Why are kids obese??
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Cooking at home is cheaper than both of those options. Just sayin'.
Very true but there are sometimes very busy parents out there that dont always have the time to cook.
Or in my cuzns case... shes a single mom that DONT know how to cook...
Except for throwing stuff in the microwave or oven.
Poor kids. "/
Can she read? if so, she can cook. There are lots of cook books at the library and recipes online for free.
Cooking healthy nutritious meals has to be a priority. I guarantee those people that say they don't have time to cook actually do. How much time are they spending on the computer or tv?
All it takes is planning ahead and giving up 30 minutes to cook an extra meal on the weekend. One healthy meal a week is better than none!0 -
Hot button issue, but my personal opinion is, its up the parents to not only teach their children about good nutrition and extercise, but also lead by example. Monkey see monkey do anyone? I have a three year old that does pushups because she see's my husband working out and tells me that extercise is good for her body! (she doesn't really actually do pushups, but she gets down on the floor and tries to imitate him, I think its rather cute) Also, yes fast food is convient, but having obese children who get teased and tormented in school and have low self esteem is not. So, I started packing apples and oranges in my car. The choice is yours!0
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Because parents just dong give a flying rats *kitten* these days.
in a way that is so true...i am very happy that my kids don't have my bad eating habits, i did not encourage snacking or eating when you're bored...and my son who was 6 at the time, wanted a treat...i said sure, he went and got a musmelon...for a treat..he ate the whole thing but way better than a bag of chips...0 -
They are usually fat because of a poor diet and little physical exercise. Hide the video games and make them play outside.
My kids thought raisins were fruit snacks and we made our own dried bananas...they loved them. They also got celery with peanut butter instead of chips and pop.
I was such a meanie. I'm fat because I eat too much junk and don't get enough physical exercise....but I'm working on it.0 -
My 11 year old came home about 2 weeks ago and said "Mom, do you KNOW how much sodium is in a school lunch?!!?"
No one taught me how to eat properly or to pay attention to serving sizes while growing up. Then again, like many others, I grew up in a day where we were ALWAYS outside playing...for hours on end. As I change my eating habits, I teach my little ones. My 11 year old knows how to read a nutrional label, she knows how to weigh and measure food, and she knows what a serving size is. For me, this is the best gift I can give them!!
Thankfully, they don't have weight problems now but if I continued to feed them "conveniently" as I was, and not teach them the things I'm learning they could very well end up, well, like me.
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we have a rule in our house...a fruit or veggie with every meal. Sure..they can have chips and cookies in moderation..just like me. Biggest issue...juices. Lots of sugar. We take it one day at a time..like I do
My 12 yr old is 4 inches shorter than me at 58"...has gym every day in middle school for 45 minutes and rides her bike for an hr every day. Also skates 2x a week for 4 hrs each time. She weighs 150...she now sees a nutritionist to maintain her weight til her height catches up. My 6 yr old son...weighs 47lbs soaking wet. He would live off lucky charms if I let him. He is about 3' 8. 0 -
I was a single mom and I cooked...a ton...cake, cookies, brownies, fudge, cheesey foods, bbq's...you name it! All sorts of delicious and super fattening foods! Loads! And I made my son play outside...loads! He had video games, he had the computer and tv and he ran the neighborhood with his friends.
But I know that it was my fault that my son inherited my obesity problems because of all the delicious food that I fed him.
However I have changed my ways and now I encourage him to lift weights, do crunches and push ups and I still bake but I cook low fat, low carb (for me the low carbs) and sugar free. I still make him treats, but I make much healthier versions of what I used too. And I make sure that he has whole grains and still loads of veggies...just not dripping in butter and salt!
He is now 175 pounds, 6 feet tall with size 14 shoes! And he's only 16! Rather than losing weight, he has built muscle and shot up in height! He's very proud of his new muscles and he loves the healthy sandwiches and carrot sticks or angel food cake bars (from this site) that I pack in his lunches. He brags about them to his friends as they're eating high sodium, high fat lunches from school.
