

Medical experts say intervention is needed but disagree on implementation







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II. Idea has Support From Some Prominent Academics










Four out of five schools violate federal school lunch fat guidelines.
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By captainBOB on 11/28/2011 11:38:58 AM , Rating: 2
Talk about a contradictory argument.

You say you don't approve of the government telling parents what to feed their children, yet you approve them taking away their children if the parent doesn't feed them what the government tells them to.

Anyways, since when did the government have to become concerned with the micromanagement of its populace?

By Arsynic on 11/28/2011 11:58:19 AM , Rating: 1
Not contradictory at all. Should the government tell parents how hard to spank their children or whether or not to spank them at all? That's not the government's responsibility. However, if the parent beats the child to the point of injuring him, then it's a criminal issue.

Having a 200lb child is no different than injuring him. It's child abuse. That's where the authorities should come in. The government can't prevent a fat child as much as they can prevent robberies and rapes.

By retrospooty on 11/28/2011 3:55:52 PM , Rating: 2
"Having a 200lb child is no different than injuring him"

OK, agree... But how does that get regulated without anyone telling the parents what to feed the child?

No more than 5 twinkies a day? 3 twinkies? 1 Twinkie? The fact id different people have different metabolism. Beleive me, when I was young, I could eat 20 twinkies a day and nothing but burgers and fries and I was skinny. A chubbier kid might eat half what I did and wind up fat. It has to be up to the parents, but as mentioned above, some people arent fit to be parents.

We need to take a test to drive a car, yet any idiot can have 10 idiot kids and give them a crappy life and teach them to give thier 100 kids a crappy life.... Idiocracy in the making.

