Some Days, the Urge To Move Is Stronger Than Others

[Bradjalicious]

The government should stay the hell out of it. We need a shift in perception and knowledge not intervention (esp gov intervention). I agree that regardless of the nutritional value of the the child's food the inspector's actions were out of line.

[Voltair]

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.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

My lunches were sandwiches,often cheese, and a bought lunch on Mondays (no fresh bread) My bought lunches were invariably a cornish pasty and a large cream bun.

At home,lots of lamb,as it was the cheapest meat. Chicken only on special occasions. Fish and chips on Friday.(Catholic) Not a lot of fruit and the veggies were cooked into oblivion. I ate everything in sight. Loved fried fritz (baloney)

At 14 I was the shortest boy in my class of 46 boys, at 5 feet. At 17 I was 5'11" and weighed 140 pounds. A swizzlestick. When I left the army in 1970 I was 126 pounds of ego and testosterone. After 6 months it was 168 pounds. I stayed that weight for nearly 20 years.

[KichigaiNeko]

There never was "Normal"