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April 28, 2011 at 1:55 PM #691350April 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM #690199
CoronitaParticipant[quote=bearishgurl]I routinely drive by a particular high school some mornings at the time all the kids are walking into school. Here, the students wear uniforms and nearly EVERY female, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 150 lbs and nearly EVERY male, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 185 lbs. A few students appear to weigh over 250 lbs! In my mind, there’s something terribly wrong with this picture.
And no, this is not my kid’s school, but the same issues also prevail in their school.
Pre-teen and teen obesity is clearly at an epidemic level. I totally blame the parents for lack of supervision, keeping lots of snack food around the house and giving their kids ample money to burn every day instead of packing a nutritious lunch.[/quote]
You know, in some cultures, past time, being big was considered beautiful and being too thin was considered heinous…..
April 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM #690267CoronitaParticipant[quote=bearishgurl]I routinely drive by a particular high school some mornings at the time all the kids are walking into school. Here, the students wear uniforms and nearly EVERY female, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 150 lbs and nearly EVERY male, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 185 lbs. A few students appear to weigh over 250 lbs! In my mind, there’s something terribly wrong with this picture.
And no, this is not my kid’s school, but the same issues also prevail in their school.
Pre-teen and teen obesity is clearly at an epidemic level. I totally blame the parents for lack of supervision, keeping lots of snack food around the house and giving their kids ample money to burn every day instead of packing a nutritious lunch.[/quote]
You know, in some cultures, past time, being big was considered beautiful and being too thin was considered heinous…..
April 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM #690881CoronitaParticipant[quote=bearishgurl]I routinely drive by a particular high school some mornings at the time all the kids are walking into school. Here, the students wear uniforms and nearly EVERY female, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 150 lbs and nearly EVERY male, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 185 lbs. A few students appear to weigh over 250 lbs! In my mind, there’s something terribly wrong with this picture.
And no, this is not my kid’s school, but the same issues also prevail in their school.
Pre-teen and teen obesity is clearly at an epidemic level. I totally blame the parents for lack of supervision, keeping lots of snack food around the house and giving their kids ample money to burn every day instead of packing a nutritious lunch.[/quote]
You know, in some cultures, past time, being big was considered beautiful and being too thin was considered heinous…..
April 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM #691025CoronitaParticipant[quote=bearishgurl]I routinely drive by a particular high school some mornings at the time all the kids are walking into school. Here, the students wear uniforms and nearly EVERY female, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 150 lbs and nearly EVERY male, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 185 lbs. A few students appear to weigh over 250 lbs! In my mind, there’s something terribly wrong with this picture.
And no, this is not my kid’s school, but the same issues also prevail in their school.
Pre-teen and teen obesity is clearly at an epidemic level. I totally blame the parents for lack of supervision, keeping lots of snack food around the house and giving their kids ample money to burn every day instead of packing a nutritious lunch.[/quote]
You know, in some cultures, past time, being big was considered beautiful and being too thin was considered heinous…..
April 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM #691375CoronitaParticipant[quote=bearishgurl]I routinely drive by a particular high school some mornings at the time all the kids are walking into school. Here, the students wear uniforms and nearly EVERY female, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 150 lbs and nearly EVERY male, tall or short, appears to weigh in excess of 185 lbs. A few students appear to weigh over 250 lbs! In my mind, there’s something terribly wrong with this picture.
And no, this is not my kid’s school, but the same issues also prevail in their school.
Pre-teen and teen obesity is clearly at an epidemic level. I totally blame the parents for lack of supervision, keeping lots of snack food around the house and giving their kids ample money to burn every day instead of packing a nutritious lunch.[/quote]
You know, in some cultures, past time, being big was considered beautiful and being too thin was considered heinous…..
April 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM #690204Shadowfax
Participant[quote=flu]”Everyone is prejudice to some extent..One way or another….Anyone who denies that is just full of it..”[/quote]
I think that is true. The key is to be aware of it in your relations with people and try to modulate it as best you can.
I do not agree with any imposed behavior mod program–but educating kids about healthy choices in behavior and in nutrition and exercise is great–at home and reinforced at school.
The two really should go hand in hand. I know and have coached kids whose parents don’t read to them because the parents can barely read themselves and/or they work a lot and aren’t home much with their kids. So it’s great that the kids get reading instruction and reinforcement at school–otherwise they wouldn’t get it anywhere else! So too for good habits–if meals consist of high fat, high calorie foods, then a health class on nutrition in school may be a kid’s only hope.
April 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM #690272Participant[quote=flu]”Everyone is prejudice to some extent..One way or another….Anyone who denies that is just full of it..”[/quote]
I think that is true. The key is to be aware of it in your relations with people and try to modulate it as best you can.
I do not agree with any imposed behavior mod program–but educating kids about healthy choices in behavior and in nutrition and exercise is great–at home and reinforced at school.
The two really should go hand in hand. I know and have coached kids whose parents don’t read to them because the parents can barely read themselves and/or they work a lot and aren’t home much with their kids. So it’s great that the kids get reading instruction and reinforcement at school–otherwise they wouldn’t get it anywhere else! So too for good habits–if meals consist of high fat, high calorie foods, then a health class on nutrition in school may be a kid’s only hope.
April 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM #690886Participant[quote=flu]”Everyone is prejudice to some extent..One way or another….Anyone who denies that is just full of it..”[/quote]
I think that is true. The key is to be aware of it in your relations with people and try to modulate it as best you can.
