What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
Here's a bit of the report
http://www.imperfectparent.com/topic...bese-children/
Polly

On 14/07/2011 2:58 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like
> a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take
> them?


I agree that the parents are doing their children a big disservice when
they allow them to become fat. I know of a few cases where kids who were
quite chunky ended up slimming down in childhood. Then there is the Big
Niece was a big kid with a big appetite who changed from stocky to plump
to obese in her late teens, and who just keeps getting bigger.

I don`t see taking the kids away from their parents benefiting anyone,
and especially not the kids. Maybe the schools should get back to
mandatory phys ed classes and failing those who can`t pass. And not just
fail phys ed,... fail the year. Use some leverage to make them more
active and eat less. We have enough `normal`people who put on too much
weight as adults. For the life of me, I don`t understand how people can
allow themselves to become 100 pounds or more overweight. When you are
getting to the point where who are as big around as you are high, you
really should be doing something about it.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:13:16 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I don`t see taking the kids away from their parents benefiting anyone,
> and especially not the kids.

Maybe it should be treated for what it is, child abuse. Parents would
need mandatory classes and physical exercise should be part of the
sentence. I don't see anything like that happening at any point
because people who abuse illegal drugs have a hard time finding
treatment. They're only abusing food.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In article >,
"Polly Esther" > wrote:

> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?

Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:33:55 +1200, Miche > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>
>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
>> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
>> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
>
>Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.

And the low IQ ones.

Miche wrote:
> In article >,
> "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>
>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
>> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
>> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
>> they take them?
>
> Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.

I was one of the super skinny ones and it wasn't my parent's fault. I ate.
And ate and ate. But I couldn't gain an ounce. Yes I was active. I can
remember my friend and I stuffing ourselves with food until we felt sick and
then sitting in the kitchen chairs just staring at each other in the hopes
of not burning any calories and putting on weight. She was skinny too but
she was short. AFAIK people didn't make fun of her. I was very tall so it
earned me the nickname of Lt. Twig. Twiggy was popular in those days and so
was the original Star Trek. At came we did a Star Trek skit and that was
the name I was given. It stuck.

And now I am fat. And I don't overeat. For many years this was difficult
for me because I was used to eating so much for so long. I had to learn to
cut back and ignore hunger. Now this is easy to do with he gastroparesis.
For the most part I do not feel hungry any more and sometimes I have to
force myself to eat. Yes, once in a while I will feel hungry. But more
often it will be what I call "eye hunger". I see something. A picture of
food. An ad on TV. A recipe. And that looks appealing. So I will want
it. But I am not taking in excess calories. I know this because I
downloaded the Cron-O-Meter and for several weeks I ran all of everything I
consumed through it to see where I stood nutritionally. Apparently I am
severely lacking in vitamin E. But taking in mostly 1,000 calories per day.
Once in a while as much as 1,200 calories a day. Hardly excess.

As for kids, I have seen all manner of things. Extremely picky kids who are
malnourished because they will eat little more than pasta, white rice and
white bread. The one example I am thinking of is in counseling to overcome
her food aversions. For some reason she believes if she eats other foods
they will make her sick. I could understand this if she had an allergic
reaction to a food or for some other reason fell ill after eating some food.
But this isn't the case.

Another girl is the youngest of a large family. Her mother has admitted
that she doesn't feed her dinner till 10:00 at night and she doesn't know
what she eats for the rest of the day. And I haven't seen her eat much
aside from candy and fruit. She is allowed to pack her own meals. My
daughter is also allowed to pack her own meals but they have to be
nutritionally sound. There has to be a protein, a starch a vegetable and
usually also a fruit.

Another girl's mother complains that she is having low blood sugar and yet I
have yet to see her eat a whole meal. The mom does not allow it. She will
feed her a couple of bites of a protein bar, a few grapes or a cracker. The
girl will complain that she is hungry but the mother won't let her have a
meal. This girl is by no means overweight but is also not skinny scrawny.
She will take her at times to McDonalds for something called a "Chicken
Snacker". Now I don't know for sure what this is because I don't darken
their door but it sounds to me like a snack and not a meal.

