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04-14-2008, 07:09 PM | #1 |
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Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
Curious how you guys feel. Pretty straight forward, should parents that allow their children to get obese be prosecuted? Personally, I think absolutely they should. I see it as child abuse feeding your child McDonalds sometimes up to 4x a day, and never making them go outside and play. Adults are welcome to make their own decisions, but children need to eat better so they don't start having massive health problems, etc young. These parents are shaving years of the lives of their children.
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04-14-2008, 07:23 PM | #2 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
If it's a kid with jelly rolls like that yeah, but if it is a slighlty, like 10-15 pound overweight kid, then I don't think it's a huge problem.
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04-14-2008, 07:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
it's not always as cut and dry, but it definitely should be looked upon as a form of neglect and abuse, and investigated by child protective services, with help for the problem offered before punishment is dealt.
So, yes I agree a much bigger deal should be made, but do you cut it off and take a child away from a loving family because the parent doesn't have discipline? And at what point do you enforce the law... there's a lot of gray area there, in which you may do a child more harm than good in punishing the family (and the kid) for the actions of the parents.
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04-14-2008, 07:56 PM | #4 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
EE21: If the child has some sort of disability / health problem, then there's a different story there. However, just because a parent is loving doesn't mean they're doing the best for that child. In fact I'd argue most of the people that let their children get that big are loving, but they are doing a disservice to their children.
A few lbs overweight, no. I'm talking obese. I was chunky as a kid even though I never ate fast food and I was constantly outside running around being active. I was far from obese though. I don't know what they'd base it off of, maybe BMI, etc. The health-nuts in here could tell you more about measuring obesity than I can.
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04-14-2008, 08:36 PM | #5 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
Unless a parent is outright beating or sexually abusing a child, the government has no place charging them with criminal offenses because they are not doing a great job.
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04-14-2008, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
But, and I might be mistaken here, but haven't criminal charges been filed against parents for malnourishing their kids (i.e not giving them enough to eat)? Is this much different, or is it now about how much they are given to eat but given the right things to eat?
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
I am technically obese cause I am more than 20% overweight but I always have been big but I am not unhealthy per se:
I am 311 pounds 6'2" i bench 385 and I run the mile in 7:58 so I guess I am just lucky then.
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
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If anything pediatricians should be able to effectively encourage their parents to alter the kids diet and physical activity. Setting up some type of voluntary after school exercise camp may provide some help. I say voluntary because there's no way in Hades that public education can afford to put funds into something like that.
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Even assuming legislatures started enacting such legislation, how would it be enforced? Do you just start pulling heavy kids off the street and locking up their parents? How would authorities determine who is to blame for the overfeeding? Do they lock up both parents even though only one controls the child's diet? Do they lock up the parents when the child's obesity is due to the kind of food that the child is buying or getting from other places (friends' houses)? |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
I am 6'2 185 pounds, and bench 180. If I way that much does it mean I'm overweight.
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
I know a little girl who is extremely obese. Her mom is single and gives the girl food and tv to get her out of her hair. This situation screams for some attention from a governing body, because the girl is a beautiful smart little girl who will never know what it's like to live a normal life. She is treated poorly by her peers and has no self esteem, which only aids to her overeating... and she's 13 years old at 280 lbs. She's been obese her entire life. In this case I may indeed condone the relocation (or legitimate threat thereof) for the betterment of the child.
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04-15-2008, 02:06 AM | #13 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
Quake you run a 8 min mile while over 300lbs? I am sure you are in shape, but I am still in disbelief. It just doesn't physically possible to me.
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
He could be all muscle? Nah, I got to go with you and call b.s.
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04-15-2008, 03:39 AM | #15 |
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Re: Childhood Obesity -- Should it be a crime?
I think having ugly children should be a crime. Ugly is worse than fat. You can lose wieght. Ugly is forever and always.
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