Should parents face fines or criminal charges over their kids obesity?

• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-03-11 06:39
  I permanently have a suppressed appetite, and it will show when i raise kids how empty the portions i will give. Unless my wife ends up cooking.
  
  I eat out of need, not out of want.
• WOWOWOWAOW wrote on 2014-03-12 00:58
  First of all, I find that obesity is hardly about eating habits at all... It's more about genetics and natural metabolism. Some people can eat McD's their whole life and not have a single issue (not exaggerating) simply because of how their body works. Other people can eat salads and diet like crazy but still look like a balloon.
  
  Another problem is excercise. Weight loss is super simple stuff. Just take in fewer calories a day than you burn and you WILL lose weight...
  
  I am 6'2 and I normally weigh 140 but for competitions I recently decided to cut down to 128. It was really simple to do actually. All I did was wear a sauna suit while working out which helped me get warmed up faster and stay warm during practice, which helped me burn a ton of calories and lose some water weight. On top of that, all I had to do was eat an apple for lunch instead of a pizza and a cookie and watched what I had for dinner. I made weight within two weeks.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2014-03-12 01:05

  Quote from WOWOWOWAOW;1205683:

  First of all, I find that obesity is hardly about eating habits at all... It's more about genetics and natural metabolism. Some people can eat McD's their whole life and not have a single issue (not exaggerating) simply because of how their body works. Other people can eat salads and diet like crazy but still look like a balloon.
  
  Another problem is excercise. Weight loss is super simple stuff. Just take in fewer calories a day than you burn and you WILL lose weight...
  
  I am 6'2 and I normally weigh 140 but for competitions I recently decided to cut down to 128. It was really simple to do actually. All I had to do was eat an apple for lunch instead of a pizza and a cookie and watched what I had for dinner. I made weight within two weeks.

  
  
  1. "Your eating habits have nothing to do with it!"
  2. "I went on a diet and lost 12 pounds!"
  
  Looks like we've got a real debate star on our hands everyone.
  
  

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  [SIZE="1"][S]its a joke k[/S][/SIZE]
• WOWOWOWAOW wrote on 2014-03-12 01:09

  Quote from Ashikoki;1205689:

  1. "Your eating habits have nothing to do with it!"
  2. "I went on a diet and lost 12 pounds!"
  
  Looks like we've got a real debate star on our hands everyone.
  
  

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  [SIZE="1"][S]its a joke k[/S][/SIZE]

  
  
  Except that it's true.
  
  If you have to watch what you eat everyday and still consider yourself obese chances are you were born that way. It's inherent in your genes. The best way to lose weight IMO is excercise. You don't have to watch what you eat and you can still make sure you get a caloric deficit or atleast a balanced caloric intake each day.
  
  
  Edit:
  
  Oops lol. I see what's wrong with my post. I though I mentioned I had to wear a sauna suit while working out.
  
  
  
  
  IM STUPID
  
  ANYWAY. My point is that people are naturally fat or skinny. Some people can be skinny without changing eating habits. Some people can eat 2 leaves a day and still be fat.
  
  It all boils down to excercise and genes.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-03-12 01:23

  Quote from WOWOWOWAOW;1205692:

  Except that it's true.
  
  If you have to watch what you eat everyday and still consider yourself obese chances are you were born that way. It's inherent in your genes. The best way to lose weight IMO is excercise. You don't have to watch what you eat and you can still make sure you get a caloric deficit or atleast a balanced caloric intake each day.
  
  
  Edit:
  
  Oops lol. I see what's wrong with my post. I though I mentioned I had to wear a sauna suit while working out.
  
  
  
  
  IM STUPID
  
  ANYWAY. My point is that people are naturally fat or skinny. Some people can be skinny without changing eating habits. Some people can eat 2 leaves a day and still be fat.
  
  It all boils down to excercise and genes.

  
  
  I guess black men are doomed to like chicken and watermelon until rapture...
• Yanm wrote on 2014-03-12 01:45

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;1205700:

  I guess black men are doomed to like chicken and watermelon until rapture...

  
  
  *Likes chicken, but hates watermelon.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-03-12 02:46

  Quote from Yanm;1205706:

  *Likes chicken, but hates watermelon.

  
  
  Like both, am Asian. Seriously Watermelon is one of my favourite fruits, it goes:
  
  1. Mango
  

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  2. Lichi
  

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  3. Watermelon
  

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• Ashikoki wrote on 2014-03-12 03:03

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;1205721:

  Like both, am Asian. Seriously Watermelon is one of my favourite fruits, it goes:

  
  
  Lesser known, but Asians are stereotyped for exactly that. Fried Chicken and watermelons. Maybe even worse so.
  
  Every Chinese restaurant sells fried chicken wings. And every Asian house I've visited offered watermelons.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-03-12 05:12
  Idk. People say i have a high merabolism, "how can you eat so much and not gain weight"
  
  'Scuse me, watch my eating habits and you will see. I rarely eat full portioned meals. I see an average eating diagram. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, sleep. I am basically snack, lunch, snack.
• Taycat wrote on 2014-03-12 14:24
  -coughs-
  i was an obese child because i liked to eat
  not because my parents didn't care
  also, i never actually exercised so that didn't help lol
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-03-12 14:30
  Yeah I personally don't think government should have the right to interfere with people's life to that degrees. Yes it's a noble cause, but a lot of crappy policies start out with good intentions. People should be free to live how they see fit as long as their actions don't hurt others.
• Taycat wrote on 2014-03-12 22:46
  another thing i'd like to say, hanna can sit here all day and tell us how obese some of us are (hint, nithi) but at the same time, that just makes her a bully and not understanding of the main issue
  the main issue is that parents are having less and less money to buy food that is "healthy" for their kids, thus they have to turn to the foods that will give them enough nutrition that they can actually survive
  that's what happened to me as a kid, we got what was cheapest and ate that. no matter what the nutrition label said, i ate my serving and went back to playing video games
  you can't sit here and blame the parents solely for something they can't control
  i'd rather have food in my house for my kid to eat than sit here and have a little bit of "healthy" food sitting around that may or may not taste as well
  but really, who is to blame?
  the food companies, the parents, the kids, or the government?
  who's to say, we're all at blame honestly
  you just can't pin the blame on one person imo
  especially with obesity being more genetic than it is habitual via growing up
  
  i mean, hell, there are gene's in your body that can determine if you will be obese or not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_obesity
  
  but at the same time, you also have to keep a healthy lifestyle to fight said genetics
  
  and i will admit, i'm freaking obese at 330lbs
  but i don't care and it certainly is NOT my parents' fault.