Childhood obesity
June 9, 2008 7:14 pm
Christine
culinaria, just stuph
Most of my exposure to kids is at the minor league ball games that we go to. I keep seeing news stories about the childhood obesity epidemic, and from what I see in person, it’s so very true.
Yesterday, we were at a New Hampshire Fisher Cats game, and there was this really fat kid sitting not too far from us. Parents nowhere in sight, and it was hard to tell how old he was, because he was so big. I’m guessing about pre-teen aged.
But I could see why he was so fat. Every five minutes, it seemed, he was getting up and coming back with yet more food, scarfing it down, and then going back for more.
I know that the appetites of teen and pre-teen boys are legendary. But a lot of them AREN’T so obese. Makes me wonder what this kid eats the rest of the time. So many parents are too lazy to cook, so they just go to the drive through of the local fast food burger joint. I know of people who do this EVERY DAY. Then they whine about how their kids are too fat. Well, maybe if they cooked a healthy meal a few times a week, they’d (the kids) not be so fat?
Nothing wrong with being a little on the heavy side, though…I am not exactly Kate Moss myself. But I don’t eat greasy, fatty ballpark food every day, and I never eat at fast-food joints. I don’t really need to be looking for a list of best diet pills. I don’t lose weight, but I don’t gain, either. I enjoy the junky stuff at the ball games, but at home, I cook healthy food.
It’s also possible that the fat kid at the ballpark has some sort of medical condition that is going untreated. In any case, I feel sorry for him. Getting that heavy at such a young age is dangerous, as it often leads to heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses. His parents, wherever they are, really need to do something about this, before it is too late.
