Spoilt Rotten

[Prudie]

Anyone watching this? Can't believe that poor overweight boy (Alex??) is only 5, there must be more than just overeating that has caused this, he seems about 10 (in height and to some extent development)

[Prudie]

Obviously not! LOL!!

[dove]

yes prudie, I saw a bit of it and agree he certainly looked and behaved more than an avererage 5 year old x

[poodicat]

Hi prudie was at work just got a few minutes here and their to was it,didnt see the overweight child only the little uns with rotten teeth and their mothers crying,they caused this through lack of education in child rearing

[Prudie]

I know it's easy to be judgemental but yes a 2/3 year old does not eat 5 chupa lollies a day by chance!

[ladybird49]

Giving a child a bottle with sweet juice in to take to bed is asking for trouble later on with the childs teeth,
teeth cleaning should be the last thing they do before going to sleep

[Dusdus]

....and did you hear that Liverpool City (socialist republic) Council are banning the word "Obese"..apparently, its not a nice thing to say. I didn't catch what the politically correct phrase was that should be used, I was ripping the TV off the wall....un-bloody-believable...it's a clinical condition, not a nickname or phrase to inflict embarrassment........the end of the world is nigh

[looobylooo]

and what about that mother who allowed her little girl to get through a whole bottle of ketchup a week?!
(i was only flicking through the channels and just caught that bit so i mightve heard wrong, afterall it does sound a bit absurd doesnt it..?!)

[Prudie]

I think they are going to change it to 'unhealthy weight'.

[Dusdus]

OMG...cant possibly post on here what they (overweight kids) were called ay my school......(hanging head in despair)

[poodicat]

Hi looby my niece loves tomato sauce,she is 10 but her tries at least to monitor how much she is putting on her food and makes her clean her teeth,i know my niece lies and says she has cleaned them lol

[Prudie]

It's all actually quite cruel. I remember the trauma of having to have teeth out when I was about 10 to have a brace fitted, goodness how I'd have felt at their young age, plus we all must recall how mean we were about the fat girl/boy at school behind their back and in my day there weren't many of them.

[poodicat]

Prudie i was at aldis the other day when one fat guy came in wheezing and made a beeline for the sweets,thinking step away from the sweets you dont need them,i looked at his son and he seemed embarrassed

[Prudie]

poodi the 5 yr old in the programme was so overweight and unfit his mum took a wheelchair to get him from school as he could only manage to walk half the way. It was confirmed that the doctors could find no genetic or physiological reason for his weight (which is what his mum gave as the reason). I mean - at 5, the mind boggles

[Dusdus]

I agree, kids can be cruel. But Obese is a clinical diagnosis of a condition, be it through over eating of other medical problems. But because it has become, because of a) the tv and press using the word more and more and b)the incidence of the condition rising to alarming levels, it suddenly becomes a byword for being very overweight, and interpreted then as an insult. Why?? They are obese, and either need to obtain assistance to lose weight or seek the medical help to cure the problem.

[Jules73]

Some people should be sterilized at birth!

[milliezoe]

It asks the question the parents are to blame are they not how many times do we have to say children learn what they live the guy that was smoking in front of his kids said give me proof from the doctors that this is harmful doh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!