Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Sushi
Sushi, hot tea and four-hundred pound toddlers. Sushi and tea are not at least by my standards, controversial, but when combined with a news program that is discussing and showing extremely obese children, conversations that are very controversial are inevitably going to take place. How do we talk about obesity in a respectful way without pointing fingers? Can we? Would anyone in their right mind blame the overweight child?
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I agree with you Jon, who can blame the kids? We have to look at the parents and their role as helth watchers. But since must of us enjoy fast food and greasy stuff, we think that is is gonna be healthy for our kids to eat those things too. aslo another thing I have noticed is that in schools --mainly elementary-- the food sucks and it's mostly frozen stuff, or greasy french fries. the key is that schools districts do not want to bother cooking or having fresh vegetables for the kids.
Jon, I couldn't agree with you more. The epidemic of obesity in this country is heartbreaking, especially in children. Not only are obese people (of all ages) ostracized, but they are plagued with health problems, as well. Clearly, parents are responsible, to a large extent, but genetics may also play a part. As you so astutely stated, a lot of finger pointing occurs from people who are not obese or simply don't understand obesity.
Also, the media bombards us with junk food advertisements. In fact, our fast food culture makes good nutrition a challenge, though not impossible, to achieve. Elfreevoice makes an excellent point about better nutrition in schools.
The media could use a dose of sensitivity and exercise better ethical choices when it comes to obesity, especially where it involves children's suffering. Shame on movies and commercials where fat suits are donned for laughs!
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