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re: Childhood obesity up 10x over last 40 years
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:15 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:15 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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My kids aren't fat there big boned. I don't believe the libtard scientists.
Dafrick is this bullshite? Only liberals believe in science and fitness?
Is there nothing politics can stay out of?
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Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:16 am to Mike da Tigah
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I read something similar, but can’t recall what it was about diet drinks that made them perhaps worse for us, but one thing is true IMO, it hasn’t made us skinnier.
I've never seen a thin person drinking a diet soda. NEVER
Actually cracks me up, I have a buddy that owns the local McDonalds and he will tell stories about fat fricks coming in and ordering a double quarter pounder, large fry, a chocolate shake and a diet soda. Like WTF? Have a salad and a regular soda you fat frick.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:16 am to i am dan
He didn't say lock them up. He said shame them for allowing their kids to make poor health decisions.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:16 am to LNCHBOX
I think it was sarcasm
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:17 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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I've never seen a thin person drinking a diet soda. NEVER
You're full of shite. Or you've never been around college females. Sucks for you either way.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:18 am to VABuckeye
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BTW, I'm 6'2", 205. My son is 6'6" 215. My wife is 5'8" and 140 and my daughter is 5'4" and 120.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:19 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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I've never seen a thin person drinking a diet soda. NEVER
Haha, this is my only real vice, dietary speaking. I'm 6'4", 200 pounds. I work out about two hours a day, seven days a week but I have a straight up Dr. Pepper 10 addiction. I never drink full-sugared sodas but I drink at least 4 DP 10's a day. I realize it can't be good for me but there you have it...
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:19 am to Oilfieldbiology
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allowing their kids to make poor health decisions
I used to think this was the main driver, but as a parent of 4 kids, there's so much out of your control.
Schools practically throw sugary-snacks at kids. Add that on top of the "snacks" after youth sports and what they can get on their own during the day - and the challenge is real.
We are actually harsher-than-necessary at home because we just accept we can't control EVERYTHING during the day.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:19 am to Mike da Tigah
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would bet you eat it a lot more than you think you do if you eat out, or shop from anywhere else but the outside aisles of a grocery store.
I do that and I’m a trader joe hoe. Pretty sure they have a no hfcs policy there
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:19 am to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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Like WTF? Have a salad and a regular soda you fat frick.
Yea, the salads at McDonalds are way better for you than their burgers...
They're actually terrible for you, and there's no reason to double down on unhealthy choices just because you made one already. Saying what's the point in getting the diet soda is like saying what's the point in not getting the fries.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:24 am to LNCHBOX
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, the salads at McDonalds are way better for you than their burgers... They're actually terrible for you,
It’s mainly the dressing that’s bad for you. Do without that and it’s good
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:30 am to Mike da Tigah
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I read something similar, but can’t recall what it was about diet drinks that made them perhaps worse for us, but one thing is true IMO, it hasn’t made us skinnier. I
The difference between eating hfcs and sugars is that when you eat hfcs your “sweet tooth” is not deactivated, essentially. So you will still be in the mood for something sweet soon after
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:30 am to crewdepoo
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It’s mainly the dressing that’s bad for you. Do without that and it’s good
But drink a regular soda with it? Who's gonna do that?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:31 am to crewdepoo
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I do that and I’m a trader joe hoe. Pretty sure they have a no hfcs policy there
Maybe so. Easiest way is to get in the habit of looking at the incredients list before you put it in the basket. Processed and prepackaged foods should always be a red flag regardless of where it is found IMO. I shop almost exclusively at Whole Foods, and ill say this, that doesn’t make it trustworthy just because it’s at Whole Foods. Recently going down the grains aisle I looked at the sugar contents of various granolas and nuts, and it was not encouraging. The same can be said for a lot of their prepackaged items, especially canned and bottled items. I’ve found one thing, and that is it’s very much driven by perceptions and blind faith. There are a lot of things that are marketed as healthy, but it’s more of a marketing scheme than an actual health conscious thing.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:36 am to VABuckeye
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We had to drag our asses outside every day and create our own activities. We played sandlot baseball and football all the time.
It was pretty common for parents to lock their kids outside during the day
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:38 am to RogerTheShrubber
Yup, and nowadays, someone will call child services on the parents who lets their 10 year old ride their bike to the playground by themselves.
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 9:39 am
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:58 am to Displaced
The largest component is diet, no doubt. My youngest played travel baseball for several years and even amongst "active" kids, I still saw a significant number of overweight and even flat out obese kids.
Child #1 and #3 have played high school LAX and soccer respectively and I rarely see obese or significantly overweight kids on those teams. Child #4 is a competitive junior tennis player now and also rarely obese or significantly overweight kids on that circuit, much different from what I saw on the travel baseball circuit.
I think a big part of that is the garbage (including many sports drinks) diet that a lot of these kids consume. I used to hear parents encouraging their kids to eat between games and the kids munching on french fries/corn dogs/nachos, etc with high calorie sports drinks, representing a disproportionate number of bad calories and just too many calories in general. I've always watched my kids' diets and we have been frank with them about paying attention to calorie intake, quality of the calories and calorie expenditure. It's just critical. It is overwhelmingly about making good choices. It is not easy, no doubt about that, but they have to learn what ramifications of obesity are.
Child #1 and #3 have played high school LAX and soccer respectively and I rarely see obese or significantly overweight kids on those teams. Child #4 is a competitive junior tennis player now and also rarely obese or significantly overweight kids on that circuit, much different from what I saw on the travel baseball circuit.
I think a big part of that is the garbage (including many sports drinks) diet that a lot of these kids consume. I used to hear parents encouraging their kids to eat between games and the kids munching on french fries/corn dogs/nachos, etc with high calorie sports drinks, representing a disproportionate number of bad calories and just too many calories in general. I've always watched my kids' diets and we have been frank with them about paying attention to calorie intake, quality of the calories and calorie expenditure. It's just critical. It is overwhelmingly about making good choices. It is not easy, no doubt about that, but they have to learn what ramifications of obesity are.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 10:07 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
It could also be that baseball is not nearly as strenuous physically as LAX, soccer, or tennis
Posted on 10/11/17 at 10:38 am to Oilfieldbiology
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It could also be that baseball is not nearly as strenuous physically as LAX, soccer, or tennis
No doubt, but I think that is a small portion, and the point I was trying to make there is that even with kids that are involved in sports including training and playing games, we still have a problem.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 10:42 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
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The largest component is diet, no doubt. My youngest played travel baseball for several years and even amongst "active" kids, I still saw a significant number of overweight and even flat out obese kids.
Child #1 and #3 have played high school LAX and soccer respectively and I rarely see obese or significantly overweight kids on those teams. Child #4 is a competitive junior tennis player now and also rarely obese or significantly overweight kids on that circuit, much different from what I saw on the travel baseball circuit.
I think a big part of that is the garbage (including many sports drinks) diet that a lot of these kids consume. I used to hear parents encouraging their kids to eat between games and the kids munching on french fries/corn dogs/nachos, etc with high calorie sports drinks, representing a disproportionate number of bad calories and just too many calories in general. I've always watched my kids' diets and we have been frank with them about paying attention to calorie intake, quality of the calories and calorie expenditure. It's just critical. It is overwhelmingly about making good choices. It is not easy, no doubt about that, but they have to learn what ramifications of obesity are.
Replace sports drinks with pickle juice. That's what I drink after every workout and that's what my children drink when they are playing sports.
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