Fat kids

Dr Crayfish

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

valoren

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

Hope that was meant!

Baron Kurtz

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

No sitting on the fence there. Fair enough.

andekwarhola

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

They ate lots of food?

aaronjumper

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

No sitting on the fence there. Fair enough.

It can't take the weight.

Dr Crayfish

andekwarhola wrote: »

They ate lots of food?

Yeah but is it bad parenting? When I was a kid it was the opposite, I was too skinny, my mam used to make me eat this stuff called Complan to put weight on that my sick Grandfather had excess amounts of, it was revolting.

daveyeh

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

:pac:

Cortina_MK_IV

You better not be talkin' bout me...

Donald Trump

Jimmy Carr put it best

Jimmy Carr wrote:

I worry that these obese children are sending a very mixed message to our paedophiles

Sure they're easier to catch

But who wants to fiddle with a fatty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zujQXhuIgak

suicide_circus

we've built a society free from personal responsibility. people feed their kids crap and don't make them exercise and then blame the state for their fat kids.

Dtp1979

Kids don't walk anywhere anymore. Mammy drives them to school in her 7 seater. Instead of going out and playing, they're sitting, playing x box or on their phones eating a tub of pringles. Instead of water or milk they're giving kids "juice"

Slydice

I remember seeing headlines about Ireland getting to number 1 for obesity alright:
2015:
Ireland set to be most obese country in Europe, WHO says
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-set-to-be-most-obese-country-in-europe-who-says-1.2201731
2016:
Ireland's obesity rate among world's worst
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-s-obesity-rate-among-world-s-worst-1.2594266

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that?

I'd say if you are stuck on how love works, then googling parents and how parent love their children unconditionally might help. I'm not sure how it's difficult but wouldn't say it's impossible. When I see someone talk about a parents love, I think it makes sense.

daveyeh

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

What can we do to stop more fat kids happening?

Eliminate fat sperm from impregnating by placing a sieve-like cap on the cervix?

Forced starvation?

Prison?

Murder?

Where does this end Joe? It's awful I tell ya. Awful, Joe.

tedpan

It's all the sugar in their diets, fizzy drinks, cheap fast food and usually no understanding of nutrition, both themselves and the parents.

Kids now have access to food at a giant scale, the brand's are bigger than ever with most flagged as healthy, good for you and Irish.

It's tough out there..

pumpkin4life

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that?

tupenny

100% the parents fault. Child abuse imo.
Loads of fat 1s in my 8year olds class. No way I'd let my kid get like that.
Usually they're the kids with the fat parents too

Dr Crayfish

Slydice wrote: »

I'd say if you are stuck on how love works, then googling parents and how parent love their children unconditionally might help. I'm not sure how it's difficult but wouldn't say it's impossible. When I see someone talk about a parents love, I think it makes sense.

Yeah I don't have any kids, fat kids though, euuugh, I can barely look at them never mind raise the f*ckers.

suicide_circus

tedpan wrote: »

It's all the sugar in their diets, fizzy drinks, cheap fast food and usually no understanding of nutrition, both themselves and the parents.

Kids now have access to food at a giant scale, the brand's are bigger than ever with most flagged as healthy, good for you and Irish.

It's tough out there..

i don't buy this. Nutritional information is everywhere. This topic is never out of the media. You don't need a PHD in food science to know that certain foods will make you fat.

frag420

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

The thing about being a fat kid is that you can become thin if you want to, they can do something about it!!

The thing about being a judgemental asshat is that it tends to stay with you...you will always be that person!!

Stay classy Dr!!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

There should be no excuse for fat kids. There's enough information out there on nutrition these days. If parents insist on deep fat fryer food every day and McDonald's etc then they're not fit parents. Op is right though, the fat kid epidemic is out of control.

Dr Crayfish

frag420 wrote: »

The thing about being a fat kid is that you can become thin if you want to, they can do something about it!!

The thing about being a judgemental asshat is that it tends to stay with you...you will always be that person!!

Stay classy Dr!!

What's an asshat? Where did you come up with that word?

suicide_circus

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

What's an asshat? Where did you come up with that word?

its when you get so fat your arse flops onto your head

Dr Crayfish

suicide_circus wrote: »

its when you get so fat your arse flops onto your head

oic

frag420

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

What's an asshat? Where did you come up with that word?

