Obesity

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Obesity affects many people around the world, from kids to adults. Being overweight and being obese are too totally different things, and must be treated that way. Have any of you been this way, or known someone with the problem? If so, how did they treat it? What are your thoughts on it, and how do you think obese people feel about themselves?


This message was edited by Drew Gooden on Jul 01 2004.

quote Angelic Serenity

Great, another thing that tells me I need to gain weight. Thanks a lot, Drew.

No problem.

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I'm starting to worry about my mother becoming obese. She's not really that big, around 185...but she eats...A LOT at night. Its like her favorite pass time.

How tall is your mom? If she is around your height, then she could be classified as obese. She also doesnt exercise at all, right? Yeah, she is definitely not taking care of herself. I would get her to cut down on the eating, although people can be pretty stubborn sometimes. It can be alright for young people to eat a lot because our metabolism is faster.

quote Angelic Serenity

I don't think that Americans are getting fatter because of money though. Hell, a lot of people are unemployed. The problem is all the food advertisements on TV, and all the fast food places expanding.

Also, habit. Some people are used to eating everything that they want to eat, and teach their children that they can do the same.

Fatty foods taste really good too, and that is one of the reasons why more and more people are overweight. I've gone on health kicks before that have lasted for a few weeks, but i've always dropped it, mainly because I got tired of eating just fruits and vegetables.=/ I'm lucky in that I can't really put on much weight though.

As far as teaching my children that it's okay to eat anything they want, I could never do that. I would want my kids to be as healthy as possible, i'd want them eating right. I'm not the healthiest person around though, so i'd get their mother to knock some sense into them if they start eating bad.

I know they can't pass on "being fat" to their children.~_~ Yeah, I just meant the kids would have slower metabolism, and I find it hard to believe that two fat/obese parents can produce a healthy and thin child? I mean, is that possible? Doesnt seem like it would be. Seems like they would be a lot more like their parents.

2 out of 3 people are overweight? Wow, guess i'm one of the lucky one's.^-^ Some parents will just stuff their children full of food though, even at a very young age, such as 4 or 5. They will let them eat as much as they like, and that can result in them gaining a TON of weight. That is not good for a child, since they will probably continue to gain weight, resulting in health problems later on in life.