I buy things from time to time for my husband that he does not eat and we
can not eat. Like energy bars, cupcakes and cookies. Sometimes he eats
these things. Sometimes not. I never know. If he doesn't eat them I will
take them to the dance studio before they go bad. I have seen some of the
skinniest kids, eating these in secret and wolfing down quantities that
would make my stomach hurt! One such girl is on a strict diet and the mom
said she is not allowed sugar. However she has given the girl sugar in lieu
of meals on occasion. And she says the girl won't eat her meals.

So I have seen all manner of things. I do not think you can tell what type
of foods the child has been eating based on their size alone. Once in a
while I will see some sort of skin rash that makes me think the child might
have a food allergy that is either being ignored or is not known. And in
the case of the girl with the food aversions, I suspect celiac based on
several things the mother has told me. Such as crumbling teeth and lack of
growth. This girl looks to be many years younger than she is.

There is also something called Prader Willi. It is a medical condition that
causes the sufferer to want to eat huge amounts of food. They never feel
full. But there is a lot more to it than the eating. The people who suffer
from this have something wrong with their brains. They do not develop
normally physically and can have learning disabilities. They tend to be
overweight even when placed on a strict diet of 800 calories per day and
according to the show I watched on this that is all the calories their
bodies need.

Then there is Down Syndrome. People who suffer from this also tend to be
overweight.

And I am sure there are a lot of other syndomes or maladies that I don't
even know of. Should we take all children away that are not of a certain
weight? I think not.

I don't know the answer. I do see parents who IMO are not feeding their
children properly. In some cases perhaps they don't know what is right. Or
maybe they do deep down inside but are doing otherwise. At least in this
area, nutrition is covered in school. In many grades. My daughter knows
what she is supposed to eat.

In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> Miche wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> >
> >> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> >> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> >> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
> >> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
> >> they take them?
> >
> > Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.
>
> I was one of the super skinny ones and it wasn't my parent's fault.

Exactly my point.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On 07/14/2011 12:33 PM, Miche wrote:
> In >,
> "Polly > wrote:
>
>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
>> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
>> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
>
> Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.

I hope you're just being caustic here and not serious, Miche.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

In article >,
Serene Vannoy > wrote:

> On 07/14/2011 12:33 PM, Miche wrote:
> > In >,
> > "Polly > wrote:
> >
> >> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> >> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> >> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
> >> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
> >
> > Sounds fine to me as long as they take away the super-skinny ones too.
>
> I hope you're just being caustic here and not serious, Miche.

Of course I'm just being caustic. I would NEVER suggest a child be
taken away from their parents on the basis of one number.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Jul 14, 2:58*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> What do you think about this? *Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. *Sounds like a plan
> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
> Here's a bit of the reporthttp://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/07/14/harvard-prof-says-pa...
> Polly

First off, who's to say that some of the larger children don't have a
specific problem that makes them that way. It isn't ALWAYS the parents
fault. Even if it is the parents' fault, how can the government just
take so many children away? Because the obesity problem is through the
roof lately, hundreds, maybe even thousands of children would be taken
away from their homes throughout the country and then what? Put into
foster homes? That would then in turn put the country into more of a
deficit due to paying foster parents and orphanages.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:51:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>On Jul 14, 2:58*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>> What do you think about this? *Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
>> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. *Sounds like a plan
>> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
>> Here's a bit of the reporthttp://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/07/14/harvard-prof-says-pa...
>> Polly
>
>First off, who's to say that some of the larger children don't have a
>specific problem that makes them that way. It isn't ALWAYS the parents
>fault. Even if it is the parents' fault, how can the government just
>take so many children away? Because the obesity problem is through the
>roof lately, hundreds, maybe even thousands of children would be taken
>away from their homes throughout the country and then what? Put into
>foster homes? That would then in turn put the country into more of a
>deficit due to paying foster parents and orphanages.

