We have a BIG problem!

shopaholic01 · 03-04-2014 10:37PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Wow, that's not very nice, overweight kids don't have a chance nowadays. Huh!

They sit at home on the computer and eat...."fat bastards"
They go out and do a bit of exercise...."fat bastards"

That cycle has to break, otherwise there will be fat bastards everywhere.

I wasn't serious!

Femme_Fatale · 03-04-2014 10:37PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

I used to be called the Milky bar kid.

Bastards.

At least you're a boy (I think). A girl I know used to be called The Milky Bar Kid. Right into adulthood too.

moc moc a moc · 03-04-2014 10:37PM

orestes wrote: »

Overweight children were swimming, swimming is exercise - perhaps what you saw wasn't the problem but an attempt at solving it?

The solution to excess weight is a healthy daily diet, not half an hour of swimming per week.

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:38PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

I used to be called the Milky bar kid.

Bastards.

You blonde with glasses and a cowboysuit or eh....just like milkybars!?
:-D

orangesoda · 03-04-2014 10:39PM

I had swimming, football and irish dancing every week along with a healthy diet and i still had a pair of titties

whupdedo · 03-04-2014 10:39PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Doesn't "obese" imply even bigger than "fat"?

I still don't see that many overweight kids though. I don't share the same experience as people who say the streets are crawling with really fat kids. The fact the OP was shocked by it implies it's not actually that commonplace. Not saying it's not a problem, but it's one that's blown out of proportion IMO.

You must be from the posh part of town where the class system prevents the little bastards from getting fat

GenieOz · 03-04-2014 10:39PM

delw wrote: »

Why do we have to use "obese" or any other word to dodge saying "fat",is it for fear of labeling people or something

Isn't calling them obese labelling them aswell?

And yeah, obese is worse than fat.

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:40PM

orangesoda wrote: »

I had swimming, football and irish dancing every week along with a healthy diet and i still had a pair of titties

Ok we get it.....you had a girlfriend when you were 10!!!

corner of hells · 03-04-2014 10:41PM

orangesoda wrote: »

I had swimming, football and irish dancing every week along with a healthy diet and i still had a pair of titties

Athletic dancing lady boy ?

Mr. CooL ICE · 03-04-2014 10:41PM

daydorunrun wrote: »

nothing but cheap surgery crap on sale

Exactly! Why can't I get a good quality scalpel or forceps anywhere?

Sky King · 03-04-2014 10:42PM

Why do people get all annoyed at fat people?

They make us normies look amazing by comparison.

Thanks fatties!

Frosty McSnowballs · 03-04-2014 10:42PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I wasn't serious!

Neither was I :P

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:43PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Neither was I :P

You were a bit tho.....

:-D

Andrew_Doran · 03-04-2014 10:44PM

delw wrote: »

Why do we have to use "obese" or any other word to dodge saying "fat",is it for fear of labeling people or something

If you want to be PC it should be "member of the fat community", surely?

jane82 · 03-04-2014 10:45PM

Its the age of the two working parents thats the problem. Aint nobody got time for cooking or exercising with the kids.
I live just slightly above doing it rough to stay at home with the kids. I see everyday in the park they are more advanced better behaved and are in much better shape than other kids.
Their parents may have a nicer laptop or more channels on sky with the extra work but is it worth it?

daydorunrun · 03-04-2014 10:45PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

The solution to excess weight is a healthy daily diet, not half an hour of swimming per week.

I do agree but....... kids by their nature don't know when enough is enough of anything weather it's computer games or cans of coke.

I'll bet money a can of coke is about half the price it was 20 years ago- we are being flooded by cheap sugar.

I was in the cinema 2 weeks ago and saw a lady spending about 60 euro on half a dozen kids between jelly's, popcorn and a bucket of multi colored candy floss each. My daughter asked for the candy floss and I had a look at the back- it had a massive list of ingredients with about 8 'E' numbers with the actual words-
'May cause attention deficit in children'!:eek: I **** you not.

Frosty McSnowballs · 03-04-2014 10:46PM

Mariasofia wrote: »

You were a bit tho..... :-D

Naaaaaaaah

orestes · 03-04-2014 10:46PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

The solution to excess weight is a healthy daily diet, not half an hour of swimming per week.

