Originally Posted by
DougG
The thing that really makes me sad is to see young kids who are so obese. I think it's almost child abuse to let a kid get in that shape, as they have almost no hope of getting themselves down to a normal weight -- ever. People in their teens are developing the type of diabetes that used to hit people in middle age.
I heard recently that, for the first time since the 1800s, the average life expectancy of the generation that is about 10-15 years old now is less than the expectancy of the previous generation, and it's all due to increased obesity.
Too true. The average US schoolkid now would have been considered the neighborhood laughing stock when I was a kid, if not circus sideshow material.
Just look at the old "Honeymooners" tv show. The standing joke was how fat Jackie Gleason was, but by today's standards he looks skinny!