Comments on: Thoughts on Child Obesity

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[...] all the health headlines such as heart disease and obesity, we forget that we are living longer today than 100 years ago. Sure our food supply might not be as [...]

By: asithi

asithi — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:12:29 +0000

@DR - I rarely comment on people's parenting including my uncle. When I do say something about parenting, even in general terms, I often get "wait until you have kids, then you'll see." I like to think that I will make the effort because I want to raise children who I would like to spend time with when they are older. It will break my heart if I raise children that have more health problems than me in their 30s when I am in my 60s. I often get the 1 minute tolerant smile when I talk about my blogging from my family so I doubt it if any of them read my blog. Now if I was turning a profit, maybe they might pay more attention. @Tom Parker - Did you OD on junk food when you first moved out? I sure did. I remember my first year in college - I had soda at every meal and a Twinkie (or two) every day. But after 10 months of that, out of the blue, one day I just decided that I had enough and stopped. By body just did not like the junk food. I can feel that I was as energetic as before and I always pride myself on having more energy than my friends. So true about not appreciating the home cooking until you start having to cook for yourself.

By: Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips

Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tips — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:40:14 +0000

I agree with you Asithi. I think part of the reason I've never been fat is that both my parents were quite strict with our diets when me and my sister were younger. My Mum was constantly getting me and my sister to eat brown bread, fruit and vegetables when we were younger and gave us home cooked meals almost every night. Plus, she used to ration us to one small portion of sweets per week. I didn't appreciate it at the time as I just wanted to be able to eat all the treats that the other kids were eating. However, I definitely appreciate it now. I don't think I would be nearly as disciplined with my eating if my parents hadn't forced me to eat well all those years ago. Tom Parker - Free Fitness Tipss last blog post......Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Explained

By: DR

DR — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:59:49 +0000

There are lots of fathers and mothers out there, but a lot less parents.

Letting your kids do and eat whatever they want is not parenting.

Setting them up for type 2 diabetes, obesity, etc… is not parenting.

What does your uncle think of this post???