It is our responsibilty to teach our children healthy eating and exercise habits. The one thing I NEVER did was make my son feel ashamed of his weight problem. I still allow him normal treats, but everything in moderation!0 -
You are a bad parent if you let your children play outside and don't have an eye directly on them 24/7. Seriously, go on a parenting forum and tell people you let your kid ride its bike around the neighborhood and see how quickly you're run off. So it's the pedos making our kids fat.
This. There's huge social pressure around *gasp* letting your kids go out and play. Like, to the point that the cops and/or CPS have gotten involved (I kid you not) if there's a kid outside at all without the parent in sight (nevermind the fact that the parent may be able to see them from the window, inside the house).
It's gotten so bad that there's a sort of "counter movement" to get back to kids going outside with minimal or no adult supervision being the norm, known as "Free Range Kids."0 -
You are a bad parent if you let your children play outside and don't have an eye directly on them 24/7. Seriously, go on a parenting forum and tell people you let your kid ride its bike around the neighborhood and see how quickly you're run off. So it's the pedos making our kids fat.
You have a great point there.0 -
We went out to eat last night and my son (Who is 15) ordered Honey Chipotle Chicken fingers and ate a half order of Texas cheese fries plus several glasses of Dr Pepper. After dinner, we figured his calorie intake was close to 3500 Cal. Food everywhere is so full of calories these days and portions are so out of control. I don’t think most kids (mine do) think its ok to eat half and save the rest for later. My son ate all of his order because he ran track yesterday afternoon and needed the pick up.0
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There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.0
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There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.
Yes, but surely parents will have an easier time raising healthy, fit children if they have better access to healthy and affordable foods?0 -
Yeah, I blame the parents. Not knowing what a proper diet actually consists of (because it certainly is NOT what the food pyramid of old used to say), not paying attention to what a serving size actually looks like, not actively teaching their children when you recognize that their tummies are full, not eating out of boredom and their own unhealthy relationships with food. You can get fat off of a vegitarian diet if you try hard enough (my cousin is easily 400lbs and is completely vegetarian). It doesn't matter what you eat if you dont have an example of healthy food relationships and education on what serving sizes look like.0
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There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.
Yes, but surely parents will have an easier time raising healthy, fit children if they have better access to healthy and affordable foods?
What part of no correlation don't you understand?0 -
There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.
Yes, but surely parents will have an easier time raising healthy, fit children if they have better access to healthy and affordable foods?
What part of no correlation don't you understand?
What part of my response didn't you understand? It plays a part. Parents could have their kids exercise daily and eat in moderation but it'd be better if they had access to a diverse and healthy selection of food instead of just bacon and cheeseburgers.0 -
There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.
Yes, but surely parents will have an easier time raising healthy, fit children if they have better access to healthy and affordable foods?
What part of no correlation don't you understand?
What part of my response didn't you understand? It plays a part. Parents could have their kids exercise daily and eat in moderation but it'd be better if they had access to a diverse and healthy selection of food instead of just bacon and cheeseburgers.
Dude, they did a huuuuuge study. They are scientists. They said there is no correlation. Apparently parents who give a damn find a way to feed their kids in a healthy manner. Go figure.
(edit)To clarify, the scientists didn't find any areas where you couldn't access healthy foods with relative convenience, just some where there was more crap available than others. So more accurately, the amount of crap food in an area has no correlation to childhood obesity.0 -
Well what if you dont have a bottle??
Also, the water in my school was brown... Not kidding.
And there was always pee in them...
Good ole' ghetto schools.
Same here. Lol.
& you was NOT to put your mouth anywhere near that water fountain because you just never knew wat was on it.0 -
There was a great article in the NY Times yesterday about how access to food (fast food, or good fresh foods) has absolutely no correlation what so ever to childhood obesity. Yeah, so that meme is a crock. It's. The. Parents.
