If parents allow their kids to become obese,should they be fined?

Stacy H

Depends how old they are, if they say older than 12 they should be able to control there weight?
Either way, it wont happen

peltonwheeler

Fined and sterilised. Education won`t work

Wee Trojan

there is ALWAYS a reason for overeating and until you find out what it is the problem cannot be addressed.

ipulledhermione

if you can verify that then im sure they could

but how is that in any way moral? or a valid thing to do?

chameleon

No.
But I think it should be illegal to sell or provide food cooked in trans fat to people under 18.

eli

most of the time the parents are also over weight. my dad's fiance is huge. her lil girls (who i call my step sisters) are also overweight. thanks to my dad being diabetic they have to eat moire healthier now.

if healthy food wasnt so expensive it would be easier for familys to have good healthy food. if you are on minimum wage or benefits you have no chance of buying "good" food for a family of 4. you have to buy the stuff that is offer.
also not everyone can afford to enroll their child/children in sports or dance clubs.

i havent got children yet but im gunna try my best to stop this happening when i do have one. i hate seeing really fat childen. my step sisters were massive a couple of years ago.

the girls are so influenced by what their mum eats and i personally have never seen her eat a healthy meal.
she never never offers them a snack of carrots or an apple or anything its always chocolate or sweets...
when they came round to my old flat i made them a big salad and i was shocked that they didnt know what half of the veggys were in it!!!

happytiger

Hi

That's an excellent question, and my answer to it would be yes, they are the people buying the junk food that's killing their kids, if they fed their kids healthy food from the start, they wouldn't' like junk food or want to eat it. Be happy, from.

happytiger.

rocket

I think they should be. Because people today only respond to money. Its their responsibility to take care of their children. it doesn't mean they're eating a lot that they're healthy.

Lexie

First, obesity isn't necessarily caused by anything the parents are doing wrong.

Even assuming it is, though, do you really want the government in your home analyzing what you feed your children? How about having the government monitor what TV shows you let your children watch, which friends you let them hang out with, how much time you make them spend on homework each night?

Laura E

Yes, if it's their doing. That's not love, it's cruel!

one shot

The Government and health Authorities should be looking at closing down the junk food takeaways that have taken over every High Street in the UK.

They tell us on the one hand that we're becoming obese - and then allow planning permission for even more junk food shops. That's what you call "taking the p!ss"

Every kid is locked indoors as every adult outside their own family circle is viewed as a potential paedophile. Sport in most schools is banned for fear of minor injury and the inevitable litigation. Hard work is now to be avoided at all costs in case of injury.

Then people wonder why the population is turning into a nation of lard @rses!! Have you seen the queues at KFC & McDonalds lately.

The cost to the NHS of obesity far outweighs that of smokers but we seem quite happy to have 40 year olds suffering heart attacks and costing thousands in care every month.

A "fat tax" on every junk food outlet is long overdue.

AngelSMW

No, as some children have underlying problems, making them prone to severe and unexplainable weight gain.
Also, while I think there are negligent parents out there, who do nothing to encourage their kids to exercise or feed them healthy foods, there are also those under the poverty line who simply cannot afford to buy healthy foods, or pay for their child to go to a sports club, as both can be expensive compared to a ready meal and a night in front of the TV set.

Yasita

i would like to yes but it's not going to happen is it

two mothers have already been taken to jail for neglect for having over 500 lbs sons!

Exodiafinder

No, it's not always the parents faults. The kids are the ones who sit around and don't exercise or work. Weight is always a personal problem. You can only blame yourself.

hexata

some kids bring it on themselves by using pocket money on secretly buying junk food

Lightnote

This answer depends on how old the kids are. If they are really young (lets say between 0 & 8years old) then yes because they rely on the parents to correct them if they are doing wrong. So If it is laziness on the parents part (e.g not giving their children proper meals at a young age or keeping the child fairly active) yes I think the parents should be fined.

If they are old enough to understand the consequences of overeating/not eating healthily. Then I think that it's not the parents who should be fined it should be the person who is overeating who is fined for any health related problems related to unhealthy eating. (It is their problem not anyone else's why should anyone else have to deal with it).

If they are old enough and understand the consequences of overeating let them they would only have themselves to blame when they become obese.

stanleys_2001

no they should be TAXED...

that's the answer to everything.

Tax a person's estate when they die

Tax a pack of cigs

tax the gas we use

Tax everything... and tell everyone it's NOT a money grab.

fangtaiyang

No, that would be counterproductive

Sweet Cat

No!

Mu1

It certainly shows bad parenting but if you're going to fine every bad parent in the country, you're going to be giving out lot fo fines...what about kids who stay up too late? watch too much TV? Are cheeky? Where does it stop?

Adopted by Madonna

I doubt punishment does any good. How about educating people about proper lower carb and higher protein eating habits. Get the Doritos out of the hands of America's fat little kids and get them outside for some exercise.

ektisangsar

Not to be 'fined' in this democratic civilization; rather we should 'teach' them the negative sides of being obese.

vdub

fines dont solve problems. the parents should be educated about child care and. food

wizjp

Just too much grey area here.

lotsbull

wow that's a big question , for years now they have let food corporations feed us really bad fats shouldn't they be stopped or fined first?

jonny

thats not going to happen .............

gcbtrading

If you think the government should be the parent...sure

mully

what about parents who allow their children to become anorexic should the same not apply to them too?

pattya22

they're already fined through all the food they buy, so leave it be

you are my strong tower

Should they? Yes. Parents really decide what is available for their kids to eat, and enroll them in sports. At a young age they set rules of when and what to eat.

Unfortunately this would probably never happen.

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