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They don't deserve ridicule, but they also don't deserve money. There should be more of an emphasis in the industrialized world on eating healthy and exercising. Maybe state subsidized gyms (cheaper than 24 hr fitness or LA fitness), no sodas in schools, and mandatory healthy foods in fast foods (a certain percentage of foods at fast food places must be "healthy". Thus containing low sodium, no trans fats, low in fat, high in vitamins, high in protein (opt.)...well having an overall high nutrition value). I think that if society changes, this will help those without good genes and those without the knowlege of how to be healthy. By the way, healthy and thin are not the same. I'm thin, fairly muscular...about 4-7% body fat. However, my friend who is larger (about 15% BF) can easily ride a bike longer than I can. So, healthy, though usually thin, does not always mean thin.
Actaully loking at the kids I see that at schoolsomethig nees to be done. I mean they obviously do all ahve a health problem causing this .When I went to school in the 50-60's it was rare to actaully see a kid with wiehgt problems. The stigma i my opinion is not as bad now as in the past but it is a major concern when it effects so many;which makes it a hot topic of concern from just the health issues alone.
Interesting to see that the Brits have weight problems, too! Most people think it's "only in America"! I didn't read the whole article, but I don't have a lot of sympathy for this family.
Get a job where you stay active...park further away from the store entrance, or walk there. It's easy to find time to exercise. I don't even own a car.
Get a job where you stay active...park further away from the store entrance, or walk there. It's easy to find time to exercise. I don't even own a car.
I would also presume that you do not live 45 miles away from your work - do you?
I've been taking the stairs at work twice a day for the past month. Twice a shift I have to check equipment on three different floors, one of which is the roof. I started off easy. Though it's 11 floors, there's a floor between 1 and 2. I go up two flights, check equipment, up two flights, check equipment, elevator to 9th, stairs to roof, then stairs back down. Each shift I take the elevator to a lower floor. I'm down to 6th floor to the roof and back down. My goal is to not take the elevator at all. Exercising outdoors in the spring/summer is out of the question here in south Louisiana especially in my current condition. Some do jog in the heat but they usually wait until early morning hours when the temperature is lower but the humidity can be 100% and that's no exageration. I wonder what amount of time that student spends online, playing video games, watching TV, or textmessaging? I'm sure she could find 20 minutes a day for a stroll or some other form of exercise.
A word of warning for you sailordave -- like you, my dh takes the stairs at his work and like most stairways, it is all concrete with no natural light. Two weeks ago he was going down the stairs and slipped and fell because some *** spilled their water and ice and did not clean it up. Luckily he wasn't seriously injured. So, be careful in those stairwells!
Wow, just wow. I know the saying about how some people have no shame.....but damn!
I think I will go back to watching 'Band of Brothers' on the History channel. Those men had it rough, not these parasites.
I think there is a thin line between an overweight obesity factor and someone who isn't as thin as the media thinks they should be. If we each take responsibility for ourselves.....we really should be careful before we throw our weight expectations on someone else. Years before television and fashion...and anorexia......people were healthier with a more plump look than bone thin.
(No...I'm not making excuses because of my personal weight...I happen to be born thinner.)
I think there is a thin line between an overweight obesity factor and someone who isn't as thin as the media thinks they should be. If we each take responsibility for ourselves.....we really should be careful before we throw our weight expectations on someone else. Years before television and fashion...and anorexia......people were healthier with a more plump look than bone thin.
(No...I'm not making excuses because of my personal weight...I happen to be born thinner.)
I agree. I have concerns that all this attention on the "obesity epidemic", which is not really an epidemic, is going to bring about a lot of eating disorders in people trying to get thinner, and thinner, and . . . .
I think there is a thin line between an overweight obesity factor and someone who isn't as thin as the media thinks they should be. If we each take responsibility for ourselves.....we really should be careful before we throw our weight expectations on someone else. Years before television and fashion...and anorexia......people were healthier with a more plump look than bone thin.
(No...I'm not making excuses because of my personal weight...I happen to be born thinner.)
I absolutely agree. (And, no, I'm not hefty, either.) That "waif" look that became popular created VERY unhealthy expectations and problems for young women. Even healthy little girls were DIETING! While a problem with too much weight can be addressed fairly easily, problems with anorexia and/or bulimia are VERY difficult to fix.
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