Of course not... don't be stupid... just drown the fat *******s!
LOL-LOL

wrote:
> On Jul 14, 2:58 pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
>> their
>> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a
>> plan
>> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take
>> them?
>> Here's a bit of the
>> reporthttp://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/07/14/harvard-prof-says-pa...
>> Polly
>
> First off, who's to say that some of the larger children don't have a
> specific problem that makes them that way. It isn't ALWAYS the parents
> fault. Even if it is the parents' fault, how can the government just
> take so many children away? Because the obesity problem is through the
> roof lately, hundreds, maybe even thousands of children would be taken
> away from their homes throughout the country and then what? Put into
> foster homes? That would then in turn put the country into more of a
> deficit due to paying foster parents and orphanages.

From statistics I have read, it isn't just the kids who are overweight. It
is a rampant problem in every state of the United States and in other
countries as well. Yes, people say it is from HFCS or hormones in milk but
I'm not buying that. Maybe that is the case to some extent. But I don't
consume those things. So for me it is not the answer.

Polly Esther wrote:
>
> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
> Here's a bit of the report
> http://www.imperfectparent.com/topic...bese-children/
> Polly

Take away is probably a bit much, but some court ordered nutrition and
cooking classes might not be a bad idea.

Polly Esther wrote:
> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
> they take them? Here's a bit of the report
> http://www.imperfectparent.com/topic...bese-children/
> Polly

Just why do you think this is a plan? Some kids have medical problems that
make them overweight. I used to feel sorry for my friend's younger brother.
He was very active in sports and his mom had him on a very strict diet
because he was overweight. He had a thyroid problem. He ate so little and
weighed so much. My friend was also a tad overweight but only through her
hips and butt. Her mom put her on a really strict diet too. Boiled eggs
for breakfast. Some kind of yucky looking bar for lunch. Broiled chicken
or fish and veg for dinner. Didn't cause her to lose weight.

On 14/07/2011 6:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>
> Just why do you think this is a plan? Some kids have medical problems that
> make them overweight. I used to feel sorry for my friend's younger brother.
> He was very active in sports and his mom had him on a very strict diet
> because he was overweight. He had a thyroid problem.


For every overweight kid with a thyroid problem there are dozens who
just eat too damned much and/or eat the wrong kind of food. Their
parents give them them soft drinks, chips, juice and cookies. Then they
sit around and watch television and play video games. That's why they
are fat.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
.com...
> On 14/07/2011 6:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>
>> Just why do you think this is a plan? Some kids have medical problems
>> that
>> make them overweight. I used to feel sorry for my friend's younger
>> brother.
>> He was very active in sports and his mom had him on a very strict diet
>> because he was overweight. He had a thyroid problem.
>
>
> For every overweight kid with a thyroid problem there are dozens who just
> eat too damned much and/or eat the wrong kind of food. Their parents give
> them them soft drinks, chips, juice and cookies. Then they sit around and
> watch television and play video games. That's why they are fat.

That could be. In this area there just aren't a lot of fat kids and the
ones I do know of don't seem to eat junk.

I'm just saying that you can't tell by looking at someone what all they eat.
Unless of course it is smeared all over their face and shirt or they are
holding a fast food bag.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 14/07/2011 6:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>
>> Just why do you think this is a plan? Some kids have medical problems
>> that
>> make them overweight. I used to feel sorry for my friend's younger
>> brother.
>> He was very active in sports and his mom had him on a very strict diet
>> because he was overweight. He had a thyroid problem.
>
>
> For every overweight kid with a thyroid problem there are dozens who
> just eat too damned much and/or eat the wrong kind of food. Their
> parents give them them soft drinks, chips, juice and cookies. Then they
> sit around and watch television and play video games. That's why they
> are fat.
>
if a kid's thyroid is really that deficient to be fat, they'd probably
not be all that active in sports either. If you don't have the metabolic
energy to burn calories, do you think you'd have any energy to play
basketball?
People use thyroid dysfunction as an excuse far too often. Once a person
is on replacement med therapy, that excuse should be pretty well invalid.

On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like
> a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take
> them?

When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
surprise.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

On Jul 14, 6:26*pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> > What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> > Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> > their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like
> > a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take
> > them?
>
> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
> foster care. *Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
> surprise.

Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.
>
> Serene
>
--Bryan

Bryan wrote:
> On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>>
>>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
>>> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
>>> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
>>> they take them?
>>
>> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
>> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
>> foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
>> surprise.
>
> Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.

Low carb diets are not recommended for growing kids.

