Are American Kids Becoming Obese?

As I've got friends and relatives in the USA
is it true?
80% of American Kids are now Obese by the age of 12?
I'm holidaying over next year to meet friends,roots,Family etc,etc,
2010
meeting an old grown up mate who is a self- made millionaire,
Lots of Guinness there
So far the wife gave me the green card ,,,,
I see the school system there provides burgers,sugar snacks for Lunch?
Is it true?
Wondering if a child gets Full of Sugar & Fat at Lunchtime?
How can they concentrate???
in class?
Is it true?
If so ?You are a father or mother?
do you allow it ?

Why You may ask?
Watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ient=firefox-a



Is it true??

[Task Force]

Yes, there are alot of fat kids, but I dont think its 80% of kids. maby 60-70%

A) school lunches suck, if you get a lunch thats even done and tastes good your lucky. (why I dont eat lunch anymore.)

B)Concentrate in class... they dont realy concentrate, they goof off and play games.

wow that is sad,
60% to 70% is horrible
future American kids treated like that?
How long will they live?
here in Europe its less than 8%

Back in my old Junior highschool there was probably 3-4 fat kids (including me) out of a few hundred. Course that was like 5-6 years ago.

[Wolfehunter]

wow man that's crazy stuff. My daughter doesn't eat all that fast food stuff. I make sure her lunches are healthy. She likes cold cuts, fruits and veggies with dip rather than KFC or McD's crap any day. No cola's is permitted and just juices or milk at home.

I don't deprive my daughter of candies and chocolates.. Just not insane amounts. Parents have to control and monitor what there children eat.

I never stop my daughter from eating either. She can eat as much as she can handle. She's average weight and healthy.

I feel bad for some of those kids. Ok those on the video are extreme cases.. But what about the averages? Why is this being permitted by the state?

Most of these kids will die in there mid 30s. Is this a new means for the State to impose a population control?

[Frame57]

I believe it to be true. With cut backs on sports in many schools it does not surprize me. When I was in school we had an actual physical fitness standard inspired by JFK. Most kids I know would rather stay on the couch watching TV or playing games.

Screw sports anyways.

I won't make my future kids play or watch sports, they should exercise, yes, but they won't have to play sports.

I'd rather have a smart kid anyways, we live in a different world these days, The smart people will charge ahead and the dumb physically fit people will be ran over by robots made by the smart people.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by owner20071963

As I've got friends and relatives in the USA
is it true?
80% of American Kids are now Obese by the age of 12?
I'm holidaying over next year to meet friends,roots,Family etc,etc,
2010
meeting an old grown up mate who is a self- made millionaire,
Lots of Guinness there
So far the wife gave me the green card ,,,,
I see the school system there provides burgers,sugar snacks for Lunch?
Is it true?
Wondering if a child gets Full of Sugar & Fat at Lunchtime?
How can they concentrate???
in class?
Is it true?
If so ?You are a father or mother?
do you allow it ?

Why You may ask?
Watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ient=firefox-a



Is it true??

I ate like crap in school (hell, I still eat too much steak and drink too much beer). But I never had a problem with my studies.

I'm a parent and we feed my kids just like I was fed: three squares a day, some treats here and there, etc. Yet they are fit as a fiddle.

Why? Because we don't let them sit on their asses all day, watching television and playing video games.

It's great when you're a kid as you can have fun and stay fit. Now I gotta work out 5 times a week to keep in shape.

As an aside, isn't it ironic that as kids, exercise was play and as adults its "working out"?

[porphy]

Originally Posted by Aramike

It's great when you're a kid as you can have fun and stay fit. Now I gotta work out 5 times a week to keep in shape.

As an aside, isn't it ironic that as kids, exercise was play and as adults its "working out"?

The Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer Arne Naess was once asked how it came that he took up climbing. I never did, he answered. It's just that most grown up people stop climbing...
I think he stayed true to that, within his capabilities, until he died earlier this year 96 years old.

Children and grown ups can all play and stay both fit and happy. "All work and no play makes xxx a dull boy."

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by porphy

The Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer Arne Naess was once asked how it came that he took up climbing. I never did, he answered. It's just that most grown up people stop climbing...
I think he stayed true to that, within his capabilities, until he died earlier this year 96 years old.

Children and grown ups can all play and stay both fit and happy. "All work and no play makes xxx a dull boy."

Indeed, and good post.

Funny thing about me: I'm a total sucker for poignant, relevent, and interesting philosophical quotes.

[SteamWake]

Teacher : "The children want to go out and play"
Principal : "Im afraid we cant let them someone may get hurt"

Husband : "Honey what are we going to do for dinner?"
Wife : "Oh were really busy it looks like McDonalds again"
Husband : "Sigh might as well supersize it"

Mother : "Timmay why dont you go outside and play?"
Timmay : "Okay Mom just let me finish this one level (fixated on the screen).
Several Hours pass
Mother : "Timmay why dont you go outside and play?"
Timmay : "Okay Mom just let me finish this one level (fixated on the screen).

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Teacher : "The children want to go out and play"
Principal : "Im afraid we cant let them someone may get hurt"

Husband : "Honey what are we going to do for dinner?"
Wife : "Oh were really busy it looks like McDonalds again"
Husband : "Sigh might as well supersize it"

Mother : "Timmay why dont you go outside and play?"
Timmay : "Okay Mom just let me finish this one level (fixated on the screen).
Several Hours pass
Mother : "Timmay why dont you go outside and play?"
Timmay : "Okay Mom just let me finish this one level (fixated on the screen).

Quote #1
No joke. Schools have made a rule to not play games like tag because someone could get hurt. (welcome to attempting not getting sued)

Quote#2
Do not forget to throw in a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken on odd nights.

Quote#3
The electronic baby sitters do not promote exercise. The Wii does but even I can get around that sitting on the couch.

[Sockeye]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Teacher : "The children want to go out and play"
Principal : "Im afraid we cant let them someone may get hurt"

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Quote #1
No joke. Schools have made a rule to not play games like tag because someone could get hurt. (welcome to attempting not getting sued)

Did anybody else have a GREAT time playing dodge-ball when you were a kid? Sure, you got beaned in the face once or twice, but it was damn fun.

____

And just because we're talking about fatties:

[Spoon 11th]

USC report finds overweight, obese kids more likely
to live in rural America

The report, which uses data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, found that 30.6 percent of children ages 10 - 17 are overweight and 14.8 percent of these are obese. Rural children (16.5 percent) were more likely to be obese than urban children (14.4 percent).

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Spoon 11th

USC report finds overweight, obese kids more likely
to live in rural America

The report, which uses data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, found that 30.6 percent of children ages 10 - 17 are overweight and 14.8 percent of these are obese. Rural children (16.5 percent) were more likely to be obese than urban children (14.4 percent).

Didn't somebody bother to tell those eggheads at USC it's 2009.