I see ads on Cable about "Our Obese Children!" They are Doomed!

[KoKo]

I applaud what Michelle Obama is doing to improve Kid's Lunches--which in most schools today are just Big Mac's with fries..(because that's all the kids will eat) and that Franchises had cut costs to be able to get into Govt. Programs to serve that stuff to all our kids. Along with the Pepsi/Coke dispensing machines...our kids are having problems.

On top of that they come home and stressed out families are hitting the "Fast Foods" because they are to exhausted to be able to deal with shopping and cooking and dealing with recipes when they are "on the edge" of losing their jobs.

What bothers me, though is that these kids who are being told "To EAT LESS...to BE THIN" are seeing that the Obama Administration is putting folks who have "many extra pounds on" into high positions into their Cabinet and even nominating a lovely women (who is a bit on the husky side) for the Supreme Court.

And then there's Larry Summers.

Couldn't we all agree that "Husky" people deserve to have places of POWER every where in America?

Why are we trying to tell our kids that if they have "extra pounds" they can't ACHIEVE? Look at Larry Summers and Elena Kegan.......Christine Romer.....and the rest.

And...what about our kids with "Eating Disorders" trying to look like Donald Trumps daughter and the super stars on Huffington Post?

If Elena Kegan and Larry Summers can be in Positions of High Power......then what does this mean?

If one of Michelle and Barack's Children has a gene (like his Mother and Grandmother) to have some weight problems should the rest of us be punished to feel bad about ourselves?

Can't "Husky People" have the same rights as the REST OF AMERICANS? Where do we draw the line about WHO CAN SUCCEED and WHO CAN'T? What about Intellect? Ben Franklin and many of our "Founding Fathers" had "a little meat on their bones." Nobody questioned that...they read their incredible writings that came from their powerful Intellects!

WIll Sasha and MALIA always be dogged by their WEIGHT? :shrug: What if one remains thin and one just puts on the pounds? Should the "husky one" be denied a Pulitzer Prize because she didn't go with her Mother's Program...and sneaked food from Mickey D's?

[lamp_shade]

1. Keyword: OBESE

[ShortnFiery]

2. More treating the SYMPTOMS instead of the underlying disease.

Not unlike drug addicts, many people self medicate with food.

Until we address the underlying condition that contributes to an individual's obesity, it's worthless to preach "nutrition."

At any one point in time up to 20% of the population can be diagnosed as Clinically Depressed. In today's economy, I would venture that that percentage is rising.

[WinkyDink]

3. I think Michele ought not think her arms are the only parts of her we can see.

[JI7]

4. this is stupid, nobody thinks Kagan Summers etc are where they are

because of their weight.

most people recognize that health problems from weight can affect people no matter what job they might have.

you think Obama should discriminate people based on their weight ?

[KoKo]

5. That's the Point...they are where they are because of their BRAINS!

You didn't get that from my post? :shrug: How could that be?

[Jennicut]

6. The worry for obese children is developing diabetes. Trust me, kids don't need to have

that at the young ages they do. Eating healthier is not so one can look stick thin. Most people are not built that way. I am not obese but not a stick either. I fluctuate between a size 10 to 12 am am happy there. I am a type 1 diabetic and cannot do anything about that. But type 2's can slow down some effects of the diabetes with a better way of eating. Children should not be sitting watching tv all day either. Some things can help them. Has nothing to do with overweight people being bad. If anything, the lack of good food in the grocery stores and especially in poorer areas is hurting us by no fault of our own. Kids getting diabetes might end up on diabetic meds and even insulin at a young age. Heart problems, stroke, liver issues, kidney issues, teeth and sight problems. All from diabetes.

[KoKo]

10. You didn't even bother to read my post...did you..... It's about healthy eating...

You are so programmed to see my name you react like some robotatron...to counter...counter...counter something that you didn't bother to read.

I was talking about PUNISHING CHILDREN...who could GROW UP to be HEALTHY LARRY SUMMERS AND ELENA KAGAN...and MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE BRAINS ....WHO THINK!

SHEESH...

[prolesunited]

12. Just how are children being punished?

And, yes, I read your entire post.

To me, to allow children to be sedentary and eat a regular diet of unhealthy foods is punishing them. They will face health problems as adults and be ostracized by their classmates in school. Nobody is trying to encourage people to be stick thin.

I think part of the problem is that so many people, children and adults, are overweight that we no longer know what a healthy weight looks like.

And just because you are encouraging a child's health does not mean you ignore their mental development. To me, the two go hand in hand. A child with a sugar rush or carb coma certainly won't be doing their best learning. Repeated studies show exercise also increases blood flow to the brain.

Perhaps it is you who should read people's comments with a more open mind.

[Imajika]

7. Do we really need to spend a lot of time on this?

I guess it is great that the First Lady is reminding us to consider a better diet. First Lady's do stuff like this, it is kinda their job. Seriously though, don't we have more important things to worry about? Personally, I am not even all that comfortable with the government hectoring us on what we should and shouldn't eat.

I could be totally wrong here, it just seems this huge effort is a bit misplaced. We do expect the government to inspect our food, and certainly many of us (including me) could use a lecture now and again on what we are chowing down on, but still, it doesn't quite feel like something representatives of the federal government should spend a huge amount of time on.

[Writer]

8. This absolutely NOTHING to do with the political power of the obese!

It has EVERYTHING to do with children's health!

[KoKo]

11. Do Larry Summers, Christine Romer and Elena Kagen seem to be Unhealthy?

:shrug: They are all 50 something. Are they not eating correctly?

[Jennicut]

13. They are not obese, they are merely overweight.

Obesity in children is Michelle's issue. Neither one has to do with the other. As an overweight adult, you may or may not develop pre-diabetes or higher cholesterol. May or may not. Obesity is different, where you have a lot more weight on you and pressures on your heart, your bones and muscles, your organs, blood pressure, etc.
Also, saying you want kids to be healthier and not become obese does not mean they should be punished. Stick thin figures are not healthier either. Starving yourself just makes your metabolism and overall health worse from lack of nutrients. Healthy eating is something not to be looked at as punishment but a normal way of life for kids. Being a few pounds overweight is not the same as having a 200 pound kid in his early teens who is inactive and now has possible diabetes. You can promote good things for kids without punishing them and as adults no one should be looked down as being stupid or lazy for weight issues. Losing weight when needed is incredibly hard but also incredibly important.

[Writer]

14. They don't look like children to you, do they? n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. You're confusing health with success.

I don't recall Michelle Obama or anybody else tying the obesity problem in with career achievements.