Childhood obesity

• howard mcsweeney1

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  7 November 2015     19:14287792
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  Pity to see Charlie make it into a political thing but I hadn't realised the problem was so serious locally.
  
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/elphicke-takes-action-to-tackle-45920/
• Guest 687

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  8 November 2015     15:37287816
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  Perhaps when the tax credit cuts take effect obesity may become a thing of the past due to the effects of malnutrition as was prevalent in my childhood days. Poverty does have this effect on children, I cannot remember having one obese friend as a child in Ladywood in Birmingham, then as now one of the poorest areas of the UK. I personally would prefer to see a well fed child who is happy as opposed to an underfed one.I suggest he reads the novels of his colleague Nadine Dorries to illustrate my point. Perhaps he has read them and wants us to return to those grim days.
• Jan Higgins

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  8 November 2015     15:56287818
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  When I was at school back in the dark ages we used to have games every day in one form or another, so we were kept fit and active whether we liked it or not.
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• Bob Whysman

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  8 November 2015     16:28287822
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  I'm with Jan on this one.
  
  Today's children suffer from a lack of physical activity at school and many also tend to spend too much of their time playing computer games etc at home and do not get the benefit associated with the outdoor physical activities we used to get up to!
  
  As for a poor diet, well, bread and dripping, fried leftovers and many more 'unhealthy' foods were all most of us were fed on back in the 'good old days.'
  
  It's a small world Ken...I was evacuated to Yardley Wood from Folkestone during WW11....just down the road from Ladywood!
  
  
  

  
  Do nothing and nothing happens.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  8 November 2015     16:31287823
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  Older Dovorians always say in the school holidays they were always up the hills, clambering through tunnels and inventing things to amuse themselves in the great outdoors. Nowadays most parents won't let children play out instead they are on playstations, I-pads, smartphones etc.
• Guest 687

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  8 November 2015     16:53287825
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  Everything said on here is true, it is the lack of natural exercise that may be causing obesity not always diet.The great outdoors is where children should play and wander about only coming home for sleep and meals, but then there is the added danger of traffic. Dover is a great place for adventure and playing with it's hills,fields and a multitude of play areas, it just needs the parents to accompany them and watch over them like good parents do.
• Guest 698

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  8 November 2015     18:50287833
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   howard mcsweeney1 wrote:

  Pity to see Charlie make it into a political thing but I hadn't realised the problem was so serious locally.
  
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/elphicke-takes-action-to-tackle-45920/

  
  
  I don't see that as political Howard. Which of his political opponents is he attacking?
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Brian Dixon

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  8 November 2015     19:15287835
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  Osbourne, ian Duncan smith and Cameron.thet all had to many 7 course dinners,etc.