I1L2T3 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Cars, supermakets full of crap food and home-based leisure activities go together quite nicely. Look no further than those factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty123 Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 what annoys me is that in schools teachers are expected to promote healthy eating in PSHE lessons, but what happens next? The kids are queing for pizzas, chips, hamburgers and sugary drinks. I know things have improved a little bit with Jamie Oliver's programme, but in one school I've been it what they called improvement was this: One day a week without chips ( meaning that there's still pizza on the menu)...shouldn't it be one day a week when they can have chips? If teenagers are growing up eating and drinking that kind of rubbish every day, in a place where everything is supposed to be for their own good, how are they supposed to learn that you need five a day? I know full well that what they eat at home is important, but if healthy food is not promoted at school then it's undermining the parents'efforts surely? There was something on the radio about this the other day, bascially slagging jamie oliver off and saying his school menus haven't worked and many school caterers were 'going out of business' due to the new menus. It really annoyed me, some girl came on saying i would rather eat chocolate and crisps for my lunch so i don't have school dinners. Surely parents and the LEA have to take responsibility for raising kids awareness of healthy eating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudbeer Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 There was something on the radio about this the other day, bascially slagging jamie oliver off and saying his school menus haven't worked and many school caterers were 'going out of business' due to the new menus. It really annoyed me, some girl came on saying i would rather eat chocolate and crisps for my lunch so i don't have school dinners. Surely parents and the LEA have to take responsibility for raising kids awareness of healthy eating? Agreed there was that story at Rawmarsh where parents were giving kids chips and stuff through the railings at break time what a great advert for south yorkshire not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacenlove Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 yeah people are definitely getting fatter and fatter by the year! although i think sheffield has less of an excuse as there are so many bloody hills here even the shortest of walks feels like an aerobic workout. since i've came to sheffield i've lost weight and i definitely 'blame' the hills! i don't eat any different to what i used to (i do tend to eat chocolate or sweets or both every day, and no small quanities either! although i do then also have my 5 fruit'n'veg, only eat brown pasta/rice/bread, dont eat red meat etc), however i do walk slightly more and combined with the hills of sheff it seems to have done the trick. so because of your geographical layout you sheffieldians actually have less of an excuse to be overweight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipine Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I think its really sad. On my walk into work every morning I pass a young lad who is rather overweight - so over weight he waddles rather than walks- and he's always totally preoccupied with this huge breakfast bap he's eating. then I pass really chubby girls coming out of greggs, having pasties for breakfast... or packets of crisps and bottles of coke. Its just really sad. The short term satisfaction is not worth the long term effects this food is having on their bodies. I think people should watch that Autopsy program. They showed the state your internal organs get in when you're obese.. huge enlarged furred up arteries and massive hearts struggling to cope with the burden placed upon them. That made me think twice about what I ate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firecracker Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 There was something on the radio about this the other day, bascially slagging jamie oliver off and saying his school menus haven't worked and many school caterers were 'going out of business' due to the new menus. It really annoyed me, some girl came on saying i would rather eat chocolate and crisps for my lunch so i don't have school dinners. Surely parents and the LEA have to take responsibility for raising kids awareness of healthy eating? If the latest picture of Jamie Oliver is anything to go by, it seems he's had a few too many of his school dinners (with a few trips to McD's thrown in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_28 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Some parents blame the schools and education. Funny how I went to same schools as their kids when I was younger and I'm a very healthy size weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoodanny Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 If the latest picture of Jamie Oliver is anything to go by, it seems he's had a few too many of his school dinners (with a few trips to McD's thrown in). If it's the picture I'm thinking of it's a photoshopped publicity shot promoting his new series/book whatever. Heh, I guess it's pretty convincing too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Whilst shopping for some trousers for my 13yr old son , i was astounded at the lack of sizings for a normal sized slim 13yrold. The woman at the shop told me they order in bulk of what is now known in the trade as mcdonald trousers. Basically the correct length but extra big waists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Whilst shopping for some trousers for my 13yr old son , i was astounded at the lack of sizings for a normal sized slim 13yrold. Slim is not "normal sized" nowadays. Being overweight is the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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