Social A new study bolsters evidence that severe obesity is increasing in young kids in the US

[chardog]

I worked at a school years ago that got rid of PE. As a result, the middle school aged kids (boys in particular) kept being sent to my office for misbehaving in class.

I decided to take the kids who got sent to me the most often and played football with them during the lunch period. I had the cafeteria pack a lunch for them and they met me on the school field.

Due to having to wear a tie at work, I was all-time QB. So, I had the kids simply run and catch for 30 minutes each day.

The amount of misbehaving in class plummeted after that.

how PE should be:

 

[Osculater]

The most processed crap foods are also the least expensive. McDonalds anyone? Yes, people need to make better decisions. More inexpensive options might help that.

Fvck no, fast food is expensive now. They don't even have the one dollar menu any more hahahaha

 

[Osculater]

Maybe junk food shouldn't be WIC eligible? But then that would disproportionately affect people who live in food deserts.

No more Skippy peanut butter for the fatties

 

[Hdfi]

meh, it's just 2.5%...

 

[Fluffernutter]

how PE should be:

Literally brought my son to the climbing gym today and we climbed the pegboard.

With that said, old timey PE standards were created to ensure high school aged boys were ready in case they got drafted to war.

I want to ensure kids stay active, but that doesn't necessarily mean to mimic what was in that video

 

[DoctorTaco]

Why are the walking Tampons like Antifa and Commies so malnourished? Besides the ones with Blue hair because that seems to cause obesity.

It’s our vegan diet and soy lattes, obviously

 

[Spounman]

I worked at a school years ago that got rid of PE. As a result, the middle school aged kids (boys in particular) kept being sent to my office for misbehaving in class.

I decided to take the kids who got sent to me the most often and played football with them during the lunch period. I had the cafeteria pack a lunch for them and they met me on the school field.

Due to having to wear a tie at work, I was all-time QB. So, I had the kids simply run and catch for 30 minutes each day.

The amount of misbehaving in class plummeted after that.

That's awesome, and definitely makes sense. In middle school and high school we played football every day at lunch.

 

[Lucas1980]

"stay at home" has infected kid/parent mentality, there are less people interacting in public than in the past, less walking, less in sports, more dependencies on e devices. Combine that with junk food in public school, which is often free, is not helpful either.....

there are a lot of people around here that havent got over the covid mentality totally, afraid of kids getting sick for interacting with other kids, afraid of kids getting adults sick, and vice versa.

this is about the clearest case you can see of public subversion, the weight issue is systematic.

Yeah were still seeing the ramifications of closing schools during the Sweet and Sour sniffles "pandemic" and when many argued against closings they were called Grandma Killers and conspiracy theorists..it was a crazy time that I hope we learned from.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

A culture of sedentary lifestyle coupled with a myriad of outlets proclaiming fat people are beautiful and worthy of dignity.

 

[DoctorTaco]

Yeah were still seeing the ramifications of closing schools during the Sweet and Sour sniffles "pandemic" and when many argued against closings they were called Grandma Killers and conspiracy theorists..it was a crazy time that I hope we learned from.

I mean, an extra 1.16 million people died in the US between 2020 and 2022. All politics aside, just strict numbers we lost over a million “extra” people compared to years before and years after. The us generated a million more corpses than what would normally be expected. Thats not nothin

 

[Natural Order]

Fast food is not exactly cheap these days. One combo on average is like $12-$13 bucks. You know how much healthy food you can get for that at the grocery store? Days worth.

It's laziness and having no discipline. They're not manufacturing processed bananas and carrots.

It's all lack of discipline. Mentally and physically. The idea of eating the same food for three days straight (even though super healthy and filling) is so obscene to these cranks that they'll try and convince you it's impossible to eat well on very little. When in fact it's quite clear that with a little bit of ingenuity and a whole FUCKTON of cookbook help on the internet, you can make a little go a long way. But that's effort and time. Time that takes away from the internet (rofl) and other digital medium. Absolutely bonkers.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Unless the kids are in some sort of organized sport, I don't think they just casually play with their friends outside anymore. Diet is obviously a huge factor but I don't think kids are eating than much more than they used to. They just aren't burning it the same way.

- We have some great soccer camps here. Thing we didnt had when i was growing up. But you barelly see any one playing. Let alone kids.

The kids the study talk about will all end consuming ozempic, and getting trt when 15, to compensate their low test production. Seen like the farmacy industry wiil win this one. But i wondt thrown the blame on their backs.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

I don't think the source of the problem is particularly hard to figure out.

Parents are more rushed than ever before, leading them to seek out easier food preparation choices. This means more junky food, even if it's not hot dogs and hamburgers. There are far more prepackaged, microwaveable, loaded with preservatives, options out there than ever before.

Finding nutritious options has become harder. Not harder in the sense that they're not there but harder in the sense that it's harder to distinguish between good and bad.

