I understand that is normal summer but the problem is what is becoming normal is changing. I remember being very overweight myself when I was younger yet those around me weren't. I played a lot of video games though and was not very active.
The generation that is coming up now is FAR worse off than I am. A lot of them are playing games just as much if not more than I was and their diets are probably even worse. See I was 203 in the 8th grade BUT I didn't drink regular soda only diet. If I had also consumed regular soda I would have been a lot worse off....
Compare that to today's kids which do drink regular soda + eat like I did or worse.... The normal days of most kids being slim is eroding away. The fact that our obesity rates have SKYROCKETED in under 40 years attests to that. If I read your post correctly your diet was a lot healthier than many other kids.
I would agree kids with an active lifestyle and/or balanced diets at home will be just fine. To be fair to the school lunches if the kids are fat it isn't the school lunches that are doing it but what they eat outside of school.
So yeah the government doesn't need to get involved. The parents just need to step the FUCK up.
The generation that is coming up now is FAR worse off than I am. A lot of them are playing games just as much if not more than I was and their diets are probably even worse. See I was 203 in the 8th grade BUT I didn't drink regular soda only diet. If I had also consumed regular soda I would have been a lot worse off....
Compare that to today's kids which do drink regular soda + eat like I did or worse.... The normal days of most kids being slim is eroding away. The fact that our obesity rates have SKYROCKETED in under 40 years attests to that. If I read your post correctly your diet was a lot healthier than many other kids.
I would agree kids with an active lifestyle and/or balanced diets at home will be just fine. To be fair to the school lunches if the kids are fat it isn't the school lunches that are doing it but what they eat outside of school.
So yeah the government doesn't need to get involved. The parents just need to step the FUCK up.
