I got so angry over Christmas break when my brother (45), his wife (40) and their kids 5 and 9 came out to visit. Its been a few years since Ive seen them. My brother has always eaten terribly and has a belly, but is by no means obese. His wife was not slim when they met 10 years ago, but she has steadily grown over the years and is now boardering on obese. Well I came to find out she is also already type 2 diabetic ON INSULIN, at 40 years old. They eat nothing hut processed shit and are passing it on to the kids. At 9 the daughter is already starting to get chubby, the kids wont eat any veggies at all.
Now heres where I start getting really angry. First off they have a lot of money and the mindset that they can just throw money at any problem and make it go away, including their health. All kinds of meds to support the crap diet. So I have the Paleo Solution book which talks all about linking processed foods, their diet, to all the diseases and symptoms they suffer from and I was going to let her borrow and read it. You know what she said, "oh ya, I read that book. I just dont buy into it." AHHHHHHGGGGGGHGJSJSJDJFHRJSJSHHHHHHHHHHHAAHAHHHHDHD!!!!!!! Frustration. I didnt say anything about it the rest of the time they were there but it was very upsetting. Here's the very worst part- she is the principal of an elementary school in a densely populated area. She influences kids lives as a main authority figure for years during their formative time and she is telling them that its perfectly ok to eat shit food your whole life and grow up to he fat and sick. Ugggghhhhh it just kills me! Ok rant over.

I grew up in a family of 4 siblings, 1 older, 1 younger and a little sister. We would go through so much food it was crazy; but we were not allowed to leave the table until everything was eaten; so on wednesdays we would eat about 4 pounds of spaghetti wednesdays about 3 pork chops a piece, tuesdays was lazy ass peanut butter jelly sandwich day so thats 3 or 4 sandwiches, thursdays mac n cheese about 5 boxes or veal or steak. My mother was a schedule freak. other then the pizza on saturdays; mac n cheese, and sandwiches we had NO junk food. No wonder my parents were broke all the time. We ate more then a family of 10 and we were all really skinny kids, BUT we grew up in an age where you actually went outside and played; we played a lot of sports, Doctor (my favorite haha) and wiffle ball. We didn't have the intertubes and the video games until we were about 14 because also our parents did not want us lying around the house. Such a different world we live in. If we didn't eat what was on our plate we got our asses kicked or we stayed at the table all night until it was gone. I tested that once; ONCE. At about 4 in the morning I decided to eat my lunch so I could go to bed and still got my ass kicked lol.

People feed their kids processed crap all the time these days. My daughter had one of her friends round for a sleepover recently. When it was time to make dinner I asked her what she liked and didn't like and was told "I only eat Mcdonalds and sweets". I took it with a pinch of salt, thinking she's just trying it on and cooked them some chicken with veg etc. she wouldn't eat anything.

Basically this kid nearly starved at our house and according to her mother only eats burgers and sweet stuff. Won't eat veg, won't eat fruit. She eats that way because she's allowed to by her parents. Her mother was about 220lbs, I wonder why......

My kid gets a choice, eat it or you'll be hungry. That's how it was for me and a lot of people my age. If they're hungry enough, they'll eat it.

semantics, I agree B, on the rare one percent chance this little girl has a medical defect this is simply a case of child abuse and neglect nothing more and should be treated as such my God they are setting her up for failure and a early death.

All my kids are healthy normal and thin and that's because we don't buy processed bullshit food. It is all the parents fault for bringing that garbage into their house. The problem is it's cheaper to eat that way. Food is our single biggest expense at around $1600 a month and that doesn't include any of my supplements. It is sad to see all of the fat kids when I go pick my kids up from school. At my kids schools I would say 75% of the kids are at an unhealthy weight.

The FDA, big pharma, big agra, the meat & diary industry, monsanto, vaccinations, fluoride, BPA, GE foods, pesticides, GMO's, dioxin, jeez i can go on & on.....fat kids, dumb kids, its all part of the illuminati agenda of depopulation....America buys it all hook line and sinker thats why we have the fattest population of all countries, our government is a farce...we are owned by all the aforementioned, and our government assholes will continue to purport their agenda bec they're being bought off to do so.

remember the days when yr mother had to call you in for dinner but you wanted to stay out and play so you rushed home choked down ur dinner then ran back out??? well those days are long gone, welcome Xbox, kindles, tablets, iPhones and FAT kids.....the entire government should be arrested and tried for treason for their participation in this agenda which is ruining our children and slowly killing all of us one cancer case at a time..... most american parents are fat, dumbed down, sheeple,who are clueless about what they & their children are really eating and have no interest in doing the work to educate themselves....its much easier to give a kid a GMO, hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup, cookie and some Ritalin and tell them to be quiet.

Stop these child abusers. They are unfit for parenting, so they should be forced to go through a Nutrition Awareness Program by a panel of peers (jury). It might even create new jobs.

Parents are definitely responsible for what their children eat. It is as simple as that. Now a chunky kid is one thing, but morbidly obese 10 year olds is pure neglect. They are subjecting their kids to a much shorter and rougher life than they otherwise would have had. We have a serious problem here in the states. Not just with kids either , adults are way out of whack as well. Any of us that have spent any amount of time out in public have seen it with or own two eyes.

my friends daughter is almost 80lbs and shes only 5 years old, that's big child, i feel bad for her. kids are already making fun of her weight.. its a sad situation but, this particular case i blame the mother, i really think she neglects the child and the kid finds comfort in food.. we are not looking at the real problem here, the real reason...why are kids getting so fat? watch the kids network for 10 minutes and you will see fast food ads at every commercial.... parents are working crazy hours not spending time with their kids, not cooking at home on the daily bases... kids are into ipad this, xbox that. trying to get them off xbox is as hard as getting me off the juice(lol)..

Hate parents who let their kids get fat, they are supposed to nuture the child and better the kids chances of happiness correct? So they think letting him have a mcdonalds and lettin him eat what ever the fk he wants is giving him happiness, well not in the long run! Being fat at that age can cause all kinds of emotional trauma as they will likely get ridiculed by other children and will start to hate themselves. Giving them a perminantly damaged mind set about themselves. Some parents shouldnt be parents and i hate seeing this shit...

Things like this never cease to amaze me. I blame the parents entirely, they should be prosecuted for child abuse/neglect.
Some people have slow metabolisms but to weigh that much is fuked up at that age, clearly over eating on a titanic scale!
The list of health issues will get longer by the year till a massive heart attack calls it a day on the miserable existence of some young kid.