Obesity rate is rising for kids

Just read in the news that the rate of Obesity is rising and its true i mean even kids these days are overweight.

What do you think is causing this increase in Obesity for children are the parents to blame or are the fast food restaurants to blame because there main point of sale is geared toward kids.

What can be done about it?

Should the government encourage more exercising in schools or should school give lessons in healthy eating???

Indeed, poverty does not necessarily mean emaciation. A poor diet is very likely to cause obesity.

all of them.

yeah but look at the U.S they have a highest Obesity rate in the world an i wouldnt say they all lived in poverty

I say fast food and junk food companys- McDonalds, Coke, etc.
If you drink a can of Coke every day for a year, you'll end up gaining 10 pounds on that alone.

Parents, they have no time to watch their kids, and sometimes they have no time to prepare the right food, so they just get take-out or whatever, and it adds up.

Schools, I personally believe that Phys. Ed should be mandatory till at least University.
They should encourage healthier eating, however, here in Phys. Ed we do have courses about eating right and such.

Doctors should especially watch children and try to keep them within the right weight for their age group.

indeed we cant have fat little kids around.

i mean all kids have to do is do a little excerise like play football and swimming.

plus being fat is not good for you

Parents are to blame. If they dont have time to cook, pre-pare food in spare time and have them eat it later. if not that there is Subway.

Ive never seen Buger King cram food into somebodys mouth

Originally posted by silver_tears
I say fast food and junk food companys- McDonalds, Coke, etc.
If you drink a can of Coke every day for a year, you'll end up gaining 10 pounds on that alone.

although having said that, I do go to the gym ✅ and i've also given up coke 😮

Coke is vile 😖

people are getting fatter because we are spending too much time sitting infront of the tv or computer or playing games on the ps2 or x box instead of getting up, going out and excercising

parents do have a responsibility when it comes to their children...unfortunately the vast majority are just too lazy too care when it comes to food type and choices

Two words:
Desert diet.

PPl should look at themself before whining about others being responsible

Fast Food resturants-there main aim is children. That's a true statement. After all why do Mc. Donalds, Wendys, Jack in the Box, Carls Jr. always ALWAYS have to have things like Happy Meals? A free toy when buying a hamburger. That's just plain sick!

For goodness sake! Parents should really not spoil their kids by taking them to Fast food restaurants all the time! I blame both Marketing and Parents.

Originally posted by ash007
yeah but look at the U.S they have a highest Obesity rate in the world an i wouldnt say they all lived in poverty

I am using UK definitions of poverty. The levels of poverty are intense, but not everyone in poverty is necessarily emaciated.

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Originally posted by WindDancer
[b]Fast Food resturants-there main aim is children. That's a true statement. After all why do Mc. Donalds, Wendys, Jack in the Box, Carls Jr. always ALWAYS have to have things like Happy Meals? A free toy when buying a hamburger. That's just plain sick!

For goodness sake! Parents should really not spoil their kids by taking them to Fast food restaurants all the time! I blame both Marketing and Parents. [/B]

Well happy meals are semi-important because children can't eat adult portions 😛

definitly "none of the above" ... if you gain weight and don't like it, you go to the gym or you take up a sport (you should even sport before you gain, to start with)
if you go from "gaining weight" to "fat", perhaps it's time to change your way of eating. but if you go from "fat" to "obesity" you just screwed up your chances!
Blaim parents? why? cause they let people eat greasy? kids here know that it's fat-making
Blaim advert agencies? cause they target children? sure, they got a happy-meal... what else? I doubt a Big Mac is targeted at children... (I only mention McDonalds here cause we don't have a Wendy's or KFC or ...)
Blaim fast food restaurants? for making profit? perhaps they should print out what the dictionary says about "stop" and tape that to their door, it's not their fault if you keep returning.
Blaim school? dunno how it is elsewhere, we had 2 hours, wasn't enough by a longshot imho (cause we didn't had to study for it 😄) but imo, the first objective of a school is to give you an education which you need later on in life which includes studying at a uni, if you want to sport go to a club.

if you're fat and have done absolutely NOTHING about it (as said above), you should tape off your mouth before more idioticy escapes

I'm fat, and I recognize the fact that it's no ones fault but my own. When I want to lose weight, I will, but right now I'm happy the way I am. I'm real sick of people blaming the fast food restaurants, the parents, society...it's all bullshit. Too all fat people everywhere, it's no ones fault but our own, you don't like it? Put down the fork and hop on a bike.

than you hide it well on your pics BF... you look ace to me 😄