Obesity correlates with IQ and is anticorrelated with physical activity, like protesting. The perfect herd.
Absolutely mortifying tbh. Is there any good news coming from this country atm?
Obesity is a national epidemic and needs to be treated as such. NHS has record funding (>10% of gdp) yet is being crippled by self inflicted diseases. Prevention is significantly cheaper than the cure.
Going to dump my savings into gastric sleeves and mobility scooters
Crazy that parents let their kids become little fatso’s
So buy stocks in chocolate companies and mobility scooters?
Needs to be treated rather than encouraged as it seems to be nowadays.
There was another headline about this today. Kids got extra tubby lockdown and still are.
It’s sad. The amount of overweight kids I see at my son’s primary school is shocking. I’m not talking a bit chubby. There are some very overweight children,a noticeably large amount aswell.
More often than not the parents are also overweightl,they have an unhealthy relationship with food and it’s shows up in their kids.
That being said we are at the poorer end of the scale where I live. High unemployment. Kids have poor diets because cheap food is shit food.
Alot if it boils down to lazy parenting aswell. Not everyone can afford to get their kids into sports clubs and activities. (That being said most of the clubs in my town don’t charge the families to join and there are kit rooms and boot exchanges set up to help those less fortunate with free equipment).
It costs nothing to go out to the park walking or exploring. It’s easier though to let them play online and stay in their rooms whilst they stew in front of the TV.
If you were to starve a child you would have a case for neglect. Letting your child become obese should have exactly the same outcome. It’s extremely damaging to their health.
Aren’t these kids supposed to be getting conscripted to fight WW3 in a few years? I don’t fancy our chances
After a recent visit back to the uk I was shocked to see the supermarkets so full of processed quick easy foods. Everything has sugar in it. I get that parents are tired from both working full time jobs but there needs to be a way for quick healthy dinner ideas.
That’s weird I only thought Americans were fat, and the free healthcare education welfare walkable cities etc meant slim folks in Europe.
A food system that is designed to get you addicted to buying and consuming affordable crap, combined with time-poor lifestyles, poor nutritional education, and a hostile built environment that makes it hard for children to play and dangerous for children to travel (combined with absolute paranoia about abductions). All of this combines to create a very unhealthy population – fat *and* riddled with poor mental health – and *all* of these issues need to be tackled, not just one.
Anecdotal but based on my own “observe my own kids school” analysis, the number of blatantly overweight and obese children is usually tied 1-to-1 with the number of parents that drop off their children whilst wearing nightwear OR have some form of dog that is crossbred with a Pitbull variant OR Ride in their parents mobility scooters due to being massive themselves.
Bonus cholesterol for those who tick all three.
Some of these kids don’t have a fucking chance and genuinely a better system takes them away from these neglectful parents and course corrects them in some way. Of course, that would distract from Rwanda, or be “sizest” though
create society where both parents need to work full time, be surprised when kids replace the stimulation of proper parenting with food, and the parents are too fuckin tired to do much beside being feeders.
wonder why its going to hell.
that less than 40% of working adults in this country, are not permanently out of the workforce as parents, is a complete tragedy.
Majorly upset today as the only local green grocer in a radius of 2 miles has closed due to sudden increased rent.
They had an amazing selection of fruits and vegetables at very accessible prizes and good quality. And most of them had 2 or 5 for £1. Imagine buying 5 pieces of fruit for £1, when in the average high street supermarket every item will be £1 minimum.
I’m very upset as this affects our household and our shopping and eating habits, will write to my local MP with this as a trigger, but ultimately, this is a major symptom people are having less and less options for what they consume.
Childhood obesity on the rise
10+ years of austerity
Could these things somehow be related? Surely not! Blame the parents!
It will keep getting worse as there isn’t a quick fix which means it is well beyond any of our T parties.
Tinkering with things such as sugar tax and banning BOGOF isn’t going to
So many elements contribute to the problem such as people being time poor, our culture of snacking, our false perspective on what a healthy weight looks like, people drinking their calories , a lack of understanding of how many calories foods contain, a lack of interesting exercise options, car culture, food marketing, a lack of kitchen skills, ridiculous portion sizes (particularly for junk food), the idea that dessert/chocolate/ice-cream should be eaten daily and many more I’ll have missed. I mean where do you start?
