Doctors say childhood obesity is neglect - do you agree?

[mylittlefreya]

The article is here

I think it's interesting the comment about undernourished children being automatically a cause for concern, but its almost not politically correct to say the same about overfed children.

I also think peoples perceptions can be quite distorted - there is a big difference between chubby, and obese, but often I don't think people see this.

At some level this worries me and at another it relieves me.

What do other people think?

AND according to the hygiene hypothesis, children who don't catch the usual bugs and infections have a weaker immune system. Parasites pay a very useful role in developing the immune system and reducing your risk of eczema/asthma/etc.

The more mud on their hands and the more often they crawl on dirty floors apparently the better.
Yes, French women worry about their skins far too much. I'm not surprised people waste money on skin stuff. Beauty is only skin deep. I suppose we still haven't forgiven the French for the Norman Conquest.

The Normans weren't even French, they were Norsemen, descended from Vikings who invaded Normandy (obviously).

Ah, well we had a lot of Viking invasions too. I just think there are some cultural differences - more laid back relaxed English women who are easier to live with and then the French with all their male and female over worries about health and livers and how they look.

edam - well, here we get told to scrub feet hard with soap and a nailbrush / friction mit after using communal sports facilities to prevent verrucas/athlete's foot/toenail infections.... and you know what, it works brilliantly