Zubeneschamali wrote: » Never eat anything you wouldn't see on the African Savannah.
Romantic Rose wrote: » This is sad because it has become the norm here. Shock horror, I was at a birthday party where most of the food was made from scratch including the cake and chicken nuggets. There was also fruit there unbelievably. I also saw a friend who had the coolest cake I've ever seen for a 1st birthday party. A watermelon volcano cake. Could have taken the easy option and just opened another 24 bag of crisps. We really need to re programme our attitudes to food and diet in this country. Demonised for promoting health and balance.
Electric Sheep wrote: » There is no shortage of information about nutrition and food choices on the internet.
Stonedpilot wrote: » A genuine question. The amount of people that are gargantuan on this Island is so high I'm surprised the island doesn't sink. It's seen as like a disease by many. I remember living in a houseshare with Eastern European girls and they often commented at how absurdly fat they thought Irish women are. It's bizarre to me that in other countries it's seen as a problem and thus people try and sort it but here the people whom are tremendously overweight are seen to have an ailment,disease, are poor unfortunates etc like its the same as leukemia or something. I remember Katie Hopkins was on the Late Late Show making the point you can't be happy and fat (I don't know I don't care frankly) but they cut to a obese lady in the audience who had only just opened her mouth and the audience were in rapturous applause. No matter what she said they would have clapped. Katie asked the question 'Why are you clapping?. Are you clapping because she is overweight is that it?.' That kinda sums up the attitude here. Being fat, unhealthy and obese is something to be proud of and God forbid anyone point out it's lunacy to be the size of a manatee. Strange. Now I will say I have all the respect in the World for people who do something about it work out, eat healthy, get involved in classes, long walks etc. Fair play to them and well done. But then there are other folk whom see it as a God given right to be obese and to be angry with everyone, and to take up a seat and a half everytime they sit on a plane,bus or train squishing whomever is unfortunately beside them. Had a few incidents recently where I seen very overweight people be angry with total strangers. I mean I attended a talk recently and the guy doing it was so overweight he got tired standing up and walking around the lecture room!. As far as I'm aware no country is as tolerant to obesity as Ireland, no way does France,Italy,Spain etc see it as the norm here. Odd.
Nettle Soup wrote: » There is nothing wrong with occasional treats once children have a balanced diet, are educated on good/bad nutrition and are physically active. The lack of physical activity in recent years is probably the biggest cause of the obesity epidemic.
whisky_galore wrote: » Yep, only 2 channels, small boys in the park...jumpers for goalposts. Walked/cycled to friends' houses, not shuttled around the place in Mummy's troop carrier.
ceadaoin. wrote: » Exactly. I cook from scratch, my child has fruit and veg in her lunch box every day. She also eats McDonald's once a week after her swimming class, pizza if we go out to eat, ice cream, chocolate and *gasp* the occasional fish finger. The only thing I don't let her have is fizzy drinks, besides sparkling water. She eats until she is full, I don't force her to finish her plate and she is perfectly healthy and even a bit on the skinny side.
WhiteRoses wrote: » Nutritional education could really do with being improved upon in this country. I didn't eat particularly badly growing up, but I remember for my Debs (only 8 years ago), I decided to go on a diet and use the food pyramid for inspiration. I had special K cereal for breakfast, brown ham sandwich for lunch, and chicken and pasta for dinner every day, with a few other fruits and veggies thrown in. And I was genuinely baffled as to why I wasn't losing weight. I now know I was eating waaaaaaay too many carbs, but that was what was advertised by the government as healthy at the time. I know we've come a long way since then but I honestly think educating people into making better decisions will make all the difference.
Nettle Soup wrote: » You were much more active. You did not have an XBox, tablet, phone, Ipod, 100 TV channels etc etc
pilly wrote: » Or go to parties or friends houses.
LirW wrote: » Why is it always an either/or? Yes some people feed their kids crap to no end, others are especially particular about the food for their children. These are two extreme groups. But what about the people in between that do cook a lot, pack the kids nice lunchboxes yet on occasions give them a glass of sprite or a plate with chips and sausages. I don't like either extreme and I think with either kids can't learn a healthy approach to what's an exception, what's good for them and what they like and what to avoid on a regular base. Kids are ridiculously good at eating what they want in secret, especially once they start getting pocket money.
Nettle Soup wrote: » Wow, bullying a mother and her kids...stay classy.
Hammer89 wrote: » Your horse and kids are probably on the same diet: hay. "Yah there's only 0.4 calories per straw, so little Martin gets five straws a day and a drop of water in his beaker. If he's good, I drive past the window at our local McDonalds and let him smell it."
Electric Sheep wrote: » I've often noticed that when people move from the city to the suburbs the weight tends to pile on, especially suburban areas with no sidewalks.
Romantic Rose wrote: » At least my horse will be fit and healthy and able to move
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Zubeneschamali wrote: » I know a family where there are 3 girls - for the oldest the mother was a total food nazi like you, for the younger ones she gave up. The oldest is the only one that is overweight as an adult.
givyjoe wrote: » If boards is just about quoting peer reviewed studies to back up every observation/post, we may as well shut down all AH threads now and not come back. I noticed precisely the same thing in America last week. Long Island = drives everywhere due to large distances, driving door to door and a very, very noticeable obese population. In Manhattan, most people you see are doing lots of walking in between subway journeys etc, far less incidences of morbidly obese people. It makes a lot of sense that this would be replicated here, but perhaps not necessarily limited to the west.. but anywhere remote where most transport was by car alone.