I can’t help but judge the parents of obese children. Whether that’s right or wrong to do so I don’t know, but sometimes I feel like it’s a sort of abuse, and I gotta say I have a cousin who has two highly overweight kids under 10.
It scares to me think how normalised being overweight is, that obesity is the new “overweight” and no longer a niche condition.
Being pragmatic, voting/allowing/understanding active travel can really help and at no (long term) cost to the taxpayer. Getting people moving everyday is a key part of equalising the (high level concept of) calories in:calories out imbalance.
If parents prioritised healthy living over happy meals, frozen chicken nuggets and excessive screen time, that might not be the case but here we are, the age of lazy parenting
There are a lot of factors to this. One though, is that parents are afraid to say no to their children. They want to be friends with their kids, so are afraid to say no because they’ll have a tantrum. There was one girl in a primary school I spent some time at who’s parents would pack an entire packet of biscuits in her bag every day. This isn’t the case of someone not knowing how to control portions, or eating sugary cereal thinking it’s healthy – it’s neglect and should go down as such.
Make shops put the unhealthy foods behind a very narrow entrance.
This whole thing happened because they banned Fat Families!
Look at the crap in the supermarkets and you’ll see why. This country has a very messed up relationship with food whereby many people think a frozen pizza or turkey twizzlers, or something as innocuous as a loaf of Kingsmill and tin of beans is an okay meal on the regs. Look around the rest of Europe where people cook at home with things that actually grew from the ground or look like a piece of an animal (or even simple and cheap ingredients) and you won’t see obese 10 year olds.
I think this comes down to three things,
1. lack of conviction in parents to provide healthy food and not cave to the “turkey dinosaurs” or whatever the fad is today.
2. Lack of education that tells the hard truth. Being obese is not healthy. Kids should learn to be slightly concerned that they are overweight and understand why it is bad.
3. The ease of xbox, play station etc ti keep kids quiet. Limit their time infront of a TV and let them outside to climb trees, play chase or get lost in the local woods.
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Obesity correlates with IQ and is anticorrelated with physical activity, like protesting. The perfect herd.
Absolutely mortifying tbh. Is there any good news coming from this country atm?
Obesity is a national epidemic and needs to be treated as such. NHS has record funding (>10% of gdp) yet is being crippled by self inflicted diseases. Prevention is significantly cheaper than the cure.
Going to dump my savings into gastric sleeves and mobility scooters
Crazy that parents let their kids become little fatso’s
So buy stocks in chocolate companies and mobility scooters?
Needs to be treated rather than encouraged as it seems to be nowadays.
There was another headline about this today. Kids got extra tubby lockdown and still are.
It’s sad. The amount of overweight kids I see at my son’s primary school is shocking. I’m not talking a bit chubby. There are some very overweight children,a noticeably large amount aswell.
More often than not the parents are also overweightl,they have an unhealthy relationship with food and it’s shows up in their kids.
That being said we are at the poorer end of the scale where I live. High unemployment. Kids have poor diets because cheap food is shit food.
Alot if it boils down to lazy parenting aswell. Not everyone can afford to get their kids into sports clubs and activities. (That being said most of the clubs in my town don’t charge the families to join and there are kit rooms and boot exchanges set up to help those less fortunate with free equipment).
It costs nothing to go out to the park walking or exploring. It’s easier though to let them play online and stay in their rooms whilst they stew in front of the TV.
If you were to starve a child you would have a case for neglect. Letting your child become obese should have exactly the same outcome. It’s extremely damaging to their health.
Aren’t these kids supposed to be getting conscripted to fight WW3 in a few years? I don’t fancy our chances
After a recent visit back to the uk I was shocked to see the supermarkets so full of processed quick easy foods. Everything has sugar in it. I get that parents are tired from both working full time jobs but there needs to be a way for quick healthy dinner ideas.
That’s weird I only thought Americans were fat, and the free healthcare education welfare walkable cities etc meant slim folks in Europe.
As with most obesity issues the problem is mostly dietary, but there’s also a link with children’s [inability to play safely outdoors](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/23/children-suffering-due-to-lack-of-outdoor-play-uk-charities-warn) and [limited and decreasing independent mobility](https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/98xyq/children-s-independent-mobility-an-international-comparison-and-recommendations-for-action) compared to many of our supposed peer countries.