Mrs Crayfish uses it all the time...

Dr Crayfish

frag420 wrote: »

Mrs Crayfish uses it all the time...

Mrs Crayfish is so fat she developed type 2 diabetes and died last year

frag420

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Mrs Crayfish is so fat she developed type 2 diabetes and died last year

Sure what would you care, as you said yourself, how could anyone love someone like that!?

Dr Crayfish

frag420 wrote: »

Sure what would you care, as you said yourself, how could anyone love someone like that!?

I didn't, I never loved her and it killed her inside, which led to emotional eating and ultimately her death

B0jangles

frag420 wrote: »

Sure what would you care, as you said yourself, how could anyone love someone like that!?

Don't tell Dr. C but she faked the illness and death just to get away from him



Anyway, fat kids, Aren't they just the WORST*?





(*not this poster's actual opinion btw, it's just a ruse to distract Dr. C's lightning wits.)

pumpkin4life

Carbohydrate and sugar consumption leads to fat kids.

There are:

1: More and more of these foods are readily available.

2: Nutritional advice is bolloxed and works off bullcrap assumptions. Your Granny and Granddad who were lean as a pole know more about nutrition than most experts.

3: Feminism, more people working, increased work commutes. Miserable jobs. Poor parental upbringing (seriously, the amount of wans who can't toast toast is staggering like). No **** knows how to cook a good meal anymore.

That's why more and more of them are around.

Dr Crayfish

pumpkin4life wrote: »

Carbohydrate and sugar consumption leads to fat kids.

All I ever seemed to eat was bread, potatoes, and pasta growing up and we hadn't a pick on us. I don't think there's anything wrong with carbs. I like the blaming feminists approach though.

Winterlong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_xgoo4IBM

gizmo81

I think this is probably one of the most reprehensible posts I've seen on boards.ie in my short time here and I've seen some sh1te!

People love other people including their offspring for a variety of reasons and lowest on the list is how attractive they are.

Obesity, like it's binary opposite Anorexia is a medical condition caused by a variety of reasons. Thyroid, Common Steroids for Asthma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Diabetes and so on can contribute.

Another factor is stigmatisation which makes the problem repeat in a vicious circle.

It's such a cheap shot, and a reflection on the commentator rather than their target.

I believe to take such a nasty shot at such a vulnerable group, overweight children, the commentator must be lacking any kind of empathy and education.

The only person 'unloveable' is the person who has no love in their heart that they ridicule children and people struggling with a medical condition.

Zillah

tupenny wrote: »

Usually they're the kids with the fat parents too

Which they will use to claim it is genetic and out of their control, when it's actually because they're feeding their kids the same diet that made them fat in the first place.

suicide_circus wrote: »

we've built a society free from personal responsibility. people feed their kids crap and don't make them exercise and then blame the state for their fat kids.

When has anyone blamed the state for their own fat children?

LirW

2: Your Granny and Granddad who were lean as a pole know more about nutrition than most experts.

Lol you've never seen my granny making a cake. 1 slice has like a million calories. Best thing you'll ever have. No regrets.

Dr Crayfish

gizmo81 wrote: »

I think this is probably one of the most reprehensible posts I've seen on boards.ie in my short time here and I've seen some sh1te!

People love other people including their offspring for a variety of reasons and lowest on the list is how attractive they are.

Obesity, like it's binary opposite Anorexia is a medical condition caused by a variety of reasons. Thyroid, Common Steroids for Asthma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Diabetes and so on can contribute.

Another factor is stigmatisation which makes the problem repeat in a vicious circle.

It's such a cheap shot, and a reflection on the commentator rather than their target.

I believe to take such a nasty shot at such a vulnerable group, overweight children, the commentator must be lacking an kind of empathy and education.

The only person 'unloveable' is the person who has no love in their heart that they ridicule children and people struggling with a medical condition.

LOL, medical conditions, gimme a break, I knew someone like you would come along sooner or later

Dr Crayfish

Funny how there were no fat kids with illnesses when I was a kid huh?

B0jangles

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

LOL, medical conditions, gimme a break, I knew someone like you would come along sooner or later

Dude, you said yourself your Mammy had to stuff you with complan to get you up to a 'normal' weight, maybe you should just count yourself lucky you got the 'can't put on weight' deal and not the alternative.

