good for Clinton. this is a great cause.

jlew24asu

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218279,00.html

even fox news reported it. but in all seriousness, american obesity is a huge problem. no pun intended. I try to stay heathly and eat right, obesity is just plan gross IMO. kids usually dont care whats in front of them at school, they just eat it. luckily Clinton is helping kids eat right, this is a great first step. hopefully parents follow through with a good diner.

Uncle Leo

Good indeed.

I am sure some people will be upset in reading this because fighting obesity begins at home through learning good eating/exercise habits. And that is true. Nevertheless, schools need to not be enablers in the country's ever-growning obesity problem.

PaperPlates

"Of course I'm not happy. Look at me, I'm a big fat slob. I've got bigger titties than you do. I've got more chins than a Chinese phonebook. I've not seen my willie in two years, which is long enough to declare it legally dead.

I can't stop eating. I eat because I'm unhappy, and I'm unhappy because I eat. It's a vicious cycle. Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I'd like to get in touch with and forgive... myself. "-Fat Bastard



While it is of course a good idea to give our children good healthy food at school, can't help but wonder how many obese kids have thin, healthy parents. As stated above, the parents have to take the responsibility to feed their children well. One healthy lunch is cancelled out by one dinner at McDonalds washed down with a tub of rocky road.

farfromglorified

Bill Clinton would be classified by the BMI as overweight and near-obese. Meanwhile, millions of healthy children occassionaly eat a Snickers bar and will now have that choice taken away from them simply because other children cannot control themselves.

If these companies are willingly doing this, so be it. These are their products so it's their choice. But if they're doing this because they know they'll be sued and they know they'll lose, shame on Clinton and his thug cronies.

thankyougrandma

farfromglorified wrote:

Bill Clinton would be classified by the BMI as overweight and near-obese. Meanwhile, millions of healthy children occassionaly eat a Snickers bar and will now have that choice taken away from them simply because other children cannot control themselves.

If these companies are willingly doing this, so be it. These are their products so it's their choice. But if they're doing this because they know they'll be sued and they know they'll lose, shame on Clinton and his thug cronies.

... even worse is the fact that Snickers now are peanuts free (well in Canada at least)... where is this world going ...

farfromglorified

thankyougrandma wrote:

... even worse is the fact that Snickers now are peanuts free (well in Canada at least)... where is this world going ...

You can't get a Snickers bar with peanuts in Canada??? Weird....

thankyougrandma

farfromglorified wrote:

You can't get a Snickers bar with peanuts in Canada??? Weird....

forget it, it's the MARS bar that is now peanut free... the world is ok then...

farfromglorified

thankyougrandma wrote:

forget it, it's the MARS bar that is now peanut free... the world is ok then...

Phew....what's normally in a Mars bar anyway?

thankyougrandma

farfromglorified wrote:

Phew....what's normally in a Mars bar anyway?

Well, in fact it's a pile of sugar, but put it the wikipedia way and it sound better:

"It is made of chocolate-malt nougat topped with a layer of caramel and covered with milk chocolate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bar

farfromglorified

thankyougrandma wrote:

Well, in fact it's a pile of sugar, but put it the wikipedia way and it sound better:

"It is made of chocolate-malt nougat topped with a layer of caramel and covered with milk chocolate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bar

Nougat creeps me out....

jlew24asu

lets try some fruit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit

decides2dream

anything that has as it's goal children eating healthier, exercising, controlling their consumption....all good things. it IS a horrific problem in this country, children and adults alike...but it is even more shameful that we allow our children to develop these bad habits, and all will suffer b/c of it. so kudos to any/all who diligently work towards reversing these trends.

Ahnimus

Well, it's one thing to encourage healthy eating and healthy living. But I would be careful about how much you condemn a person for being obese.

They might be an endomorph and their bodies simply produce fat tissue more than muscle tissue. For these people it's almost impossible to look fit. The same goes for ectomorphs that look like they are anarexic, which I've heard so many people laugh at. Their bodies don't easily produce fat or muscle tissue, so they look like skeletons.