A food system that is designed to get you addicted to buying and consuming affordable crap, combined with time-poor lifestyles, poor nutritional education, and a hostile built environment that makes it hard for children to play and dangerous for children to travel (combined with absolute paranoia about abductions). All of this combines to create a very unhealthy population – fat *and* riddled with poor mental health – and *all* of these issues need to be tackled, not just one.
Anecdotal but based on my own “observe my own kids school” analysis, the number of blatantly overweight and obese children is usually tied 1-to-1 with the number of parents that drop off their children whilst wearing nightwear OR have some form of dog that is crossbred with a Pitbull variant OR Ride in their parents mobility scooters due to being massive themselves.
Bonus cholesterol for those who tick all three.
Some of these kids don’t have a fucking chance and genuinely a better system takes them away from these neglectful parents and course corrects them in some way. Of course, that would distract from Rwanda, or be “sizest” though
create society where both parents need to work full time, be surprised when kids replace the stimulation of proper parenting with food, and the parents are too fuckin tired to do much beside being feeders.
wonder why its going to hell.
that less than 40% of working adults in this country, are not permanently out of the workforce as parents, is a complete tragedy.
Majorly upset today as the only local green grocer in a radius of 2 miles has closed due to sudden increased rent.
They had an amazing selection of fruits and vegetables at very accessible prizes and good quality. And most of them had 2 or 5 for £1. Imagine buying 5 pieces of fruit for £1, when in the average high street supermarket every item will be £1 minimum.
I’m very upset as this affects our household and our shopping and eating habits, will write to my local MP with this as a trigger, but ultimately, this is a major symptom people are having less and less options for what they consume.
Childhood obesity on the rise
10+ years of austerity
Could these things somehow be related? Surely not! Blame the parents!
It will keep getting worse as there isn’t a quick fix which means it is well beyond any of our T parties.
Tinkering with things such as sugar tax and banning BOGOF isn’t going to
So many elements contribute to the problem such as people being time poor, our culture of snacking, our false perspective on what a healthy weight looks like, people drinking their calories , a lack of understanding of how many calories foods contain, a lack of interesting exercise options, car culture, food marketing, a lack of kitchen skills, ridiculous portion sizes (particularly for junk food), the idea that dessert/chocolate/ice-cream should be eaten daily and many more I’ll have missed. I mean where do you start?
I can’t help but judge the parents of obese children. Whether that’s right or wrong to do so I don’t know, but sometimes I feel like it’s a sort of abuse, and I gotta say I have a cousin who has two highly overweight kids under 10.
It scares to me think how normalised being overweight is, that obesity is the new “overweight” and no longer a niche condition.
Being pragmatic, voting/allowing/understanding active travel can really help and at no (long term) cost to the taxpayer. Getting people moving everyday is a key part of equalising the (high level concept of) calories in:calories out imbalance.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUlgSRn6e0&t=669s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUlgSRn6e0&t=669s)
If parents prioritised healthy living over happy meals, frozen chicken nuggets and excessive screen time, that might not be the case but here we are, the age of lazy parenting
There are a lot of factors to this. One though, is that parents are afraid to say no to their children. They want to be friends with their kids, so are afraid to say no because they’ll have a tantrum. There was one girl in a primary school I spent some time at who’s parents would pack an entire packet of biscuits in her bag every day. This isn’t the case of someone not knowing how to control portions, or eating sugary cereal thinking it’s healthy – it’s neglect and should go down as such.
Make shops put the unhealthy foods behind a very narrow entrance.
This whole thing happened because they banned Fat Families!
Look at the crap in the supermarkets and you’ll see why. This country has a very messed up relationship with food whereby many people think a frozen pizza or turkey twizzlers, or something as innocuous as a loaf of Kingsmill and tin of beans is an okay meal on the regs. Look around the rest of Europe where people cook at home with things that actually grew from the ground or look like a piece of an animal (or even simple and cheap ingredients) and you won’t see obese 10 year olds.
I think this comes down to three things,
1. lack of conviction in parents to provide healthy food and not cave to the “turkey dinosaurs” or whatever the fad is today.
2. Lack of education that tells the hard truth. Being obese is not healthy. Kids should learn to be slightly concerned that they are overweight and understand why it is bad.
3. The ease of xbox, play station etc ti keep kids quiet. Limit their time infront of a TV and let them outside to climb trees, play chase or get lost in the local woods.