could be facing a crisis in a few short years. But if a kid has been raised in an instant gratification society, is he to blame for his desire for fast food? If a kid becomes obese due to lack of exercise because he plays X-Box five hours a day, who is to blame for that? Is it kid? Is it the parents? Is it the government? Is it our society as a whole? I have my own answers (and they most certainly do NOT involve the government), but I am interested to see what other people think about this pernicious problem that seems to have engulfed our young people. What should be done to solve child obesity in America?
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Submitted by checkyourmail (user info) at 2005-07-01 01:26:11 EDT (#)
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random +2
Submitted by Degreeless_Capibara (user info) at 2004-08-11 18:24:06 EDT (#)
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One time a fat kid tried to get candy off of me. I couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl, because it had boobs, but it might've been loose fat. I pushed it in front of a car and it left grease marks on the tires.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2004-08-11 17:37:41 EDT (#)
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i gain more weight from drinking than anything else
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-08-11 17:30:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AndraSidan (user info) at 2004-07-09 20:27:47 (#)
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Why such a high rating for three words and a picture? Here's a -2 to balence it out.
Submitted by Harmless (user info) at 2004-07-08 20:25:52 EDT (#)
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Useless.
I had fast food for dinner. I'm 5'11 and 130 pounds. It's called excercise, it's your own responsibility.
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2004-07-08 20:14:33 EDT (#)
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I bet your cunt is so fat you have to get your mom and dad to spread it before your fucking fat faced brother goes down on you.
PS FUCK YOU AND DIE
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-06-29 02:17:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-06-25 07:43:38 (#)
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However, the cut off for medically "Obese" is actually pretty rediculous. If you are a 5'6" girl and weigh 120lbs you are medically obese. I don't know if you can picture that, but that is not even "fat" let alone "obese".
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Actually, that would give someone a BMI of 19.4-the very low end of normal, almost underweight, in fact. Not obese in the least. In fact, they aren't classified as obese until their weight hits 186.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-06-29 02:07:12 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-06-27 17:30:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-06-25 07:43:38 (#)
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However, the cut off for medically "Obese" is actually pretty rediculous. If you are a 5'6" girl and weigh 120lbs you are medically obese. I don't know if you can picture that, but that is not even "fat" let alone "obese".
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agreed
it makes me angry when i see parents thrusting twinkies into kids hands then telling them
to go watch tv. it's horrific. The marketing/advertising doesn't help either. Kids go tell
your parents to go buy you sugar and starch riddled cereals so you can be kewl. and there is a shreck prize inside that you cannot live without!!
Submitted by samson (user info) at 2004-06-25 11:29:17 EDT (#)
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who cares!
http://runfatass.ytmnd.com/
Submitted by vodka7tall (user info) at 2004-06-25 11:06:32 EDT (#)
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Maybe your mom should stop feeding you for a while.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-06-25 09:30:27 EDT (#)
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In my day, parents proposed a simple promise to their kids: Lose weight or be suffocated by us in your sleep. One way or the other there was no fats roaming the streets.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-06-25 09:14:51 EDT (#)
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I think the problem is that kids don't have as much PE now and for fuck's sake they sell fast food and have soda vending machines in schools to make money. Where did they think that was leading? What astounded me about that story in Time was that only 20% of kids play a sport every day. When I was in school, there was usually that one or maybe two fat kids in the class. They were picked on, ridiculed, and for damn sure picked last for the teams. Now it seems to be reversed and there is just that one or maybe two kids in the class who are athletes.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2004-06-25 09:13:42 EDT (#)
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YEAH! Another obesity post!
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-06-25 09:02:56 EDT (#)
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What about fat pigs? Because I know of one particular fat pig who turned into lojope, or lojope the fat as she is called in some parts of the world.
Submitted by ApolIo88 (user info) at 2004-06-25 08:53:48 EDT (#)
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Do not fret. Not all obese children turn into fat adults. Except apollo.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-06-25 08:19:29 EDT (#)
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I wasn't actually talking about me. I am not that tall, actually. 5'6" would tower over me. But the girl I am talking about is nowhere near fat. "Not anorexic" does not mean "fat"
Submitted by slipryJim <party.at.your.place> at 2004-06-25 08:16:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-06-25 07:43:38 (#)
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However, the cut off for medically "Obese" is actually pretty rediculous. If you are a
5'6" girl and weigh 120lbs you are medically obese. I don't know if you can picture
that, but that is not even "fat" let alone "obese".
What planet are you on? that IS FAT... sorry, i'm a 5'8", 150 lb. guy; my body mass index is in the obese range because i lift... i jog when i can't see my abs. Unless you're at the gym, that example u gave indicates FAT, cause I would have to process more fat than a McDonald's fryer to get to my weight if i didn't jim.
Hell, if you're fat, don't worry, there'll always be more fatties to fuck. Even if u get skinny, i dont' want someone weak enough to have been fat in the first place!
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-06-25 07:58:35 EDT (#)
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If you are talking about yourself lojo, don't worry. You don't need a doctor to tell you are a fat dog, save yourself the trouble and open your fucking eyes.
YOU ARE FAT.
Don't believe me? A mirror would tell you the exact same thing.
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-06-25 07:43:38 EDT (#)
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However, the cut off for medically "Obese" is actually pretty rediculous. If you are a 5'6" girl and weigh 120lbs you are medically obese. I don't know if you can picture that, but that is not even "fat" let alone "obese".
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2004-06-25 06:13:24 EDT (#)
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I blame the parents.
I was bribed to eat my greens and other shite i wasn't really into with a pudding. Now i eat nothing but weetabix.
There should be bars on the outside of fastfood restaurants. If you can't squeeze throught them, you can't get in.
You fat cunt.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2004-06-25 05:04:56 EDT (#)
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Shoot them.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-06-25 04:57:01 EDT (#)
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+2 because fat kids are amusing to witness.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:50:00 EDT (#)
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Parents. It's the parents' fault. Obviously. If you stick a child in front of a TV, that's what he'll be acustomed to. If you teach him to throw a ball, jump on a trampoline, ride a bike, that's what he'll be used to doing.
It ain't exactly rocket science.
Submitted by Dashel (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:41:45 EDT (#)
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P.E. ISN'T mandatory at EVERY school however.
Submitted by shadowdragon (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:38:52 EDT (#)
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the problem is the parents. they're either fatasses themselves, or they don't understand that obesity is a bad thing, or they're just too lazy to be involved in their kid's lives.
PE has been mandatory at every school i've been to.
don't rank your own posts because it doesnt count. keep in mind that
THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE BOARD. THIS IS NOT LIVEJOURNAL. THIS IS NOT YOUR BLOG.
anyway, welcome to ubersite.
Submitted by Spiral_Abraxis (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:26:58 EDT (#)
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It's their own faults, the dumb fat fucks.
Submitted by AndraSidan (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:19:23 EDT (#)
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Hmm...why did it put my e-mail instead of my name? I guess I'll just give myself a 2 since I'm here and go fix the problem.
Submitted by Dashel (user info) at 2004-06-25 02:13:48 EDT (#)
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Tax junk food to death and make P.E. class MANDATORY...jeez, I don't know what to do.