Hunger among Filipinos reaching record levels - SWS

[South-east boy]

Did anyone see the program on Monday night about overweight kids in the UK? A lot of the problem is with ignorant parents with some saying that they ate this or that when they were young so my child will have whatevere they want too! They seem to forget that there is a log more junk food out there than years ago, kids are less active than they used to be due to computor games & PC's + some children & people just gain more weight than otheres that eat the same thing.

[triple5]

Did anyone see the program on Monday night about overweight kids in the UK? A lot of the problem is with ignorant parents with some saying that they ate this or that when they were young so my child will have whatever they want too! They seem to forget that there is a log more junk food out there than years ago, kids are less active than they used to be due to computor games & PC's + some children & people just gain more weight than otheres that eat the same thing.

I didn't see that program, just saw it advertised. Unbelievable that parents let their kids get like that. Sure, some are naturally big boned, but some parents don't even try and limit/control what their kids are eating. Once a week I may treat myself to a kebab and chips. In there the other night and there was a woman going on 20 stones with her overweight son, buying all sorts of fatty junk. People like that should be banned from such establishments for their own good

[Arthur Little]

Did anyone see the program on Monday night about overweight kids in the UK? A lot of the problem is with ignorant parents with some saying that they ate this or that when they were young so my child will have whatevere they want too! They seem to forget that there is a log more junk food out there than years ago, kids are less active than they used to be due to computor games & PC's + some children & people just gain more weight than otheres that eat the same thing.

I didn't see the programme either ... but I can well-imagine the root cause of the problem. 'Rationing' was still in force up until 1953 ... or thereabouts ... when I was a young kid ... and you seldom saw an overweight child back then.

Added to that [excuse the pun] very few households boasted a television set ... and, of course, computer games, &c were unheard of in those days. Hence, children expended excess energies by indulging to a far greater extent in healthy outdoor activities ... like (dare I say?) raiding apple orchards (if they were fortunate enough to live in rural communities). And the city-dwellers probably spent at least half the time, evading the long arm of the law as a result of their [relatively harmless] misdemeanours; "dodgin' the polis" ... as it was called in Glasgow parlance. Whatever ... it was all good clean fun!