boxst

I try to stop my children just sitting around watching TV and playing video games (even though I spend most of my working time sitting on my bottom answering emails!).

However, it just seems that we (England) have some of the most obese children in Europe. This must be a huge problem for the future? I know I read somewhere that we are the first generation who will probably outlive our children.

The video below was sent as a joke to me, BUT look at the child. My God.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=RNZCb0WKLx8

CREWJ

It can't happen over night so I don't see how people can let their children get this way.

AndyC_772

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At least he's trying to do sit-ups!

TinyTim

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Is it wrong that I laughed LOUDLY at 1:30?

By-product of consoles being so cheap and popular, and not to mention the parents that would rather stick a TV in their kids room and let them get on with it rather than spending quality time with them.

TelBoy

Don't worry though, McDonald's, Burger King etc have all started publishing a calorie value per product on their menus as from today. So that'll solve the world's obesity problem at a stroke then.

TinyTim

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Fast Food parents will probably think it's some sort of reward points scheme.

TelBoy

By being ****-poor parents and feeding their kids food that a) is cheap b) they will eat and c) quick to put on the table.


40% of British adults obese by 2030 it's estimated. I was staggered that it isn't already that high.

Alg

Simon C

This was highlighted to me recently in my home town. Every year the local rag sponsers a fishing competition, its been going for years. I used to enter it as a kid some 25 years ago.

When i used to enter there was around 300 entrants, and it used to take all 5 sections of the canal up, litteraly you couldn't move around the place, about 3 miles of water!

This year, there was 31 entrants, thats barely enough for 1 section of canal.

TelBoy

Why bother going fishing when you can stay at home and download an "app" to do it on your iPhone??


The world today...

Wurzel

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Perhaps he doesn't have an iPhone.

TelBoy

I was talking about the 269 other fellas who didn't turn up

Wurzel

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Yeah the other 269 sheep stayed at home with their iPhone to do cyber fishing where as Simon C doesn't have one, hence why he had to get off his **** and go do the real thing.

TelBoy

Hopefully he saw it slightly differently to "had" to get off his ****


Or we really are all doooomed

boxst

Doomed ...

Simon C

During school holidays I was never home! Always out by 10am and back for dinner, 1 advantage of living in a rural location, lots to see and do. Went fishing at least once a week as a kid for quite a few years.

I never had a games console, and still don't, well not for playing games on, the gen 1 xbox I have runs XBMC for playing torrents.

Can't see the point in games consoles, and to quote Terry Pratchet and Death. "In a world of infinate wonders, only humans have managed to invent boredom."

J4CKO

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I did as well, think that kid may be "On the Sunshine Bus" to be fair.

I just sent one of mine to Hockey with the wife, one out with the Dog for a walk, just one to get doing something now.

Wurzel

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LOL ! So you have managed to get rid of the whole family doing things, so what are you going to be doing whilst they are all out doing stuff

J4CKO

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Thought I might bash one out, maybe two

Terminator X

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Saw it at KFC at the w/end ... quite frightening how many calories are in a meal actually

TX.

jef

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children are naturally active, theyre not born lazy or fat, barring certain medical conditions.

they just need encourageent or exposere to regular activities, excersise in ay shape or form tbh

its soley parent responsibility - altho its easier for some parts o the country than others to acheive this.

coupled with both parent s working ina family, which in past was not always the norm, its a change from how some people were brought up.

no easy answer, or single solution imo, but each person that has children should take on the responsibility of maintaining there health to atleast a certain degree

David Lock

One teeny problem there of course is that kids can't actually add up these days

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As a governor at a tiny primary school staffed by fat women I wanted the kids to do more gym and outside games etc, primarily as I believed that ball games, for example, were good for eye and body coordination. Not a chance. Overruled by lazy teachers.

As a young kid at school I spent most of the playground time chasing other kids around and rough and tumble games. Elf & Safety now pal, dear oh dear. No doubt my beloved soccer pitch has a Co-op built on it now..... Or a refuge for huge kids.....

dl

jef

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agree, unfortunatley,

health and safey inherited from american suing culture has had a major impact on childrens health

companies protecting them selves from liability - is far more important than actual benfits from reasoanable activtiy

and that is our generations fault, for being money grabbing lazy ***** tbh, abusing the system ,a and forcing change, altho inherantly a human traite to become lazy, one generation just doesnt care about its influnece on the next

sad

Trout

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Child obesity = child abuse

Simple

pimmo2000

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If my kids turn out fat, I've failed. *unless its medical*

CREWJ

I played football constantly yet I'm an avid gamer.

There's such a thing as balance.

pimmo2000

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I spend about 10 -12 hours a day in front of a PC screen, yet I weigh about 13 stone, run, cycle, swimming, climb .. pretty much all the things my dad taught me when I was a kid .. I do them for fun ..

Trout

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What medical condition would make children fat?

The laws of thermodynamics are incontrovertible.

Energy in > Energy consumed = Fat

Energy in < Energy consumer = Thin

pimmo2000

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Cancer

CREWJ

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