NooNoo1970
Member
OMG!! I have just seen a news clip about the programme thats on tonight(8pm ITV1) about the 8yr old who is 14 1/2 stone!!!!
I felt crap at 14 1/2 stone and it was self inflicted and I am an adult, but this poor lad is the same age as my son.(who is 4 1/2 stone, and is fortunatly very tall and slim!!)
I have always said I would be mortified if my bad eating habits and poor relationship with food rubbed off on my children, so I have done everything in my power to make sure the boys eat healthy food, they both love fruit and veg and healthy foods and even though they have sweets and snacks they are always in moderation( i personally feel banning all 'goodies' makes them forbidden fruit and therefore more desirable...which could cause probs later on when they choose their own food)
Obviously I havent seen the programme yet, but the mother is blaming the area health authority??? now surely she should be mainly responsible for her child. I know there are some people who need extra help when it comes to looking after children, sometimes due to lack of education, or just having a child with difficulties, but at the end of the day the mother is the one who feeds her child and brings the food into the house.....she must have realised early on that he was over eating/becoming over weight?
I am astounded that this child has been allowed to become so large.
Sorry just needed to voice my opinion on this. Sorry if I have offended anyone, but just find it so frustrating and sad that after all the campaigns for healthy eating and the 5 a day plan for kids how this has been allowed to happen.
lou
I felt crap at 14 1/2 stone and it was self inflicted and I am an adult, but this poor lad is the same age as my son.(who is 4 1/2 stone, and is fortunatly very tall and slim!!)
I have always said I would be mortified if my bad eating habits and poor relationship with food rubbed off on my children, so I have done everything in my power to make sure the boys eat healthy food, they both love fruit and veg and healthy foods and even though they have sweets and snacks they are always in moderation( i personally feel banning all 'goodies' makes them forbidden fruit and therefore more desirable...which could cause probs later on when they choose their own food)
Obviously I havent seen the programme yet, but the mother is blaming the area health authority??? now surely she should be mainly responsible for her child. I know there are some people who need extra help when it comes to looking after children, sometimes due to lack of education, or just having a child with difficulties, but at the end of the day the mother is the one who feeds her child and brings the food into the house.....she must have realised early on that he was over eating/becoming over weight?
I am astounded that this child has been allowed to become so large.
Sorry just needed to voice my opinion on this. Sorry if I have offended anyone, but just find it so frustrating and sad that after all the campaigns for healthy eating and the 5 a day plan for kids how this has been allowed to happen.
lou