Childhood Obesity
So I was exploring the internet and came across this conservative dude named Adam Kokesh. He is basically a talk radio host/political activist. Well anyways, I was watching one of his rants on Youtube and it was about childhood obesity. He basically argued that if a child is fat before age 10 (or some arbitrary number, I don't exactly remember), you are a child abuser. It is child abuse to let a kid get fat.
Well, I'm not really sure where I stand on this issue. In a sense, I agree with him. To me, it is the parent's responsibility to ensure that their child is healthy. Weight is a component of that. However, I also understand that some kids struggle with weight a lot more than others. But still, those things can be combatted, correct?
Anyways, what do you think of that viewpoint? I think I lean towards agreeing with him because for the most part, children are helpless.
Perhaps children are victims of a culture that pushes unhealthy foods unconsciously without a corresponding pressure or incentive to eat a more balanced diet. Well, the government says to be healthy, but somehow McDonalds has supreme reign over advertising, and that's what kids see most. In the olden days (ie, the 1960's), there was still unhealthy food, but there was more incentive to exercise and less access to junk food. Now there are too many excuses for kids to veg out without eating any vegetables.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the government should not care about how healthy children are, unless from an economic perspective, in which more money will be spent on health care insurance to pay for suffering obese people. I just don't like preachy people telling kids how to eat, like that one British guy who goes to overweight communities in America and teaches them how to cook. Face it, bloke, our society just doesn't have time to cook healthy anymore. Darn shame.
Death from something preventable is a darn shame too.
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