Is the Stop Childhood Obesity campaign too harsh? (homes, safe neighborhoods)

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by FlyiMetro

Not to mention the European folks keep calling Americans FAT.....

Very true. This is because Eurpeans had it right with their leadership. Better infrastructure (as in infrastructure not centered around the automobile) leads to healthier people. Or, at the very least, is a major contributing factor.

To answer the OP's question. NO, these commercials are not at all too harsh. These people need to wake up and get their families out of this vicious cycle. Get out there and be active!

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by WanderingImport

Very true. This is because Eurpeans had it right with their leadership. Better infrastructure (as in infrastructure not centered around the automobile) leads to healthier people. Or, at the very least, is a major contributing factor.

To answer the OP's question. NO, these commercials are not at all too harsh. These people need to wake up and get their families out of this vicious cycle. Get out there and be active!

Many kids these are too busy studying to play. And yet they don't seem to be learning as much as we did.

Maybe all work and no play leads to burnout and disinterest, not success?

[WanderingImport]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

Many kids these are too busy studying to play. And yet they don't seem to be learning as much as we did.

Maybe all work and no play leads to burnout and disinterest, not success?

That may also be a factor. Your brain needs a break after a certain period of time.

However, I must agree that ultimately it is the parental influence.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by WanderingImport

That may also be a factor. Your brain needs a break after a certain period of time.

However, I must agree that ultimately it is the parental influence.

I agree. My parents had me reading and doing basic arithmetic before I was in kindergarten (no pre-K in our area in the 60's), so I was well-prepared and interested in learning more. That gave me an advantage.

[RoslynHolcomb]

Originally Posted by IntownHomes247

At the same time, if the government (and by extension, the taxpayers) will be footing the bill for health care costs for many of these people, then clearly they do have a significant stake in the situation.

Tried to rep you, but for some reason it wouldn't let me. I also think that this issue is a matter of national security. A friend of mine who is a recruiter for the military told me that fully 75% of the young people who try to volunteer for the military these days are unfit--they're either overweight or undereducated. That's a chilling statistic. Our military is spread very thin these days and when we fall short of quotas that leaves our homeland undefended.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by RoslynHolcomb

Tried to rep you, but for some reason it wouldn't let me. I also think that this issue is a matter of national security. A friend of mine who is a recruiter for the military told me that fully 75% of the young people who try to volunteer for the military these days are unfit--they're either overweight or undereducated. That's a chilling statistic. Our military is spread very thin these days and when we fall short of quotas that leaves our homeland undefended.

Our military is spread very thin, but it isn't small in size at all. I'll leave the conclusions as an exercise for the reader...

[Nairobi]

So everyone here is committed to the lie? Okay.

[pinetreelover]

Originally Posted by RoslynHolcomb

I also think that this issue is a matter of national security. A friend of mine who is a recruiter for the military told me that fully 75% of the young people who try to volunteer for the military these days are unfit--they're either overweight or undereducated. That's a chilling statistic. Our military is spread very thin these days and when we fall short of quotas that leaves our homeland undefended.

This reminds me of a photograph that I was struck by when visiting the World War II museum a few years ago in New Orleans. It was a shot of hundreds of young men all in rows waiting for their physical to join the Army after Pearl Harbor. The men were just wearing khakis - no shirts and there might have been a small handful of them who had even a slight roll. Hundreds of thin (not muscular, thin) young men.... Clearly not what you would see today.

[pinetreelover]

These commercials promote dialog about childhood obesity and that is a very good thing. As we drive by them with our children in the car it gives us an opportunity to talk about healthy food choices, the negative impact of teasing and what we can all do better as families to provide healthier diets for our kids.

[jetter2]

Brutal honesty.

At this point, it might be the only option left.