Yes, but surely parents will have an easier time raising healthy, fit children if they have better access to healthy and affordable foods?
What part of no correlation don't you understand?
What part of my response didn't you understand? It plays a part. Parents could have their kids exercise daily and eat in moderation but it'd be better if they had access to a diverse and healthy selection of food instead of just bacon and cheeseburgers.
Dude, they did a huuuuuge study. They are scientists. They said there is no correlation. Apparently parents who give a damn find a way to feed their kids in a healthy manner. Go figure.
(edit)To clarify, the scientists didn't find any areas where you couldn't access healthy foods with relative convenience, just some where there was more crap available than others. So more accurately, the amount of crap food in an area has no correlation to childhood obesity.
Okay, I understand you now. I don't have a problem with fast food joints or anything like that. Many of them even have many healthy options nowadays. It's just that in some areas basic fruits and vegetables can be sparse and/or expensive. The responsibility will always lie on the parents, but the burden can be and must be lessened in this country.0 -
I babysit a 7 year old girl that is 80 pounds. As a reference, I also babysit her 9 year old brother who is 71 pounds... I've been walking my daughter, niece and nephew home from school to get exercise in for them and myself. When I first started babysitting the 7 and 9 year olds, their mom didn't want them to walk home. The VERY first thing I thought was that poor little girl definitely needs the exercise.
She eventually warmed up to the idea of letting them walk, but jeez...
Oh good grief!! My 7 year old weighs 40lb. My 4.5 year old weighs 30lb and my niece who is also 4.5 years old weighs 55lb. So she weighs more than her cousin who's 2 and a half years OLDER than her.0 -
I babysit a 7 year old girl that is 80 pounds. As a reference, I also babysit her 9 year old brother who is 71 pounds... I've been walking my daughter, niece and nephew home from school to get exercise in for them and myself. When I first started babysitting the 7 and 9 year olds, their mom didn't want them to walk home. The VERY first thing I thought was that poor little girl definitely needs the exercise.
She eventually warmed up to the idea of letting them walk, but jeez...
Oh good grief!! My 7 year old weighs 40lb. My 4.5 year old weighs 30lb and my niece who is also 4.5 years old weighs 55lb. So she weighs more than her cousin who's 2 and a half years OLDER than her.
It also depends on the height of the child.
Again I state.... My 3.5 (he will be 4 in August) is 40lbs but he is also tall for his age.
According to the doctors he is not everweight at all.
Normal weight range for a 4 year old is around 40lbs.0 -
While I do agree in most cases obese children are a result of their parent's fault....however, many factors can come into play. Each situation is different. There are cases of children suffering with thyroid issues or depression, etc.
I personally have a 12 year old son who is slightly over weight and we are working with him on his diet. He is seeing a doctor about his depression/anxiety issues. With his father and I being divorced and numerous other factors (his birth Mom up and leaving without saying goodbye a few years back) he started holding emotions in and feeding them with food. You can't always monitor what and when your children eat. Especially when they want to buy food at school and it's mainly junk I recently found out. However, I've tried showing him MFP and explaining the importance of realizing how much he's consuming and eating only if he's really hungry. It's helped. His father and I were amazed he has lost 9 lbs since seeing the doctor and starting baseball. So proud of him.
My youngest just turned 5 and is so picky. He takes after me I guess. I can barely get the child to eat anything other than nuggets, fries, ramen noodles, or garlic bread. He loves carrots and celery...grapes, apples....so that's good. I just wish he'd try regular food without such a struggle. I've heard many people say their children went through the nuggets/fries stage. He starts school this fall. Afraid his packed lunch will consist of a fruit snack, carrots, celery, and grapes. He won't eat regular bread, so sandwiches are out of the picture. Anyone with picky little ones?0 -
I would bet my bottom dollar that if we focused on the mounting poverty crisis in this country, the obesity "epidemic" would magically and nearly completely disappear.0
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My youngest just turned 5 and is so picky. He takes after me I guess. I can barely get the child to eat anything other than nuggets, fries, ramen noodles, or garlic bread. He loves carrots and celery...grapes, apples....so that's good. I just wish he'd try regular food without such a struggle. I've heard many people say their children went through the nuggets/fries stage. He starts school this fall. Afraid his packed lunch will consist of a fruit snack, carrots, celery, and grapes. He won't eat regular bread, so sandwiches are out of the picture. Anyone with picky little ones?