On Jul 15, 1:56*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
> > On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> >> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> >>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> >>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> >>> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
> >>> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
> >>> they take them?
>
> >> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
> >> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
> >> foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
> >> surprise.
>
> > Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.
>
> Low carb diets are not recommended for growing kids.

Once you get them to a reasonable weight, they can have low GI carbs.
Any dumbass--like some clown who wrote an article on WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/sid-kircheimer --who thinks that a glass of milk
is better for a kid than cheese made from an equivalent amount of milk
isn't really thinking. Perhaps his brains is starved. Eliminating
potatoes can't be bad. People who grow up obese are screwed, except
that no one wants to screw them. Most people look at them as
repugnant. The parents of this kid would have done less harm to her
if they'd whored her out to the perv down the street than to let her
get like this: http://scm-l3.technorati.com/11/02/0...ld-obesity.jpg
Look at this shit: http://www.lowdensitylifestyle.com/m...obesity2_0.jpg
Oh, how darling. She's got a cellulite ass, just like her mommy:
http://www.superstock.com/stock-phot...ges/4102-17493
That mother must really hate her daughter.

--Bryan

Bryan wrote:
> On Jul 15, 1:56 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> Bryan wrote:
>>> On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>>>> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>>
>>>>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking
>>>>> about a Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids
>>>>> away from their parents if the chunky little darlings are over
>>>>> weight. Sounds like a plan to me but what is the state going to
>>>>> do with them when they take them?
>>
>>>> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
>>>> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight
>>>> in foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them
>>>> thin? Huge surprise.
>>
>>> Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.
>>
>> Low carb diets are not recommended for growing kids.
>
> Once you get them to a reasonable weight, they can have low GI carbs.
> Any dumbass--like some clown who wrote an article on WebMD
> http://www.webmd.com/sid-kircheimer --who thinks that a glass of milk
> is better for a kid than cheese made from an equivalent amount of milk
> isn't really thinking. Perhaps his brains is starved. Eliminating
> potatoes can't be bad. People who grow up obese are screwed, except
> that no one wants to screw them. Most people look at them as
> repugnant. The parents of this kid would have done less harm to her
> if they'd whored her out to the perv down the street than to let her
> get like this:
> http://scm-l3.technorati.com/11/02/0...ld-obesity.jpg
> Look at this shit:
> http://www.lowdensitylifestyle.com/m...obesity2_0.jpg
> Oh, how darling. She's got a cellulite ass, just like her mommy:
> http://www.superstock.com/stock-phot...ges/4102-17493
> That mother must really hate her daughter.

I'm not looking at your pics because I suspect they are nasty. And what
makes you think a low GI diet does any good?

Julie Bove wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
>> On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>>> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>>>
>>>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>>>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
>>>> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
>>>> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
>>>> they take them?
>>> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
>>> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
>>> foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
>>> surprise.
>> Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.
>
> Low carb diets are not recommended for growing kids.
>
>
Oh?

--
Jean B.

On Jul 17, 10:18*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
> > Bryan wrote:
> >> On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> >>> On 07/14/2011 11:58 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> >>>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> >>>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
> >>>> their parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds
> >>>> like a plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when
> >>>> they take them?
> >>> When it's happened in the past (and it has), the children have been
> >>> quietly returned to their parents, because they didn't lose weight in
> >>> foster care. Oh, gosh, traumatizing kids doesn't make them thin? Huge
> >>> surprise.
> >> Keeping them the heck away from carbohydrates makes them thin.
>
> > Low carb diets are not recommended for growing kids.
>
> Oh?

Julie can find sources on the internet that say exactly that, and
she's pretty much a simpleton. There are things called essential
amino acids and essential fatty acids, but there aren't essential
carbs. If a child is getting fat, cut the carbs. If (s)he is too
thin, increase the carbs. It really is tragic that a human being--
with the same feelings as everyone who is reading this has--can be
condemned at such an early age to a life that is so unnecessarily
disadvantaged. I wasn't kidding when I wrote that letting your
daughter become obese is worse than whoring her out.
>
> --
> Jean B.

--Bryan

Polly Esther wrote:
>
> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?

