Americans still getting fat

[oakranger]

Still increasing among kids and adults.  My solution, force all fast food chain to close by 7 p.m, non of this "open till 1 a.m." and make them to make healthyer foods.  Have all restaurants to cut trans fat, carbohydrates ect, and enough of make new junk food, pop, and other foods that causes people to be fat.   

[Captfish]

Let them get fat..."survival of the fittest"......its natural selection   

[oakranger]

Let them get fat..."survival of the fittest"......its natural selection   

lol

Yea, I never though of that and it never fails.  good one captfish

[stran]

live and let live. it's a free country.

[CAP1]

Still increasing among kids and adults.  My solution, force all fast food chain to close by 7 p.m, non of this "open till 1 a.m." and make them to make healthyer foods.  Have all restaurants to cut trans fat, carbohydrates ect, and enough of make new junk food, pop, and other foods that causes people to be fat.   

it's more their lack of activity, i think, than it is the  food they eat.

i heard that in gym class, they don't even do calisthenics anymore/? or at least not every day?? what the hell's up with that?

[pallero]

Good read. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

[shppr01]

I ate what I wanted to and now Im paying the price !I have Diabetes,Colitis,weak knees, 14 kidney stones in both kidneys And sleep apnea.
I agree with Oak Dont let our kids get this way 

[akusher]

I ate what I wanted to and now Im paying the price !I have Diabetes,Colitis,weak knees, 14 kidney stones in both kidneys And sleep apnea.
I agree with Oak Dont let our kids get this way 

I worry about my diet, worry about eating too late, worry about heart disease, worry about not getting enough exercise, worry about getting too little sleep... Lately, I've started to worry that i worry too much.

Now I'm 32 and have an ulcer.

Hooray for poetic justice.

[Selino631]

it's more their lack of activity, i think, than it is the  food they eat.

i heard that in gym class, they don't even do calisthenics anymore/? or at least not every day?? what the hell's up with that?

I think its a mixture of both, in my county the school board has canceld all sport for middle schoolers, and for High School all sport have been canceled exept for Varsity. You are only required to take Gym for 2 years then u can be lazy and sit in one spot for 7 hours exept for when you go to lunch and swtich classes.
Plus they food they serve at my high school is crap, I've heard people say (including staff) that the food at my school tastes worse then McDonalds (personally tho i love mcdonalds). But school food sucks.

My solution, force all fast food chain to close by 7 p.m, non of this "open till 1 a.m."

No, that would suck because i am hungry when i get off work at 10:30pm so i like to go by Checkers or McDonalds. Honestly, i think it's the peoples responsibility to choose what they eat, if they want to get fat and obiese be my guest! I'm lucky tho, i'll trying to GAIN 20lbs rather then loose lol!

[CAP1]

I ate what I wanted to and now Im paying the price !I have Diabetes,Colitis,weak knees, 14 kidney stones in both kidneys And sleep apnea.
I agree with Oak Dont let our kids get this way 

i'm 47. ate what i wanted, when i wanted to.

 no diseases, no knee problems, no kidney problems, although i do have sciatica flare up every so often.......but that was originally from me falling off the back of a tow truck.

 the biggest thing with kids and not letting them get fat is

1) get their butts OUTSIDE and ACTIVE
2)if they're aslready showing some weight problems, then get them eating leaner foods
3)try to teach them from your mistakes.

my brother is teaching his daughter this way. she's 9, and super/crazy active.....and is outside whenever she can be. when i visit, she wears me out. she's like an energizer bunny......but then my brother brought her up that way. he tries to keep her eating healthier than he did, but lets her have what she wants sometimes...even if it is considered "junk" food.

[CAP1]

I think its a mixture of both, in my county the school board has canceld all sport for middle schoolers, and for High School all sport have been canceled exept for Varsity. You are only required to take Gym for 2 years then u can be lazy and sit in one spot for 7 hours exept for when you go to lunch and swtich classes.
Plus they food they serve at my high school is crap, I've heard people say (including staff) that the food at my school tastes worse then McDonalds (personally tho i love mcdonalds). But school food sucks.



No, that would suck because i am hungry when i get off work at 10:30pm so i like to go by Checkers or McDonalds. Honestly, i think it's the peoples responsibility to choose what they eat, if they want to get fat and obiese be my guest! I'm lucky tho, i'll trying to GAIN 20lbs rather then loose lol!

yea, see..that's bad. it breeds laziness into them.

 you don't necessarily need to do sports. but like i said.....we used to be doing SOMETHING during gym everyday. calastencs, the volleyball, dodgeball, baseball, football, just general running around......but SOMETHING.........that's all it really takes i think.......

[akusher]

Blame video game consoles and PCs.

Since the appearance of the NES, you see fewer kids outside running around and more kids indoors with overdeveloped thumbs and asspadding.

[soda72]

See if you're fat...

Calculate your body mass index

[Twizzty]

Try this one also: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

My BMI is 22.5, not bad!

[Russian]

Still increasing among kids and adults.  My solution, force all fast food chain to close by 7 p.m, non of this "open till 1 a.m." and make them to make healthyer foods.  Have all restaurants to cut trans fat, carbohydrates ect, and enough of make new junk food, pop, and other foods that causes people to be fat.   

That's right. More government regulations to fix personal issue.  Throw more money to them until they drown in it.