Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?No, I didnt happen to miss the word children(Original post by Formerly Helpful_C)
Did you happen to miss the word 'children'? I eat plenty of food but I'm not the biggest person (weight-wise) in the world. I also don't have any 'self image' problems. How condescending.
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?I think lots of kids are naturally quite skinny, just because they're way more active than the average adult.
If it was legitimately underweight, I do think that would be more concerning, simply because it might imply neglect or something. A child can be overweight and be perfectly loved by their parents, just they may be a little uneducated about what to feed their kids. It's probably harder and more sensitive to address a neglectful parent, rather than an overzealous one. -
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?<3(Original post by Formerly Helpful_C)
Makes your response all the sillier, especially because you have the audacity to then get shirty. -
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?The 'fat' gene.(Original post by Alexandra's Box)
Yeah but fat people just say they're addicted to food and get fatter.
Well the ones in the news do
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?That may be the explanation in some cases but on one of the many Embarrassing Bodies spin-offs or specials a family claimed this as the reason but after investigation, it was found that they were actually less genetically predispositioned to being fat. Excuses excuses...(Original post by Formerly Helpful_C)
The 'fat' gene.
It just seems that there were fewer fat people a few years ago, and not just because they did not have enough food either. -
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Re: Overweight or Underweight Children- which is more worrying?I was being disingenuous with my comment(Original post by Alexandra's Box)
That may be the explanation in some cases but on one of the many Embarrassing Bodies spin-offs or specials a family claimed this as the reason but after investigation, it was found that they were actually less genetically predispositioned to being fat. Excuses excuses...
It just seems that there were fewer fat people a few years ago, and not just because they did not have enough food either.