A much better idea is to have posters in classrooms
that heap ridicule and scorn on fat kids. Fat people
get heart attacks! Fat people look fat! Fat people
eat while people starve! Fat people contribute to
global warming!

That would work. Or, at least it's worth trying.
It would be a lot cheaper.

It's coming. I can feel it. Fat will be the new
smoking.

"Mark Thorson" <> A much better idea is to have posters in classrooms
> that heap ridicule and scorn on fat kids. Fat people
> get heart attacks! Fat people look fat! Fat people
> eat while people starve! Fat people contribute to
> global warming!
>
> That would work. Or, at least it's worth trying.
> It would be a lot cheaper.
>
> It's coming. I can feel it. Fat will be the new
> smoking.

Mark, you're a sight. You know that? It is a serious problem. Dr.
Rosenthal on 'House calls' said recently that overweight children have a
much greater incidence of cancer as adults. If diabetes isn't tough
enough - there's one more.
Maybe we could just send them to camp. I well remember my camp
summers. Up before dawn, always something exhausting going on and everybody
was so hungry at mealtime there were no picky eaters. ( I was a picky eater
but was so glad to get something to eat I'd have tried Armadillo.) Polly

"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
...
> "Mark Thorson" <> A much better idea is to have posters in classrooms
>> that heap ridicule and scorn on fat kids. Fat people
>> get heart attacks! Fat people look fat! Fat people
>> eat while people starve! Fat people contribute to
>> global warming!
>>
>> That would work. Or, at least it's worth trying.
>> It would be a lot cheaper.
>>
>> It's coming. I can feel it. Fat will be the new
>> smoking.
>
> Mark, you're a sight. You know that? It is a serious problem. Dr.
> Rosenthal on 'House calls' said recently that overweight children have a
> much greater incidence of cancer as adults. If diabetes isn't tough
> enough - there's one more.
> Maybe we could just send them to camp. I well remember my camp
> summers. Up before dawn, always something exhausting going on and
> everybody was so hungry at mealtime there were no picky eaters. ( I was a
> picky eater but was so glad to get something to eat I'd have tried
> Armadillo.) Polly

I remember camp too. Cold showers and crap food. Peanut butter and mint
jelly sandwiches. And a suitcase full of candy that my mom sent.

On Jul 14, 10:13*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> "Mark Thorson" <> A much better idea is to have posters in classrooms
>
> > that heap ridicule and scorn on fat kids. *Fat people
> > get heart attacks! *Fat people look fat! *Fat people
> > eat while people starve! *Fat people contribute to
> > global warming!
>
> > That would work. *Or, at least it's worth trying.
> > It would be a lot cheaper.
>
> > It's coming. *I can feel it. *Fat will be the new
> > smoking.
>
> Mark, you're a sight. *You know that? It is a serious problem. *Dr.
> Rosenthal on 'House calls' said recently that overweight children have a
> much greater incidence of cancer as adults. *If diabetes isn't tough
> enough - there's one more.
> * * *Maybe we could just send them to camp. *I well remember my camp
> summers. *Up before dawn, always something exhausting going on and everybody
> was so hungry at mealtime there were no picky eaters. *( I was a picky eater
> but was so glad to get something to eat I'd have tried Armadillo.) Polly

Fat camp where there are no foods above about 25 on the glycemic
index.

--Bryan

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Polly Esther wrote:
>> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
>> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a plan
>> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
>
> A much better idea is to have posters in classrooms
> that heap ridicule and scorn on fat kids. Fat people
> get heart attacks! Fat people look fat! Fat people
> eat while people starve! Fat people contribute to
> global warming!
>
> That would work. Or, at least it's worth trying.
> It would be a lot cheaper.
>
> It's coming. I can feel it. Fat will be the new
> smoking.

When she was in high school, my daughter, now 20, said that the
attitude of many kids was that they would rather die than be fat.
And that was not even what many of us would consider to be
fat, more like not stick-thin.

--
Jean B.

On Jul 14, 2:58*pm, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> What do you think about this? *Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. *Sounds like a plan
> to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
> Here's a bit of the reporthttp://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/07/14/harvard-prof-

Turn them into a modern day Hitler Youth? Scary to contemplate.