Childhood Obesity - Not My Kid

Has our society been looking at overweight and obese children so long, overweight children are now beginning to look like the norm? Are there so many obese children, the overweight children start to look like they are in pretty good shape?

 

It reminds me of a cartoon I saw about 2 years ago. It showed a picture of an obese mother walking down a busy street holding hands with her two obese children. All the other people on the sidewalk were also obese except one man walked by of normal weight and the mother turned to her children and said “It is not polite to stare”. I am sure I did not capture the image as well in print as if you were viewing the cartoon, but hopefully you get the point.

 

I guess another comparison would be drinking beverages in bottles and cups. Years ago, most soft drinks were sold in 10 oz bottles, soon after moving to 12 oz. Several years later most beverages jumped to the 16 oz size. The beverage containers continue to grow. Fountain drink cup sizes grew at the same rapid rate. A normal (regular) size beverage cup from years ago would be considered a kiddies cup today. Now the widely accepted cups have gone from large (16 0z) to extra large (24 – 32 oz) to the Big Gulp, to the Super Big Gulf. I am not sure how many ounces are even in the Super Big Gulps. The scary thing is most places with the super size cups, also offer free refills. Car manufactures had to increase the cup holder size several times in the last several years.

 

Can we make a comparison of the accepted size of  "normal" beverage containers to the accepted size of our youth today?

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