Fat Kids

Tehachapi

Dudess wrote: »

I read so much talk of "little Johnny" on AH - yet I struggle to think of any parent who calls their kid Johnny, let alone prefixes that with "little"...

Can't think of many fat kids either, or of parents who blame genes or whatever for any of the small few overweight kids.

You just don't lurk around schools wearing a trenchcoat and smoking a cigarette enough to spot them!

ILikeBananas

I was in Poland a few months ago and when I was visiting a castle there was a school load of local teenagers there. Not one of them was overweight. Now some of that is down to genetics but a lot of it is lifestyle.

Next time you're in the supermarket and you pass an eastern European family have a look into their trolley. I've noticed that they always have lots of fruit, lots of vegetables and lots of weird pickled things in jars. They don't tend to have any frozen food, soft drinks or processed instant meals.

There's a scenic pathway near my house that I run on several times a week. I see a lot of Irish adults out on it but it's very rare that I see them with their children (unless they are in a pram). On the other hand I see loads of Eastern European families (with children of all ages) out together either cycling or roller-blading.

Eat smarter. Excercise more. It's not even expensive. It just takes a bit of will. Good eating habits and a love of activity are things that will stay with a child for life and will lead to healthier and ultimately happier lives.

ILikeBananas

Tehachapi wrote: »

I for one blame the fall in the rave scene for this obesity epidemic.

Dancing for 8 hours straight, electronic music forever!

Yup-Let's get all those little salad dodgers on the 'e diet'!

Tayla

ILikeBananas wrote: »

Good eating habits and a love of activity are things that will stay with a child for life and will lead to healthier and ultimately happier lives.

^^^ This

It's not exactly rocket science but yet due to sheer laziness on the parents behalf they practically condemn their children to a lifetime of unhealthy habits.

Gourami

Here's some nice examples. In my job I've come across the following in the last week:
1) the 9 year old who weighed 52kg
2) the 15 year old who weighed 101kg

And let's just say the apple didn't fall far from the tree when it came to the parents!

Terry Cotta

Sky King wrote: »

I personally would prefer to have a skinny kid and it be abducted than to have to look at a fat one every day.

:pac:

This talk about people not having time to cook is load of sh*t. Nobody works 24hr shifts. Its just pure laziness. Turn off the Telly and open a cookbook ffs!

Saila

Dudess wrote: »

I read so much talk of "little Johnny" on AH - yet I struggle to think of any parent who calls their kid Johnny, let alone prefixes that with "little"...
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and what about those jane and john doe's, they have to be the most unlucky people to ever live, always dying

D1stant

ILikeBananas wrote: »

I was in Poland a few months ago and when I was visiting a castle there was a school load of local teenagers there. Not one of them was overweight. Now some of that is down to genetics but a lot of it is lifestyle.

+1

Was coming home from France a few weeks ago and every fat kid getting on the plane was Irish, and every 'normal' kid was French. Not only that but I find Irish kids very badly behaved in comparison with continental kids. Maybe thats off topic, or maybe related to diet also in some way?

dsmythy

Gourami wrote: »

Here's some nice examples. In my job I've come across the following in the last week:
1) the 9 year old who weighed 52kg
2) the 15 year old who weighed 101kg

And let's just say the apple didn't fall far from the tree when it came to the parents!

So THAT'S how babies are made!

KungPao

Gourami wrote: »

Here's some nice examples. In my job I've come across the following in the last week:
1) the 9 year old who weighed 52kg
2) the 15 year old who weighed 101kg

And let's just say the apple didn't fall far from the tree when it came to the parents!

My missus weighs 52 kgs and I weigh 75.

We're both 30 yrs old.

Unless those kids are freakishly tall for their age or something, that's bad news.

kincsem

I live close to two schools, primary and secondary. It is lovely and quiet now during the holidays, but when they are back at school it is like the Oscars - large vehicle sweeping up the road rushing the kids to school. Often there is a 150 yard traffic jam.

On my cycle past another school nearby I counted twelve people carriers parked outside.

I wonder would those children be able to find their way to school on their own.

Hank_Jones

Food is just so god damn tasty these days.

I remember being a child and being forced to eat horrible food,
my mother was a right evil bitch. :pac:

Maybe she knew the way to keep us skinny,
Can't get fat if we don't like the food we eat.

miss no stars

D1stant wrote: »

+1

Was coming home from France a few weeks ago and every fat kid getting on the plane was Irish, and every 'normal' kid was French. Not only that but I find Irish kids very badly behaved in comparison with continental kids. Maybe thats off topic, or maybe related to diet also in some way?

