WHAT IN OUR FOOD CAUSING THE KIDS TO GROW THIS FAST , AND SO FAT ?

maybe gerbil brains

gluttonous eating will do it

Its all part of my plan

<------your worried about kids being fat hen they could also turn out like this?!

hmmmm.....
maybe growth hormone in dairy , too much time on the couch with tv and video games and possibly over eating. All food eventually breaks down into glucose to feed cells. Too much in and not enough burned off equates to fat. Just some thoughts.

The yeast makes 'em grow, the hops and barley makes 'em fat

My skinny little arse hasn't the slightest clue. Whatever it is, I wish they'd add more of it!

same thing I feed my cat I guess

Their hands!!!!!

rubbish ...............lol

Hormones.....it's been in the school foods for years and people have known it for a very long time.....Farmers and live stock ranchers add it to the cattles food as well.

fast food many nights for dinner?

lack of exercise?

Was just gonna mention the junk food thing!

Yeh, and also, places like mcdonalds etc, the portions keep gettin larger, and theyre r so cheap and easy to buy!

Or maybe its the multitude of E numbers and additives that r in todays food?
Another thing to remember is GM food...results of effects of them can never be proven, but if the genes of the food r being changed, wat kind of effect is that having on humanity over time?

i don't really believe this to be a cause, or the sole cause anyway; unless some children have a sort of immunity to the additives. how else could you explain why some children are overweight and others not?

i think that since there are many single parent families and/or families where both parents work, it really is difficult (time-wise and energy-wise) to get home and prepare a nutritious meal and is easier to just grab takeout.

also, with the streets being fairly dangerous these days, most kids aren't out playing around the way we did as children, but rather taken to extra curricular activies in the evenings. that gets to be difficult to do as well when parents work full time and are tired when they get home.

That's scary and your a Chef and have no clue


It's not the food but the TV, Computer & Video Games no longer do Kids or Adults go outside and do things the way they use to. And yeppier I'm one of those Adults that are hooked on those things as well.

Well of course there r some kids/ppl who have greater immunity than others, where someone my never get colds, another may suffer them frequently, or the high or low metabolisms.

The way im thinkin, is that, if we can change the genetics of a common veg, and make it grow bigger, whos to say that its not havin same effect on the kids eating them?

Eitherway, it would take too long to find out.

Anyhoo, just a theory!

But yeh, lack of exercise is a biggie, but i dont think thats all its coming from.

Ok, ive been looking around and i found this, taken from

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-are-we-seeing-so-many-obese-children.html

Why Are We Seeing So Many Obese Children?
There is no doubt that childhood obesity is rising alarmingly and so we take a look at just what is causing the current epidemic.
Obesity rates, which have already reached epidemic proportions in many western countries, are continuing to rise and so it is not surprising that we are seeing an increasing number of overweight children. The dangers of childhood obesity today are all too clear, but what leads to child obesity?

As with many conditions there is no one cause of child obesity and several different factors, usually working together, come into the equation when we are looking at obesity in children.

Frequently a child with obese parents will also be obese and this indicates that there is a possible genetic or inherited link to obesity. This is one area that is currently being researched in a number of medical studies on child obesity. At present however no clearly identifiable genetic connection has been found and it is thought to be far more likely that child obesity is caused by diet and eating habits within the family and not genetics.

Eating habits have altered markedly in recent years with fast food restaurants appearing everywhere, junk food widely and readily available and our supermarket shelves packed with convenience foods that frequently contain very high amounts of sugar. Gone are those days of home cooked meals in many homes, to be replaced by microwave meals or take-away food and ever more parents are choosing to take their children out to eat instead of cooking meals at home.

We have also seen a significant decline in levels of physical activity in many groups of children that has been fueled to a large extent by the introduction of video games, home computers, and now the always present mobile phone. This decline in the level of activity means that all too many children are no longer taking advantage of their natural ability to burn up the calories which they gain from eating. The connection between technology today and child obesity is only too clear to see.

The media (including television and the Internet) also plays a central role. Fast and junk food companies, together with confectionery manufacturers, have not been slow to jump onto the media bandwagon and take full advantage of its clear advertising potential.

There is no doubt that there is a link between junk food commercials and child obesity and the answer to the question 'Is junk food resulting in child obesity?' is most clearly 'Yes'.

There is also a clear connection between social changes and child obesity with many of our children today simply choosing to eat whenever they are bored. We also see them turning to food if they find that they are stressed, depressed, angry or anxious.

Despite the fact that a great deal of research is presently targeted at child obesity, a lot of the strategies to fight child obesity are looking at solving the problem once a child is overweight. Perhaps however the time has come when we ought to be attacking the problem at its roots and preventing our children from getting overweight or obese in the first place.

YES i am a chef !! do you know where your food coming from..?