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I am thin too... but I am not angry or judgmental towards overweight people. Some people are genetically prone to being obese... other people have health conditions like diabetes and health disease that leads to extra weight or depend on medication that can cause them to balloon up or retain lots of water, or they are just physically disadvantaged.
I am thankful I don't have to work as hard to thin, and I can enjoy sweets and ice cream frequently... I have heard horror stories about people getting by pass surgeries to save their life, and I am always thankful that isn't me.
Compulsive overeating is recognized as a eating disorder, just like anorexia or bulimia.
I have a feeling ludahai probably wouldn't have a problem with anorexics though... just the "fatties," because he seems to really hold a lot of animosity towards them for unknown reasons
So I been watching re-runs of this show on OWN and am starting to wonder if this is some form of child abuse. I mean these teens did not get this big without the help of their parents and it breaks my heart to watch them struggle and one of them even died. Or maybe all of them as this is a repeat of a show that aired on other networks.
So my question is do you feel it is child abuse to overfeed your children and allow them to overeat to the point of being this obese?
I know that in our culture sometimes cooking and feeding is the act of showing love but feeding your children to the point where it takes the fire dept. to get them out of the house and to the hospital is not love.
So, TWO THIRDS of Americans are prone to being overweight or obese? Do you HONESTLY believe that? Face it... Americans are LAZY... they don't care about their own physical fitness. There is a stereotype around the world about Americans and their weight issues. It is pathetic when I walk around here and nearly every American and Canadian I see here tips the scales at well over 200 points. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a particularly obese man with an armfull of food at Costco... and he was eating alone...
Don't give me this genetic bullcrap. Americans are lousy eaters and don't exercise enough... Once again, the excuses from those defending the fat and obese rear their ugly head.
They aren't "just kids". They're teenagers and capable of making their own decisions. They made the decision to become fat, and that's their fault. Teenagers and adults are supposed to take responsibility for their actions. Kids 12 and under do not.
If you read my comments, you'd notice I said that parents should teach their children better habits. It really makes me mad when people feed their kids fast food, their overweight, and the parents don't put them in sports or nothing.
Americans don't exercise a lot compared to other countries, and Americans spend more time working a day than other countries, so busy Americans tend to find fast food convenient. Most Americans don't walk to a market everyday and buy fresh foods, nor are most American towns and cities arranged in a way that makes walking everywhere easy. I used to live in Europe myself. I know how it is here, and it has a lot to do with culture, not just gluttony.
Not only this, but next time you go to the grocery store look around and see how much of it is processed, unhealthy food. I'd say about 98% of the supermarket is processed, fatty, carby unhealthy crap loaded with preservatives, artificial flavors/colors and other unidentifiable chemicals.
True but look around at the price of fresh healthy foods. People have to have food to eat and they are gonna buy what fits into their budget. This is why I really wish people that own any kind of land would start doing a garden. Heck you can even do container gardens if you have a small place. Honestly this summer? I am helping with a community garden and am also planting things in my own yard to where this summer? I am gonna eat mainly out of these. Now while I love fresh foods? I am not a rabbit so there will still be meat, fish and chicken tossed in.
Healthy foods really aren't more expensive than processed crap, that's pretty much a myth, you can eat healthy, fresh foods for the same budget as you would processed garbage.
It is not a myth. Fresh foods cost more than processed foods and that is a fact.
I think it would be abuse if it reaches a 1/2 ton, this is to the extreme and the parents should have called for help. That said, if this was due to a natural occurrence that was beyond the parents control then it is not abuse.
As a side note, when I comes to adults that let themselves get so big they don't leave the bed for years, I seriously wonder what mindset it takes to be ok with letting yourself live like that.
No it isn't!
Hard to say what will help anyone lose weight,
Yes it is. It is much cheaper to feed a family with that $3 processed family sized frozen lasagna than it is is making it fresh.
You can say it all ya want but the fact is that it cost more to eat healthy in this country and that is a shame.
Few are able to be 100% "responsible"....They aren't "just kids". They're teenagers and capable of making their own decisions. This is simply NOT TRUE ! Some will never able able to make the "right" decision... They made the decision to become fat this I cannot believe , with all the negative stigma attached to this condition... , and that's their fault. Teenagers and adults are supposed to take responsibility for their actions. Kids 12 and under do not.
No it isn't, it just seems that way because if you buy the ingredients they will altogether cost more than that one lasagna yet you would be able to make like 5 times as much food.
And you can say it all ya want but the fact is that it does not cost more.
One does not have to have a 100% diet of whole, fresh foods to be healthy. The key is moderation with adequate exercise. Granted, there is nothing moderate about my workout regimin and few can match it, but you don't have to. I do eat snack foods and drink Coca cola from time to time, but I strive to maintain a balanced diet. It can be done. You just have to put effort, thought, and planning into it...
Agree. I will say this: I need to start taking more effort in reguards to what I put in my body. I admit to eating fast food and after working? I am lazy as hell. I also buy junk at the store but am really gonna make a serious effort these next few months to eat better. I also need to get back to my walking. I have been slacking since Dec. and well I can tell it. I will never be some health or exercise freak (as in lives for it) but I need to get back to the Earth and Nature. BTW, I am not anywhere near obese: I am 5'8 or maybe 5'7 heh and weigh around 155-160 pounds right now. Maybe some would view me as fat but whatever.
I am very excited about this community garden thing and some of us have plans on weekends to walk at the local highschool track. I will do this on top of walking around my where I live a few times around the block. I actually walked aroound for an hour this evening and felt so wonderful. See I been stuck in a rut or something and just been not enjoying things. But I am gonna get ME back! Anyways this is not about me but you are so right. You can even take small steps to eat more healthy and the key is to get your ass moving.
people who degrade others becasue of their physical appearance are very insecure. it's natural for those types of people to tease "the little fatty" so they can make themselves feel better.
It is not a myth. Fresh foods cost more than processed foods and that is a fact.
Also d9o not forget that weather plays a major part in reguards to fresh foods while processed foods stay the same pretty much.
No it isn't!
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