General Chat

Hello again I think that the children whos parents dont let have them any sweets, chocolate, crisps, chips, and other food which is classed as bad for you, they are the ones who will most likely either end up a proper health freak, or as soon as they get old enough, they will rebel and think right im going to have all the stuff my parents wouldnt let me have, start binging and end up overweight! thats just my opinion though! x karen

everybody was made different. for the junk i ate when younger i should be obese. just look at old photo`s. i was chubby,but now i`m a muscalar man of your dreams. ha only joking beanpole more like. some children grow at different rates. some are tall,some are short. i have one of each.the youngest yes chubby and yes i keep an eye on this. i`m no scientist,but i`d rather wait to see when he finishes growing. exercise may be blame not what they eat. in my days i used to be out all the time not sporty,but walking climbing trees. today it`s indoors sky,playstation etc etc. if you wanted everyone to look the same perhaps we should have let someone else win the war. if certain foods are bad,why are`nt they banned or taxed. same for smoking. drinking. driving yuk those fumes nobody who should care cares at all. its about finances and how much can be made and then complaing how much is being lost or the cost to goverment. derek

Its the parents responsibility to make sure their children are getting the right food. Some people are happy to give their children ready meals and takeaways, thats why obesity is on the increase. Children should be allowed the odd bit of 'junk' but not every meal, some parents just dont care about what they give their children, if more people cooked balanced meals there wouldent be an obesity problem.

or maybe driving your children to and from school may help. my youngest son now has a complex about his weight,because of his school and his mother. looking at those who have stopped growing in my family.it seems to me they are over weight because they are happy and content with life. i seem to put on more weight when happy and content,and lose it just as fast when things not going too well. perhaps making my sons life a misery that will help. i may be wrong but even in the past was`nt we told these are good for you and more recently found out that they are not that good for you. derek

I haven't read all the replies Len, so sorry if i am repeating what may have already been said. Car culture has a lot to do with this Obesity in children debate, also in my opinion over eating sedentary parents pass on their lifestyles..Monkey see, Monkey do.

My Brother is a prime example, he is 'obese' nobody in our family is, why is he obese? because he eats rubbish! I had alot of sympathy for him at one time,we all did but after a while sympathy runs out when people dont help themselves, he lives on junk food, his wife wont cook so he is now 25stone plus!! we had the same diet at home healthy home cooked meals, when he married all that went out of the window, he has so many health problems, hes diabetic, he had high blood pressure, high cholestrol and his knees are destroyed because of his weight, he needs an operation on his knees but cant have it until hes lost weight. If you try to help him or advice him he gets angry with you, ive stopped trying, hes heading for a very early grave!!

Great thread this some very interesting views on it. Davex