I agree, some are just more prone to weight gain than others, especially if it's genetic. I know it is in my family. The majority of my father's side is overweight. I'm overweight as well. My own father used to weigh over 300 pounds, until he became diabetic and lost most of the weight years ago. He's like 220 maybe now. He's kept it off too.
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Originally Posted by MMM
What I mean is, health eating education is not coming to many children at home, so I think the schools need to step up. I am not saying overweight kids should be expelled, but I think there are ways to counsel kids into better habits.
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When did they stop? As a kid, for health class, we were always taught about how eating junk like candy or cakes wasn't good for you or drinking things like sodas were bad for you and how sugar in general wasn't good for you. It was told to us. If the kids don't listen, oh well. I know I didn't. I ate home-cooked meals. My mother didn't let me have a lot of stuff, just occasional treats, but when I wasn't at home, and had some "pocket money", I would buy snacks in school or buy whatever tasted good for lunch. I guess the only thing schools
should do, is have healthier menu choices, not teach something that's already apart of the curriculum. Middle School and High School had terrible menu choices (health wise). That's where the majority of my unhealthy eating was done.