Over the past couple of years as I continue to grow in age and in wisdom, I have been noticing that many children that ride the same bus as me and how many of them are obese. I have one question to ask and that is why? How could parents in this day and age let their children get so big? I know that some of the kids can’t help it, but some can. The kids that eat large amounts of food each day and then play video games or watch television hours on end they are not getting the physical activity.
I have watched many news stories about how parents can help there kids. There have been many studies that want the children to take a type of medicine to help them stop eating as much; I believe that this isn’t right. Children should just be kids and run and play and be kids. I also believe that children mock what they see done. So if your parents don’t participate in physical activities then maybe you don’t either.
There are many reports that show that if you tell you children to eat less that it could cause that child to develop an eating disorder. At all cost we want to avoid this in the kids today. I just think that in closing to this argument just let kids be kids make them get out of the house and play. And parents you should join them make it a family thing
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I can answer your question about obesity with a question. "Would you like to super size that order?"
This is not fully the fault of the parents. Part of it has to do with the local attitudes and environment towards obesity. For example there is a tremendous difference if you're from an area where there is a gym on almost every corner versus maybe Oklahoma where there are a large number of obese individuals.
Another part has to do with eating habits. If somebody is eating fried food every day versus salads they will be more likely to be obese. Same with people who drink lots of soda or beer versus people who drink water or juice.
But a large part of the fault for childhood obesity lies in the demise of the neighborhood. It is now much harder for children to go walk to their friends houses and ask if "Jimmy" or "sarah" can come out to play. It is harder to round up 10, 15, 20 people for games like baseball or soccer, where there is a lot of activity. An attitude has developed where parents need to chaperon children wherever they go so that they are safe. Because it is now so much harder to get big groups together small groups of friends now either watch tv, play video games or do something else that doesn't require as much athletic energy. Video games and tv just means it is easier to have fun and less creativity required in thinking fun up. This may not be a bad thing because it may mean less neighborhood damage from kids causing trouble.