The ENDOMORPH

The body of the extreme endomorph is round and soft. The physique presents the illusion that much of the mass has been concentrated in the abdominal area. This may or may not be true. The arms and legs of the extreme endomorph are short in length and taper. This may give the appearance of stalkiness. The hands and feet of the endomorph are comparatively small, and the upper arms and thighs are often more developed than the lower parts of the arms or legs. The body has a high waist.

Other Traits of the Endomoprh

The skin is soft and smooth, and the hair is fine. The head of the endomorph is spherical. The head is large and the face broad.

Famous Endomorphs

John Goodman, Roseanne, Jack Black.
http://bodybuildingpro.com/bodytypeinformation.html

farfromglorified

decides2dream wrote:

anything that has as it's goal children eating healthier, exercising, controlling their consumption....all good things. it IS a horrific problem in this country, children and adults alike...but it is even more shameful that we allow our children to develop these bad habits, and all will suffer b/c of it. so kudos to any/all who diligently work towards reversing these trends.

Then why don't you just imprison anyone caught eating over 2,000 calories a day? Better yet, why not just ban personal food purchases and issue MREs to the population?

Uncle Leo

farfromglorified wrote:

Then why don't you just imprison anyone caught eating over 2,000 calories a day? Better yet, why not just ban personal food purchases and issue MREs to the population?

I know there will be a gap between us since you don;t believe that government schools should exist and that private schools should be able to provide as much or little access to kids as they wish.

Nevertheless, in public schools, I think it is certainly OK to have some nutritional standards as to what kids can and cannot get their hands on.

Nobody is taking away the responsible child's right to eat a snickers--they are not going into the homes on Saturdays and taking the ice cream out of the freezer.

surferdude

farfromglorified wrote:

Then why don't you just imprison anyone caught eating over 2,000 calories a day? Better yet, why not just ban personal food purchases and issue MREs to the population?

This is the path we are slowly going down. But since Clinton is proposing the idea too many people will accept it with no understanding what it means.

farfromglorified

Uncle Leo wrote:

Nevertheless, in public schools, I think it is certainly OK to have some nutritional standards as to what kids can and cannot get their hands on.

I agree.

Nobody is taking away the responsible child's right to eat a snickers--they are not going into the homes on Saturdays and taking the ice cream out of the freezer.

Not yet, no.

Ahnimus

I'm eating a big 'ol bag of lays potato chips today. For lunch I'm going to have a big bucket of fries and gravy. I won't be eating dinner as usual, maybe a bag of popcorn.

I don't work-out and I'm still alive. A bit overweight, but not much. I'll probably die from a blood clot or heart attack, but my eating and exercise habits have very little effect on my physique.

farfromglorified

surferdude wrote:

This is the path we are slowly going down. But since Clinton is proposing the idea too many people will accept it with no understanding what it means.

The acceptance has little to do with Clinton. The acceptance is based on the fundamental principle of plans like this: your health is not your responsibility.

Pearl Jam and toast

That "be who you are!" "be true to yourself!" attitude is being applied towards obesity now.

Anyone see Stan Lee's show 'who wants to be a super hero" ?

An obese woman who called herself 'fat momma' and threw donuts at her enemies made it into the final 2.

Being comfortable and proud to be overweight isn't self respect. In fact it's the opposite, it's self-destruction.

Obesity is a terribly unhealthy and disgusting problem and we shouldn't pretend it's something to be tolerated.

The first time someone gets fired for being fat and sues, if he/she wins i'll shoot myself in the leg.

"Yeah you got fired, you weigh 400 pounds, you're disgusting. Your presence grosses people out and you're not trying to do anything about it! You go to McCdonalds for breakfast AND lunch every goddamn day!" ... Once that argument is invalid in court we've lost it.

Ahnimus

What exactly is "gross" about obesity?