5 Year Old Girl in UK labeled an 'Overweight Health Risk'

OutlawPete

Mental!

This story was just on Sky News there.

Girl in the UK labeled 'overweight' and a 'health risk' :eek:

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Bit much? or Proper order?

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GLaDOS

They used BMI, which is a vague guideline at best. Stupid reaction.

Fintomiginto

serves the greedy little fatso right

Dudess

Just automated generic correspondence which is an integral part of bureaucracy - always means someone will be insulted. Nothing to get bothered about, a non story on a slow news day.

Sheeps

I AM SO SHOCKED AT THIS I CANT BELIEVE AND I ALSO REALLY REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS NEWS IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME

Fizman

Look at the size of her in comparison with the bus!! :eek:

Huge isn't the word!

My name is URL

Maybe they're trying to make people realise that being above a healthy weight doesn't mean you necessarily have to be 'fat'?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

BMI is probably the most out of date inacurate system to use.

amacachi

Not much happening in Britain the last few days then I take it?

MaybeLogic

A bit silly, tbh.

itsallaboutheL

amacachi wrote: »

Not much happening in Britain the last few days then I take it?

not much happening here either if it's necessary to post this drivel.

Thomas828

Bureaucrats with too much time on their hands and not enough in the way of brains.It doesn't help that the Daily Fail is making a mountain out of a molehill as they nearly always do.

anniehoo

Dariel Howling Tomboy wrote: »

BMI is probably the most out of date inacurate system to use.

+1 It is the most ridiculous system to use e.g it doesnt allow for the difference between muscle and fat.

I feel like crying after reading that. She looks like a perfectly happy and healthy little kid and i hope she never reads this article. The poor kid has enough pressures in this overly superficial world to be worrying about, without this crap being said about her.

Im sad

My name is URL

Thomas828 wrote: »

Bureaucrats with too much time on their hands and not enough in the way of brains.It doesn't help that the Daily Fail is making a mountain out of a molehill as they nearly always do.

To be fair, the UK are trying to fight a real problem with childhood obesity.

The methods they use to test kids have to be applied to everyone, even if it isn't a precise indicator of risk. They never actually said the kid was fat anyway, they just gave the result of the test and the risk factors associated with a high BMI

I reckon the mothers just out for an easy buck

Dudess

anniehoo wrote: »

I feel like crying after reading that. She looks like a perfectly happy and healthy little kid and i hope she never reads this article. The poor kid has enough pressures in this overly superficial world to be worrying about, without this crap being said about her.

Im sad

This wasn't a bunch of people saying "you fatty" to her, it was government bureaucracy.

Nobody's stupid enough to think she's fat.

MaybeLogic

Dudess wrote: »

This wasn't a bunch of people saying "you fatty" to her, it was government bureaucracy.

Nobody's stupid enough to think she's fat.

The kids'll be calling her "fatty" in the schoolyard tomorow.

Naikon

Dudess wrote: »

This wasn't a bunch of people saying "you fatty" to her, it was government bureaucracy.

Nobody's stupid enough to think she's fat.

True, nothing really to be concerned about.

If you don't understand that bureaucracy can not allow for even small deviations with regard to established protocols, you don't understand it's purpose.

The parents want the dough I am afraid.

Dudess

MaybeLogic wrote: »

The kids'll be calling her "fatty" in the schoolyard tomorow.

Possibly, if they get wind of the "news" article... and whose fault would that be? Oh yeah, the mother's, for drawing attention to the non issue in the first place.

MaybeLogic

MaybeLogic wrote: »

The kids'll be calling her "fatty" in the schoolyard tomorow.

well then her mother will have done her alot more damage than a letter addressed to her parents ever would have.

brummytom

Her parents are a bit embarrassed they've recieved a letter labelling their daughter as fat, as they don't want her to worry about her appearance.

So they get an article purely about her weight? Nice one mommy



EDIT: Oh ok, those two beat me ^^^^

SV

My name is URL wrote: »

Maybe they're trying to make people realise that being above a healthy weight doesn't mean you necessarily have to be 'fat'?

She isn't above a healthy weight?
There's no such thing as a healthy weight..

OutlawPete

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

not much happening here either if it's necessary to post this drivel.

I thought it was pretty shocking to label a skinny 5 year old kid as 'overweight' - you got a problem with that?

The title of the thread is pretty descriptive, was it "necessary" for you to click on a thread that you consider to be "drivel" ??

Minstrel27

Was the mother really furious?

anniehoo

Dudess wrote: »

This wasn't a bunch of people saying "you fatty" to her, it was government bureaucracy.

Nobody's stupid enough to think she's fat.

Yeh...we might get that. You do remember what it was like in school???

MaybeLogic wrote: »

The kids'll be calling her "fatty" in the schoolyard tomorow.

is why sh!t like that shouldnt be printed. If it was an adult fair enough,but a kid isnt going to understand BMI logic or illogic for that matter when they see the words "fat" or "obese".

Buford T Justice

All I can say is

GTFO

tbh

CrazyRabbit

Sheeps wrote: »

I AM SO SHOCKED AT THIS I CANT BELIEVE AND I ALSO REALLY REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS NEWS IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME

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