Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

the parents of these people should be ashamed. i believe this is the main cause for people being overweight all their lives. they learn poor eating habits, exercise is not made important, they see their parents use food to cope with stress, so they do the same, etc.

public shaming is not cool but doctors should be making an active effort to always be on these people to do something about their weight. doctors often refuse to see a patient who won't follow their advice, taking prescribed pills, not doing anything about weight shouldn't be any different.

i also think there needs to be more nutritional education going on in schools and at home. i don't know if i just wasn't paying attention or didn't care but i never really knew much or thought much about what i was putting in my body until my mid 20's. even then, i'm still learning stuff all the time that changes what i do. i was never fat in my life but i did eat like shit for a long time which i did largely out of ignorance. parents need to take a much more active role in teaching their kids about what is in food, what you need out of it and what to avoid. my parents let me be picky about foods, avoiding vegetables and such which was not doing me any favors.