1 in 5 preschoolers is obese

[mawilson 2,133]

I don't believe that 1/5 of parents today simply don't care about their children and their health.

I find it very easy to believe.

You're just an old cynic, even if you are young in 'years'. It is simply not my experience when interacting with other parents.

I don't think that "most" parents are like that, but 1/5 I can believe.

20% is not that big a number.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

No, that's true it is not the kids fault but how would you monitor unacceptable eating patterns? How would you foster/adopt out 1/5 of the country's kids? It's hard enough getting foster carers for those that are at risk from more 'serious' problems like physical/sexual abuse or what not let alone trying to monitor ignorance.

It's easier and more sensible to educate those parents that you can get to than to put all those kids in care - not to mention the psychological damage blah blah blah.

That's why I said "if I had it my way". If there was a way of saying "you will be a ####### of a parent, you can't reproduce", the world would be a better place. Even if that included me in the sh1tlist. but that's just me being b1tchy.

I do put people who overstuff their kids with cr@p food in the list of bad lame good for nothing parents.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

since a lot of effort is put into keeping kids away from drugs, starting smoking and drinking and driving it's not unreasonable to forward the same kind of effort into having them eat healthy.

social services would get involved if parents gave their kids a joint to smoke, but pump them full of junk food and no one bats an eyelid. Yet it's probably less dangerous to your health to be a casual pot smoker than it is be morbidly obese.

[Caladan 19]

I'm a little skeptical and would have to read more about the study. BMI isn't a useful measure in children; how did they determine that these kids were obese?

[Caladan 19]

Let me put it this way: it is NOT the kids' fault; when they have negligent idiots for parents who let them eat cr@p; or feed it to them; or eat it with them and hence ** them up. If I had it my way, obese children would be removed from "home" and placed in healthier environments; just like children of active addicts. Because certainly, it is not in the best interest of any child being fed Mac'n'cheese + CapriSun; sit with a joystick 6 hours a day and never see the sunlight.

Seriously? Being plump is such an awful thing that it's worth being placed into foster care? Seriously?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

there is a difference between being "plump" and being obese - you are setting your child up for a range of health problems at a very early age

[Chica Yeyé 41]

there is a difference between being "plump" and being obese - you are setting your child up for a range of health problems at a very early age

That is exactly what I meant

[Caladan 19]

The link between being obese (however that is determined -- not answered by the article) as a preschooler and obese as an adult isn't fully determined. (We know it seems to be true in older kids.) Remember, obese doesn't mean "obviously disgustingly fat", just "above a certain threshold." (People carry weight differently.) If they're using something like BMI on a 3 foot tall kid, aren't we talking a difference of only a few pounds? And this is on the assumption that BMI works the same in kids, and there's reason to be skeptical of that.

I know some families who have one thin kid and one fat kid; they eat the same foods, just one is more susceptible to being heavy. Do we remove them both from the dangerous, dangerous home, or just the fat one? ("Sorry, you have a family that loved you and fed you good food and sent you to school and dance lessons, but you're too fat, so off to a group home for you...") Like a heroin addiction? Seriously? This is unbelievable to me taken as anything less than hyperbole.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

come on Caladan, you know what we are talking about. And yes, if you are feeding your kids ####### all the time and not fostering a healthy lifestyle, you are taking away years from them, in the name of Froot-Loops, they should be taken where they have a fighting chance . Bad parenting. I might get slammed, but whomever is raising these kids is doing a ####### job, unless there is some undiagnosed (or diagnosed) disorder that could possibly be treated by a physician.

[Amby 490]

I don't believe that 1/5 of parents today simply don't care about their children and their health.

I find it very easy to believe.

I find it very easy to believe too, but I think it may have more to do with parents not having enough information about nutrition. I'm always amazed when I work with people to develop meal plans. Most of the time these people are completely clueless about what they're putting into their bodies and into the bodies of their children.

I started preparing meals for my friend's family about a year ago. I started cooking with all fresh ingredients, good fats, nothing processed, etc. The woman wasn't really overweight, but she lost 15lbs in the first month of me cooking for them. She didn't change anything but what she was eating. Her arthritis pain also went away and she was able to stop taking steroids.

I really think people need to be more educated on what they're putting into their bodies. That will make the biggest difference!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

well, I don't need a scientific study to know that there are a lot of children out there that are disturbingly overweight. The rise in type-2 diabetes pretty much confirms that there is a growing health epidemic that is caused by children being overweight.

There probably isn't an established scientific "link" because there weren't nearly as many obese children when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s as there are now. Likewise, the link between memory loss and marijuana use is also inconclusive, but I think we can agree that giving a child a bag of weed and allowing them to light up is bad idea and any parent who did are going to be paid a visit from social services.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

well, I don't need a scientific study to know that there are a lot of children out there that are disturbingly overweight. The rise in type-2 diabetes pretty much confirms that there is a growing health epidemic that is caused by children being overweight.

There probably isn't an established scientific "link" because there weren't nearly as many obese children when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s as there are now. Likewise, the link between memory loss and marijuana use is also inconclusive, but I think we can agree that giving a child a bag of weed and allowing them to light up is bad idea and any parent who did are going to be paid a visit from social services.

#######?? It is?????? :unsure:

Kidding.

[mawilson 2,133]

[Chica Yeyé 41]

They break my heart dude. They really do.

[Amby 490]

They break my heart dude. They really do.

Those pics are sad but they also made me laugh. They look so clueless and that one kid has on sumo diaper or something