Banjoxed

pumpkin4life wrote: »

Carbohydrate and sugar consumption leads to fat kids.

There are:

1: More and more of these foods are readily available.

2: Nutritional advice is bolloxed and works off bullcrap assumptions. Your Granny and Granddad who were lean as a pole know more about nutrition than most experts.

3: Feminism, more people working, increased work commutes. Miserable jobs. Poor parental upbringing (seriously, the amount of wans who can't toast toast is staggering like). No **** knows how to cook a good meal anymore.

That's why more and more of them are around.

Feminism. So, the cure is wimmin knowing their place and raising good Catholic families of ten on starvation wages?

A career making excuses for The Knights of Columbanus beckons.

Dr Crayfish

B0jangles wrote: »

Dude, you said yourself your Mammy had to stuff you with complan to get you up to a 'normal' weight, maybe you should just count yourself lucky you got the 'can't put on weight' deal and not the alternative.

Trust me I can put it on now, I just have to watch my diet and exercise

pjohnson

B0jangles wrote: »

Dude, you said yourself your Mammy had to stuff you with complan to get you up to a 'normal' weight, maybe you should just count yourself lucky you got the 'can't put on weight' deal and not the alternative.

Tbf whatever Mammy gave him didnt make him normal anyway.

Dr Crayfish

pjohnson wrote: »

Tbf whatever Mammy gave him didnt make him normal anyway.

We don't say "Mammy" round these parts

B0jangles

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Trust me I can put it on now, I just have to watch my diet and exercise

And do you get your diet and exercise motivation from sneering at overweight children?

Most people pick something a scrap less odious, but hey.

susign

Dr Crayfish wrote:

I've just been noticing tonnes of fat kids around lately. Like really fat. I find them rather unsightly. I'm not a bad person but I look at them and think how could anyone love that? When I was in school, in the 90s, I think there was one fat kid in my year. He used to get tonnes of sh*t over it too. I wonder if fat kids get bullied now or if everyone's just used to it? What can we do to stop more fat kids happening? Do you have a fat kid? How did it happen?

Please remove this horrible post, you're an adult

thunderdog

I think the very serious question we need to ask ourselves is, have we reached peak fat kid?

Dr Crayfish

B0jangles wrote: »

And do you get your diet and exercise motivation from sneering at overweight children?

Most people pick something a scrap less odious, but hey.

Well I thought after hours is something where you discuss trivial things. I don't really think about fat kids often but I was just in the shop and there was one there buying a can of Monster energy drink and I thought I'd bring it up for discussion here. I wouldn't say I sneered at him, I just wanted to get away from him so I didn't have to look at him. I wonder how hard it is to get kids to diet nowadays?

Dr Crayfish

thunderdog wrote: »

I think the very serious question we need to ask ourselves is, have we reached peak fat kid?

Hell no. Surely it can only get worse?

It's depressing when people have absolutely no shame in referring to a kid as 'that' and calling kids unlovable if they're overweight.

Just when I thought AH couldn't hate kids and their parents more. So fat unlovable kids, and we get to blame the parents -and don't forget the feminists! - too! It's like a hat trick of nastiness.

No, I'm not a parent.

Candie

Candie wrote: »

It's depressing when people have absolutely no shame in referring to a kid as 'that' and calling kids unlovable if they're overweight.

Just when I thought AH couldn't hate kids and their parents more. So fat unlovable kids, and we get to blame the parents -and don't forget the feminists! - too! It's like a hat trick of nastiness.

No, I'm not a parent.

I agree that it's up to the parents.
That's about it though

Armchair Andy

bluewolf wrote:

I agree that it's up to the parents. That's about it though

Definitely. When you see them caving in at the checkout so easily its not surprising the kid is usually fat.

LincolnHawk

The food pyramid doesn't help

I love Sean nos

pumpkin4life wrote: »

Carbohydrate and sugar consumption leads to fat kids.

There are:

1: More and more of these foods are readily available.

2: Nutritional advice is bolloxed and works off bullcrap assumptions. Your Granny and Granddad who were lean as a pole know more about nutrition than most experts.

3: Feminism, more people working, increased work commutes. Miserable jobs. Poor parental upbringing (seriously, the amount of wans who can't toast toast is staggering like). No **** knows how to cook a good meal anymore.

That's why more and more of them are around.

:pac: