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re: I just got back from the beach - People are getting too fat Fat FAT!

Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:02 pm to
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
124884 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:02 pm to
I'd imagine the sugar lobby is a flea compared to what the tobacco lobby once was
Posted by EarlyCuyler3
Appalachia
Member since Nov 2017
27290 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:03 pm to
The tobacco lobby still exists. They just own Nabisco now.
Posted by Redbone
between St. Amant and Port Vincent
Member since Sep 2012
20738 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:05 pm to
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Amirite?
Like usual, NO!
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10413 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:07 pm to
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Kids learn at an early age that sugar is a reward.

Its unavoidable. Its in school, homes, doctor offices, the dentist...everywhere.


Agreed. As a parent, I very actively fight against this to make sure my kid knows what a balanced diet looks like, and what moderation is. Except I've now created a tiny little monster who thinks all people who eat pizza or ice cream are fat, and likes to point that out to them directly in public.
Posted by Redbone
between St. Amant and Port Vincent
Member since Sep 2012
20738 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:08 pm to
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You are knocking someone who actually stood up and tried to implement change and encourage a healthy lifestyle?
She tried to FORCE a program on them.

A BAD program. She should have known better.
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10413 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:10 pm to
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She tried to FORCE a program on them.

A BAD program. She should have known better.



She didn't try, she did.

What, in your opinion, was bad about it? Generally curious to hear.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86686 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:11 pm to
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As a parent, I very actively fight against this to make sure my kid knows what a balanced diet looks like, and what moderation is. Except I've now created a tiny little monster who thinks all people who eat pizza or ice cream are fat, and likes to point that out to them directly in public.


Same...trying to teach a 5 year tact is pretty difficult
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
46672 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:15 pm to
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What, in your opinion, was bad about it?


The forcing part?
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10413 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:18 pm to
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The forcing part?


He said it was a bad program, in addition to the issue of forcing it upon "them" which I take to mean public schools. So I am wondering what he thinks was bad about her program(s).
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132614 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:19 pm to
You have a kid?
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86686 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:19 pm to
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The forcing part?


Nobody was forcing anything.

Kids are still allowed to bring their own lunch.
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
9861 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:27 pm to
Not a single mention of video games...

Kids have always eaten junk food.

Kids didnt always sit on their fat asses and play fortnite all day. My dad made us play outside in the summer.

Want your kids to not be fat? Take away the video games and make their lazy asses do something outside or productive.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:30 pm to
I go to the beach every weekend here in FL and it's kinda depressing how many kids are fat. Not just chubby but looking obese.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42720 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:30 pm to
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When I have kids, they will eat the healthy food I provide or they will starve


That’s cute
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10413 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:30 pm to
Quit stalking me.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:31 pm to
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Not a single mention of video games...

Kids have always eaten junk food.

Kids didnt always sit on their fat asses and play fortnite all day. My dad made us play outside in the summer.

Want your kids to not be fat? Take away the video games and make their lazy asses do something outside or productive.

We had video games back in the 90s when I was a kid too but we still played outside all the time.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
11121 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:34 pm to
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And lose 60% of the Southern vote?

Do fats vote?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:34 pm to
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A BAD program


It was purely symbolic.

If you really want to change healthy attitudes, give tax breaks for healthy behavior/food and let insurance add a weight surcharge.
This post was edited on 6/24/19 at 1:15 pm
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42720 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:37 pm to
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If you really want to change healthy attitudes, give tax breaks for healthy behavior/food and let insurance add a weight supercharge.


We do it for tobacco users.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132614 posts
Posted on 6/24/19 at 12:39 pm to
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