would you send you kid (assuming they had a weight problem) to a so called Fat Camp?
100206
Yes....  If they lost any weight it might make them feel better about themselves and if they really cared maybe they would also learn what to eat to stay thin. If it's healthy it's worth a try : )
828300
uh.....no.  first off it does no good.  your metabolism will slow down causing you not to burn as many calories which kind of defeats the purpose.  plus it will hurt your body in so many ways it would take an hour to type it.  If someone is so superficial that weight even enters into their thoughts of someone they arent very good friends.  Dont get hung up on other people.   You have to live with you and harming yourself to make someone else like you makes no sense.  If you really want to work on weight work with your parents to help you get the correct food and amounts.  I like www.kraftfoods.com it gives you some idea of what to eat.
1078946
Your problem is laziness.  Sure they have great treatments for those ailments but do you really want to take medication for the rest of your life?  And they wonder why so many people are fat.  L A Z Y!!
389816
When I was 14 I saw a kid beating up a chubby kid.  His friends were laughing at the chubby kid(big boned  lol)and they were hitting him.  All of these kids were skinny.  So I just couldnt take it anymore and started to seperate them.  I pushed the other kids off of him and started to swing some punches but they ran.  The kid that was getting bullied thanked me and said they always beat me up.  I felt so angry at those kids.  3 months later I saw the chubby kid again and he said that those skinny kids never hit him or talk to him anymore.\n\nI felt so happy :)  I felt GOOD inside and I still feel good!\n\nEDIT: Oh sorry I didnt see  "cultural" in your post.  But this story still kinda relates to this. I guess....
401606
No, they wouldn't, actually, yeah they would. They would get anorexia, the eating disorder where a person will not eat because they see themselves as fat and even if they are really skinny already, they don't see it. They would start getting thin and getting used to not eating and then every time after that when they'd try to eat they would throw up like twice. Then their body would get hairier and they would be unable to do medium or large amounts of walking and they wouldn't be able to play sports, run, or jump. If they could they'd run out of energy and puke again. If this continued without medical help they would die and be extremely skinny, but they wouldn't be able to see that they were skinny they still would see themselves as fat.
474473
Take them to their doctor first. You may think your child is overweight, when in fact the child is fine. Your docotr will probably give you a plan is weight loss is needed.\n\nGet them outside to PLAY. Have them eat nutrious food, no junk food. MOST of all...YOU do it too. Let your child see that it is fun to exercise and eat healthy.
624858
I couldn't say for sure, but perhaps a local scout troop would be able to help out? Considering it is for a school carnival they might decide to participate and set up a stall also to recruit the kiddies.
639783
i was thinking about it, it was very effective when i had my first daughter, and when it got taken off market, i wasn't able to take it after having my second daughter, and now i'm overweight...hmmm, wonder why...\nand i eat right, and exercise...
593405
Not even near 300, I went to a restaurant one day and sat near a mother and daughter.  She was the cutest 5 year old you could imagine.\n\nNow, true to form, she said to her mom, pointing at me, 'Mom, he's really fat!'.  And I kept my composure as her mom told her that wasn't nice and to stop.  After a couple of times, she had to take her stand for what she believed in, stood up, pointed at me, and said, 'MOM!!! YOUR DON'T UNDERSTAND!! HE IS REAAAAALLLYYY FAATTTT!!!'.  She announced her convictions to the world in such a way that no one could doubt who said it, and who she was pointing at.\n\nI put my utensils down...put money on the table, and just walked out and went somewhere else to eat...ALONE.\n\nIt's not your business how other people run their lives, and that goes for fat, smoking, or any other idiosyncrasies they have.\n\nPolitically corect is minding your own business to the general public, you don't know and it's not their responsibility to explain their life to anyone that thinks differently.
814726
They sometimes get teased by their friends for not being capable in doing physical exercise and simply just for being fat or for eating too much. But one needs to know which friend are just joking and which are being mean. Usually obesity are caused by doting parents who thinks that making their child obese means that they really care about their child. All kids cry for food as a toddler, but parents need to make their stand clear and be mindful of how much the child really needs to keep healthy and fit. So I guess, society should start at these parents first and then the children when they grow a little older and are more mindful about their surroundings
855404
I wonder the same. These people want a very quick fix. It can happen easy if you do all the right things. I was never overweight but heading there and I decided after my 3rd baby I want and I can have that body I want. Like probably these ppl it seemed impossible and you dont want to suffer w/o guarenteed results. But I made up my mind,I use common sense and here I am, I weigh 112 now,size 1/2 and fit. I look at cake now and unlike before I have no desire. There are pleanty of healthy yummy things to stuff my face with.
595467
I applaud all of you, a school is there to teach children not as another way of the nanny state interfering with the way we raise our children, I have a two (soon to be three) year old son and he will be starting reception school in september. I remember a few years ago the government wanted people to stop calling children winners and losers and instead use the term yet to achieve success in a bid to hep childrens self esteem. Has no one considered the effect of weighing classes of kids, possibly in front of other class pupils? and in any event what about the poor kids who have to take these letters home and the effect being told you're fat at such an early age may have on them, don't we have enough of a problem with eating disorders...
94626
My children, under 10 and sick or afraid, is it ok??? Of course...unless you are a Michael Jackson "type".
473822
i am in the same position as you. It's not fair is it!!\nUnfortunately for us, I doubt we will lose weight when we have kids. We will more likely put it on.\n\nI just think that at least we will have an excuse for being fat when we have kids! We can just blame them and make them repay us in hugs!! :)
169824
NO. Everyone would be thin cause when you saw the fat guy lose the weight youd ask him what he did and he'd tell you and it would spread like wildfire.\n\nYou: What did you do to lose the weight?\nFormerly Fat Guy: Well I just started popping these pills and still kept the same old habbits of sitting on the couch and watching TV all night. Then going out and drinking beer and fitting in a fourth meal on friday nights after the bars close. It was really a nice how well those little pills just gobble up that fat so I can poop it out.
970412
hell no\n\nemo kids can't support someone else, they have just enough problems with themselves.
1089988
Only if they eat dirt.  \n\nIf you're going to send all of the fat-so's to Somalia and Ethopia, the folks would probably eat THEM!!!  Obesity is a disease just like alcoholism and our present day eating habits stink.  Parents and schools should set good examples for their children or these kids will be sick and dead before they are 50.