I do not agree with any imposed behavior mod program–but educating kids about healthy choices in behavior and in nutrition and exercise is great–at home and reinforced at school.
The two really should go hand in hand. I know and have coached kids whose parents don’t read to them because the parents can barely read themselves and/or they work a lot and aren’t home much with their kids. So it’s great that the kids get reading instruction and reinforcement at school–otherwise they wouldn’t get it anywhere else! So too for good habits–if meals consist of high fat, high calorie foods, then a health class on nutrition in school may be a kid’s only hope.
April 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM #691030Participant[quote=flu]”Everyone is prejudice to some extent..One way or another….Anyone who denies that is just full of it..”[/quote]
I think that is true. The key is to be aware of it in your relations with people and try to modulate it as best you can.
I do not agree with any imposed behavior mod program–but educating kids about healthy choices in behavior and in nutrition and exercise is great–at home and reinforced at school.
The two really should go hand in hand. I know and have coached kids whose parents don’t read to them because the parents can barely read themselves and/or they work a lot and aren’t home much with their kids. So it’s great that the kids get reading instruction and reinforcement at school–otherwise they wouldn’t get it anywhere else! So too for good habits–if meals consist of high fat, high calorie foods, then a health class on nutrition in school may be a kid’s only hope.
April 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM #691380Participant[quote=flu]”Everyone is prejudice to some extent..One way or another….Anyone who denies that is just full of it..”[/quote]
I think that is true. The key is to be aware of it in your relations with people and try to modulate it as best you can.
I do not agree with any imposed behavior mod program–but educating kids about healthy choices in behavior and in nutrition and exercise is great–at home and reinforced at school.
The two really should go hand in hand. I know and have coached kids whose parents don’t read to them because the parents can barely read themselves and/or they work a lot and aren’t home much with their kids. So it’s great that the kids get reading instruction and reinforcement at school–otherwise they wouldn’t get it anywhere else! So too for good habits–if meals consist of high fat, high calorie foods, then a health class on nutrition in school may be a kid’s only hope.
April 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM #690209bearishgurl
Participant[quote=flu]So let me get this straight briansd, BG, and shadowfax….
If a obese/overweight/slighty chubby kid is picked on in school, the same way a gay/lesbian kid is, you’re proposal to this “issue” is to tell the obese/overweight/slightly_chubby kid to lose weight and eat more healthy so that you won’t get picked on as much, because well it’s good for your health anyway??????? …[/quote]
No, flu, the berating and bullying of a kid should not be tolerated by schools OR parents. But WHO is reaching out to help this rapidly growing population? Many of these teens are already pre-diabetic (Type II). Many of their role models (parents) are obese themselves and don’t know how to prepare nutritious food.
It’s okay to teach tolerance AND life skills in schools. Most parents set a bad example in these areas.
Youth obesity is going to cost everyone a FORTUNE in the coming years!
April 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM #690277Participant[quote=flu]So let me get this straight briansd, BG, and shadowfax….
If a obese/overweight/slighty chubby kid is picked on in school, the same way a gay/lesbian kid is, you’re proposal to this “issue” is to tell the obese/overweight/slightly_chubby kid to lose weight and eat more healthy so that you won’t get picked on as much, because well it’s good for your health anyway??????? …[/quote]
No, flu, the berating and bullying of a kid should not be tolerated by schools OR parents. But WHO is reaching out to help this rapidly growing population? Many of these teens are already pre-diabetic (Type II). Many of their role models (parents) are obese themselves and don’t know how to prepare nutritious food.
It’s okay to teach tolerance AND life skills in schools. Most parents set a bad example in these areas.
Youth obesity is going to cost everyone a FORTUNE in the coming years!
April 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM #690891Participant[quote=flu]So let me get this straight briansd, BG, and shadowfax….
If a obese/overweight/slighty chubby kid is picked on in school, the same way a gay/lesbian kid is, you’re proposal to this “issue” is to tell the obese/overweight/slightly_chubby kid to lose weight and eat more healthy so that you won’t get picked on as much, because well it’s good for your health anyway??????? …[/quote]
No, flu, the berating and bullying of a kid should not be tolerated by schools OR parents. But WHO is reaching out to help this rapidly growing population? Many of these teens are already pre-diabetic (Type II). Many of their role models (parents) are obese themselves and don’t know how to prepare nutritious food.
It’s okay to teach tolerance AND life skills in schools. Most parents set a bad example in these areas.
Youth obesity is going to cost everyone a FORTUNE in the coming years!
April 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM #691035Participant[quote=flu]So let me get this straight briansd, BG, and shadowfax….
If a obese/overweight/slighty chubby kid is picked on in school, the same way a gay/lesbian kid is, you’re proposal to this “issue” is to tell the obese/overweight/slightly_chubby kid to lose weight and eat more healthy so that you won’t get picked on as much, because well it’s good for your health anyway??????? …[/quote]
No, flu, the berating and bullying of a kid should not be tolerated by schools OR parents. But WHO is reaching out to help this rapidly growing population? Many of these teens are already pre-diabetic (Type II). Many of their role models (parents) are obese themselves and don’t know how to prepare nutritious food.
It’s okay to teach tolerance AND life skills in schools. Most parents set a bad example in these areas.
Youth obesity is going to cost everyone a FORTUNE in the coming years!
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