I'm gonna have to be completely fair here. I also came home from France a few weeks ago and I observed sometihng quite different. On the beach, an Irish family of porkers sat down to burn next to my family (who were admittedly all huddled in one spot trying to get shade from the one teeny umbrella). Anyway, I sniggered as I honestly can't imagine putting on a bikini if I was 12 and already a size 14-16 or so, like, I just wouldn't do it and I'd be wearing a tshirt and sarong on the beach - not showing it off. So I started muttering about Irish people making a show of themselves and proceeded to look around the beach to point out how the only fat kids were the Irish kids. But then I noticed, while the other nationalities of kids aren't as bad they're certainly not the little skinny malinks that kids were ten years ago. They weren't fat per se, more on the chunky side. Then walking around the town and noticed (because I was curious about how bad the obesity problem is in France), actually the local under 12s but over 7s were getting rather a bit too chunky. Couldn't help notice as I walked behind a barrel of a child as she stuffed her face with crisps.

Ireland's bad. The UK and USA are a bit worse. France is a bit better - but the problem is starting to occur there. They're about ten years behind us, but their kids are getting to be a little better coated with fat than they ideally would be.

Stained Class

When I was a kid there were fook all 'bloaters' around the place.

Fast forward to 2011, it's shocking how many 'Yank sized' lardbuts one sees waddling around.:eek:

I'm now 43 & have 2 kids now.

Myself & Mrs Class work long hours & are usually too wreaked to cook proper meals for our kids most nights

Often times it's chips 'n pizza under in the oven.:(

However it's usually a stew or a lassagne made 'big style', so it'll last 2 days. Always tastes better the second day.:)

Sport & and to instill a love of exercise is the key.

I have the kids do something at least a couple of nights during the week.


It's hard to do it all & you never know what it's like untill your in the position we're in.

My kids & myself are slim & fit for the record.

TimeToShine

Not fat, just bulking.

kincsem

I read the biography of Craig Venter, American biologist famous for his role in being one of the first to sequence the human genome.

He did mention that he thought children now do not play like he did as a child. One "activity" they had was sneaking into a local airport and racing the aircraft down the runway on their bicycles! (until one day they found a big fence around the airport.)

D1stant

kincsem wrote: »

He did mention that he thought children now do not play like he did as a child. One "activity" they had was sneaking into a local airport and racing the aircraft down the runway on their bicycles! (until one day they found a big fence around the airport.)

Sometimes it really is that simple. When I were a boy in the 70's we got home from schooll at 2:30 and were straight out the door playing football, building camps, bonfires, terrorising the old etc until 6:00. Now most parent dont leave their smallies ramble around unsupervised. We are told this is good parenting. And it is - but there are downsides

No daytime tv and no computers meant you had to invent fun with your buddies. That usually involved burning fat, and there was less fat to burn as the diet was boring, but totaly unprocessed and home cooked (99%)

Jesus I'd love a penny bar right now

amacca

D1stant wrote: »

bonfires, terrorising the old etc until 6:00.

now you do that after 6 in the evening and before 6 in the morning...the timetable has just changed a little

Sir Gallagher

At least we'll have a decent crop of up and coming goalkeepers and taking immigration into account Ireland may have a team of world beaters in 10 years time.

charlemont

Tehachapi wrote: »

I for one blame the fall in the rave scene for this obesity epidemic.

Dancing for 8 hours straight, electronic music forever!

Thats the one, Maybe E can save the fat generation, Yes, Give your fat kids E's.

Caitlinn

OP, I get your point that childhood obesity is a terrible thing but so long as you aren't a child who is overweight or have children who are overweight why let it bother you? Just go about your business, no harm, no foul. Life is too short.

Larianne

Caitlinn wrote: »

OP, I get your point that childhood obesity is a terrible thing but so long as you aren't a child who is overweight or have children who are overweight why let it bother you? Just go about your business, no harm, no foul. Life is too short.

Obese children will lead to obese adults and put an extra drain on the health system.

Caitlinn

Larianne wrote: »

Obese children will lead to obese adults and put an extra drain on the health system.

Whatever, get on with your own life and stop worrying about others and therefore judging them!

I'm wondering, since this is After Hours (and we can therefore say outlandish things) did the OP expect support for his ridicule of children?

Larianne

Caitlinn wrote: »

Whatever, get on with your own life and stop worrying about others and therefore judging them!

It's not judging them. It's an area I'm interested in.

Caitlinn

Larianne wrote: »

It's not judging them. It's an area I'm interested in.

what area?

Larianne

Caitlinn wrote: »

what area?

Obesity.

reap-a-rat

Caitlinn wrote: »

what area?

A rather large one, i would say !

Caitlinn

Larianne wrote: »

Obesity.

Oh, are you a dietician?

Caitlinn

reap-a-rat wrote: »

A rather large one, i would say !

You're hilarious! :rolleyes:

Larianne

Caitlinn wrote: »

Oh, are you a dietician?

No.