A thread for bob

[donnashuggy]

Is it your fault your children are overweight?

[kopenhagen5 · Accepted solution]

Generally speaking, without a genetic disposition and under the age of 16, Yes.

Parents with a healthy lifestyle should be able to bring children into teen years without them being overweight.

Keep in mind some health practitioners version of overweight isn't necessarily overweight.

[joz*garage]

yes its probably attributed to the parents of their partents too. just blame god

[lyne-flyn]

Does bob have children?

How do you know they are overweight?

[lloydslights]

If Bob had kids they wouldn't be overweight.  

He'd bring up a subject at the dinner table and announce "discuss".  The kids would be too busy engaging in dialogue to eat.  I don't think they would be allowed to talk with their mouth full.

DEB

[***super_nova*** · Accepted solution]

Parents are definitely responsible for what they feed their babies and what sort of eating habits they develop in them, and the example they give.  Parents who guzzle coke, stuff their faces with donuts and other fat/sugar rich nutrition poor junk, and consider eating at McDonald's exciting thing to do, will prime their kids for obesity.

But there is also epigenetics at play, and as our ancestors went through various periods of famines, our bodies were primed to store fat for the next lean times.  Some people are better at storing than others. 

[the_bob_delusion]

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@lyne-flyn wrote:

Does bob have children?

How do you know they are overweight?

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5 of them are Fat, 3 of them are skinny. The other 2 thinks dumb people should be stoned to death. 

[twyngwyn]

1 more for a soccer team 🙂

[lloydslights]

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@**bob_is_good** wrote:

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@lyne-flyn wrote:

Does bob have children?

How do you know they are overweight?

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5 of them are Fat, 3 of them are skinny. The other 2 thinks dumb people should be stoned to death. 

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So 3 of them wouldn't let the other 5 get a word in edgewise and the other 2 were at "sport"?

DEB

[freshwater-2]

I beleve that obesity is inherited, via the lifestyle and eating habits which are inherited..