kids on diet

It doesn't shock me that so many children are fat now a days. The amount of children I see eating take a way junk food is unbelievable. I have seen babies still in their pushchairs who don't even look as if they have a full set of teeth chewing huge hot dogs, McArdboard Chips and guzzling full leaded cola. The only exercise they get is the chomping of their jaws and screeching at their parents. It makes you want to slap these parents it really does. You need a license for TV but you don't need one for children. The only time a medic asks questions about your child rearing is when you say you want sterilizing. They should ask the questions pre conception

i absolutely agree with you, i was sat in the dentist yesterday waiting for my husband when a lady came in so huge she could just fit through the door and then following on behind was a girl about 13 years old, got to have been about 13 stone, then another girl about 10 years old, and about 12 stone and a young boy who was so big he could hardly breathe. The kids were playing up so the woman said if you are good we will get sweets after and i thought a good salad for you all would be a lot better wonder what the dentist thought.

You have just hit the problem nail on the head. The woman is offering to bribe good behavior with sweets. This type of bribery will only encourage children to invent new ways to misbehave so the bribes get bigger and better. It all starts with a wailing child given a treat to try shut it up. This shows that bad or unwanted behavior is rewarded with nice things.

As a 44 year old woman, when I was a kid I was out playing and having home cooked meals, McDonalds were years away in Britain.I was lucky my Mom was a nurse so knew the benefits of a good diet. These days it's too much watching tv and playing computer games. I understand in this day and age you have to be careful with your kids due to perverts,but whats wrong with the local park, swimming baths etc? Both parents and kids would benefit.There is no need for kids to go on a diet if they and their parents watched what they ate.

I am horrified to see the size of some youngsters these days. As a child there was maybe one or two overweight children in my class at school. while picking a 9 year old up from school a few weeks ago, i saw a stream of overweight children walking across the playground. Parents should be given advice on how to feed their children properly, and encourage them to exercise. I am a size 10, and see nothing wrong with the odd treat. whilst at a bakery a few days ago, i saw an obese woman asking her toddler, who was such a size that their pushchair was buckling with the weight whether they wanted a donut or a sausage roll. The child replied 'both', and the mother didnt even bat an eyelid!! The childs wish was granted, along with a packet of crisps, and a sugary fizzy drink. And people wonder why children are becoming overweight!!!