I myself was a really picky eater. I still am. I didn't really open up to more foods until the past few years... so most of my life so far I've been uber picky. My favorite food of choice was also chicken fingers and fries. I still love it. :laugh: I know sometimes for me I didn't like foods because of certain textures/the way it looked or smelled. For example pork. My parents always used to use shake and bake breading mix and I just do not like eating it. I thought I hated pork for the longest time until we tried something new, a marinade- not breading-and I love eating it. Whats regular bread? You could try different kinds? I grew up on wheat/whole grain bread only to realize all my friends had white. I refuse to eat anything on white bread, I can't stand it. I think it again goes back to texture, everything is just so soggy on white bread among other things. Doubt this helped, but I thought I'd give my own two cents.0 -
My youngest just turned 5 and is so picky. He takes after me I guess. I can barely get the child to eat anything other than nuggets, fries, ramen noodles, or garlic bread. He loves carrots and celery...grapes, apples....so that's good. I just wish he'd try regular food without such a struggle. I've heard many people say their children went through the nuggets/fries stage. He starts school this fall. Afraid his packed lunch will consist of a fruit snack, carrots, celery, and grapes. He won't eat regular bread, so sandwiches are out of the picture. Anyone with picky little ones?
I myself was a really picky eater. I still am. I didn't really open up to more foods until the past few years... so most of my life so far I've been uber picky. My favorite food of choice was also chicken fingers and fries. I still love it. :laugh: I know sometimes for me I didn't like foods because of certain textures/the way it looked or smelled. For example pork. My parents always used to use shake and bake breading mix and I just do not like eating it. I thought I hated pork for the longest time until we tried something new, a marinade- not breading-and I love eating it. Whats regular bread? You could try different kinds? I grew up on wheat/whole grain bread only to realize all my friends had white. I refuse to eat anything on white bread, I can't stand it. I think it again goes back to texture, everything is just so soggy on white bread among other things. Doubt this helped, but I thought I'd give my own two cents.
Same with my son and he wont eat vegables at all.
Certain textures seriously make him gag and hes even thrown up a time or 2. "/
I still give him what he prefers but just in smaller portions of those and bigger portions of the fruits that he WILL eat.0 -
I can't respond to this w/o going on an epic rant... :explode: 0
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My mom fed me huge servings and i got used to eating like a pig, i was 3 and drinking 6pks of coke a day. We had to finish all of our food, I guess because back then they didnt get to eat so much so mom wanted to make sure we did. We had fruits,veggies, but they werent pushed on us. When i was little i wanted them but that learning curve left and i didnt really care for them. i was 9 years old and 125 lbs, 5 foot 3. I got 3 1/2 inches taller and closer to 200lbs and then down to 150, and then had my kids and am still struggling, but ive found my balance and the weight is starting to come off. I haven't had a soda in about 2 months (diet) and am weaning off crystal light. 3 of my kids are of healthy weight, my 2 year old though is 36 lbs and 37 inches tall, She is chubby, and would sneak food. I was also being like my mom and started filling their bowls more, now i do less for the kids under 5, then add a little more for the ones over, and then there are ours, I do a cup and a half for adults, a cup for the children, and half for the babies. i do not limit their fruits/veggies, and do limit sweets and am trying to get them off crystal light and onto water, its hard but i do not want them like me. We do exercise and we are working on being healthier.0
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