Comments on: How Fat Can We Get? http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/ Providing Tools for Life Through Online Education Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jennifer Chait http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9622 Jennifer Chait Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:42:09 +0000 http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9622 Hey Crabby. I liked your post on the fat situation too. I agree we should not stigmatize. But I do think people should pay attention to the stats. Take care Hey Crabby. I liked your post on the fat situation too. I agree we should not stigmatize. But I do think people should pay attention to the stats.
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]]> By: Crabby McSlacker http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9568 Crabby McSlacker Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:53:46 +0000 http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9568 These statistics are really alarming, aren't they? And it just seems to be getting worse and worse. For some obese adults, even with healthy eating and exercise, it may not be possible to get really slim anymore--because of screwed up metabolisms or whatever, but at least some weight loss and good general health should be a goal. But for kids, who have their whole lives ahead of them, it's incredibly crucial to start NOW in preventing a life of obesity. Lets hope parents take this seriously and find ways to provide healthy food, opportunities to exercise, and good role-modeling of healthy behaviors. (Without stigmatizing those who are fat, however. Low self esteem doesn't help anything.) These statistics are really alarming, aren’t they? And it just seems to be getting worse and worse.

For some obese adults, even with healthy eating and exercise, it may not be possible to get really slim anymore–because of screwed up metabolisms or whatever, but at least some weight loss and good general health should be a goal.

But for kids, who have their whole lives ahead of them, it’s incredibly crucial to start NOW in preventing a life of obesity. Lets hope parents take this seriously and find ways to provide healthy food, opportunities to exercise, and good role-modeling of healthy behaviors.

(Without stigmatizing those who are fat, however. Low self esteem doesn’t help anything.)

]]> By: Random Things That Struck Me This Morning « Tiny Cat Pants http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9562 Random Things That Struck Me This Morning « Tiny Cat Pants Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:22:25 +0000 http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2007/07/26/how-fat-can-we-get/#comment-9562 [...] 3.  More evidence that fat people are ruining it for everyone.  We make our friends fatter and we’re abusing our children with our fatty fatness.  Never mind that the government’s own studies suggest that people who are “overweight” live longer than the folks who meet the government’s ideal.  Even obese people are only going to lower the life expectancy of Americans two years over the course of the next century.  Two years.  Over a hundred years.  Still Jennifer Chait is convinced that many of the people her age aren’t going to live to see their grandchildren.  Well, yeah, maybe if everyone waits until they’re forty to have kids and then their kids wait until they’re forty. [...] [...] 3.  More evidence that fat people are ruining it for everyone.  We make our friends fatter and we’re abusing our children with our fatty fatness.  Never mind that the government’s own studies suggest that people who are “overweight” live longer than the folks who meet the government’s ideal.  Even obese people are only going to lower the life expectancy of Americans two years over the course of the next century.  Two years.  Over a hundred years.  Still Jennifer Chait is convinced that many of the people her age aren’t going to live to see their grandchildren.  Well, yeah, maybe if everyone waits until they’re forty to have kids and then their kids wait until they’re forty. [...]

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