Anecdotally, I only buy peanut butter with no other ingredients so I only use 1-2 specific brands. But when I started this it was extremely difficult to find out which brands were just peanuts without reading the ingredient list of every single one. If I had been less careful or rushing, I would have just picked up the cheapest, best marketed peanut which ended up being filled with salt and a bunch of random chemicals.

I'm sure many of us have read about how the fruits, vegetables and grains that we buy today are bigger and better looking than the ones from 60 years ago but have only a fraction of the nutrient content?

Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be

Mounting evidence shows that many of today’s whole foods aren't as packed with vitamins and nutrients as they were 70 years ago, potentially putting people's...

www.nationalgeographic.co.uk

The basic quality of food is lower than in the past and parents have less time than before. This means that even if they're trying to be healthy with their choices, at least not indifferent to health, there's a strong chance they're still buying unhealthy food.

We see the data in WIC kids because we have the data but it's problematic across the entire country.

- I get surprised when i see guys posting here, that they work 70 or 80 hours a week. Theres barelly time to see their own family. So no time to exercise, and the free time, they dont want to expend on coocking!

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Fast food is a cheap option if you’re looking at a purely “dollars to calorie” option. For 2 or 3
Bucks you can raid the dollar menu and get eat 1200-1400 calories. That being said, beans, rice, and fresh veggies are still cheaper if you’re buying and cooking for yourself.

Also since it’s the WR I’d like to point out that study after study has shown that republicans and red states are more obese than skinny twink commies like myself and my antifa cell.

- Fast food is expensive here. Thats a good thing!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I crush fast food on the reg. I’m still hitting teh 275. Don’t see a problem.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

how PE should be:

Lol but I think we were preparing those kids to fight the Reds.

 

[panamaican]

People keep ignoring that the quality of the food itself has changed. Fruits, vegetables, grains are all less nutritious than they were 70 years ago. Notice that's not candy and soda. That's the "healthy" choices.

The other part of the food quality is that even in grocery stores, it's hard to distinguish between the healthy version of something versus the unhealthy version. Just look at cereals for an easy example. If I said buy Cheerios because it's oats or whatever and sent a kid into the grocery store, how many Cheerios variations are there that are just sugar and preservatives wearing the Cheerios branding?

Does anyone really believe those are all healthy for kids when they have 40% more sugar than cereals marketed to adults?

 

[Rob Battisti]

I don't think the source of the problem is particularly hard to figure out.

Parents are more rushed than ever before, leading them to seek out easier food preparation choices. This means more junky food, even if it's not hot dogs and hamburgers. There are far more prepackaged, microwaveable, loaded with preservatives, options out there than ever before.

Finding nutritious options has become harder. Not harder in the sense that they're not there but harder in the sense that it's harder to distinguish between good and bad.

Anecdotally, I only buy peanut butter with no other ingredients so I only use 1-2 specific brands. But when I started this it was extremely difficult to find out which brands were just peanuts without reading the ingredient list of every single one. If I had been less careful or rushing, I would have just picked up the cheapest, best marketed peanut which ended up being filled with salt and a bunch of random chemicals.

I'm sure many of us have read about how the fruits, vegetables and grains that we buy today are bigger and better looking than the ones from 60 years ago but have only a fraction of the nutrient content?

Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be

Mounting evidence shows that many of today’s whole foods aren't as packed with vitamins and nutrients as they were 70 years ago, potentially putting people's...

www.nationalgeographic.co.uk

The basic quality of food is lower than in the past and parents have less time than before. This means that even if they're trying to be healthy with their choices, at least not indifferent to health, there's a strong chance they're still buying unhealthy food.

We see the data in WIC kids because we have the data but it's problematic across the entire country.

As with almost everything, this is a money issue.

 

[freakroor]

What’s happened since 2020 is not yet known. Some small studies have suggested a marked increase in childhood obesity — especially during the pandemic, when kids were kept home from schools, eating and bedtime routines were disrupted and physical activity decreased.

Gee i wonder what happened since 2020.... The problem is obviously lack of exercise. Dumb fatfuck americans think they can get around that somehow, just staring at screens all day. Diet doesnt matter much if you arent moving your body. School and work forces people to sit all day. then they get home and sit some more.

If the gov't really cared about solving this problem they would subsidize running shoes, yoga mats, bikes and BJJ classes. Instead they spend trillions on healthcare (goes to giant corporations) for preventable stuff related to sedentary lifestyle. i wonder why.

has any politician ever mentioned free workout equipments, sports programs, or fitness classes in the conversation about free healthcare? Do voters even know or care? They would rather blame fast food instead of their own lazy fat asses.

 

[Osculater]

Literally brought my son to the climbing gym today and we climbed the pegboard.

With that said, old timey PE standards were created to ensure high school aged boys were ready in case they got drafted to war.

I want to ensure kids stay active, but that doesn't necessarily mean to mimic what was in that video

That's why I keep saying when I see the vid