How do you know that the swimming classes weren't part of getting them healthier, aswell as a healthier diet?

It just seems a bit weird to point at something and claim it indicates that there is a problem, when the situation that you're pointing at is directly related to countering the very problem that you're trying to point at.

whupdedo · 03-04-2014 10:47PM

We need to start sending back down the mines and up the chimney to earn a living, sur you never saw a fat chimney sweep

BillyMitchel · 03-04-2014 10:47PM

Mariasofia wrote: »

You blonde with glasses and a cowboysuit or eh....just like milkybars!?
:-D

I used to look like the kid. Was called it from primary school right up maybe 3rd year.

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:49PM

jane82 wrote: »

Its the age of the two working parents thats the problem. Aint nobody got time for cooking or exercising with the kids.
I live just slightly above doing it rough to stay at home with the kids. I see everyday in the park they are more advanced better behaved and are in much better shape than other kids.
Their parents may have a nicer laptop or more channels on sky with the extra work
but is it worth it?

I dont buy that though tbh...takes twenty minutes to whip up a pasta bolognese/stirfry etc send them out with a football while you prepare and join them while its cooking or after dinner!!?

Adamantium · 03-04-2014 10:50PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Shouting 'fat arse'. That'll teach them.

You know as funny as this, calling a person fat might be the only thing that actually stops them from becoming that way. I hate the word obese

Fatty treats for the fatties

*Boink* (This a was Little Britain joke i think)

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:51PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

I used to look like the kid. Was called it from primary school right up maybe 3rd year.

Yeah but he wasnt fat so youre grand....where was the insult?? (Unless you had a really sh*te cowboy suit:-D)

strobe · 03-04-2014 10:52PM

daydorunrun wrote: »

Was in the swimming pool today when a group of school kids came in for swimming lessons, all boys aged about 10. I was shocked that at least 40-50% were quite seriously over weight.

It's hard to remember what it was like when I was that age in school (over 30 years ago). I can only think of 1, maybe 2 heavy kids.

The S**te you she kids eating today is shocking, having said that it's no surprise when you go into a convenience type shop- nothing but cheap surgery crap on sale, and offers to beat the band!

I don't know the answer but as a country we are heading for trouble:(

I dunno. We all ate a huge amount of ****e when I was a kid. Sweets, bars, chipper for lunch, crisps and coke seemed to constantly be in everyones hands. But was the same deal, fat kids were the exception. Have kids stopped moving as much by quite a bit in the last 20 years?

(I can't believe I just asked if kids were doing the same thing 20 years ago when I was a kid... just realised I'm an old person there... well... this sucks balls.)

BillyMitchel · 03-04-2014 10:54PM

Mariasofia wrote: »

Yeah but he wasnt fat so youre grand....where was the insult?? (Unless you had a really sh*te cowboy suit:-D)

No cowboy suit but I've left a few people walking like John Wayne, does that count?!

Mariasofia · 03-04-2014 10:56PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

No cowboy suit but I've left a few people walking like John Wayne, does that count?!

Erm....eh yes I think it does if youve saved them from a life of obesity with your em milky bar...

Czarcasm · 03-04-2014 10:57PM

On the upside of course, the fatter the kids are, the more difficult they are for all the paedophiles around every corner to pick up and run away with them!

jane82 · 03-04-2014 10:57PM

Mariasofia wrote: »

I dont buy that though tbh...takes twenty minutes to whip up a pasta bolognese/stirfry etc send them out with a football while you prepare and join them while its cooking or after dinner!!?

Yeah two parants getting in at 6 are going to be doing that. You might but generally they arnt. They are tired they throw crisps at them to keep them quiet. Its dark at that time for half the year. Somebody on minumum wage has been minding them most the day who thinks pasta and bolognaise sauce is healthy. They dont get a packed lunch made for school they get a tenner. Thats how its gone.

Cookie_Monster · 03-04-2014 10:58PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

The solution to excess weight is a healthy daily diet, not half an hour of swimming per week.

the solution is a combination of both. Being totally sedentary is not good for you either.

All you need to do is ensure calories in (good diet) <= calories out (exercise)

delw · 03-04-2014 11:03PM

GenieOz wrote: »

Isn't calling them obese labelling them aswell?

And yeah, obese is worse than fat.

Yeah fair point

We have a BIG problem!

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