Too fat to farm?

melted welly · Mar 17, 2024

kiwi pom said:
don't think Covid helped people in that age group, telling people to stay locked away for long periods of time can only be bad, but hey the experts know what they are doing.

Was there a proliferation of food delivery companies in NZ during lockdowns?

In UK there’s home delivery of everything from a cup of coffee to high end restaurant meals now, the deliveries were there before lockdowns, but really took off since lockdowns and the restriction of movement, even out into the countryside side and smaller towns.

tepapa · Mar 17, 2024

I believe it's all down to the modern diet more then lack of exercise.

Pizza, chips and pasta is the new staple diet along with chicken nuggets and ready meals, ultra processed and packed with veg oil.

Long gone are the days of meat and two veg as an evening meal.
Biscuits , crisps and chocolate are snacks to keep them going in-between meals

kiwi pom · Mar 17, 2024

onesiedale said:
Sort out the corporate control over the food system.
Support a local food economy
Ban ultra processed foods
Bring back proper home economics into the curriculum.

.. and that would just be a start!

Or just be better parents?

We always look to blame someone else though.

Wood field said:
It’s very possible, plenty of youngsters out on bikes or playing footy
A lots down to parents , there needs to be respect and guidance and trust on both sides

That's why I was asking, been a while since I was back there. My brother has a couple of older step kids and tells me there weren't many options for them, the town he was living in wasn't really suitable for letting them loose on bikes or even biking to school and there was little in the way of after school sport.
We grew up in the countryside, so it was a bit different.

Wood field · Mar 17, 2024

melted welly said:
Was there a proliferation of food delivery companies in NZ during lockdowns?

In UK there’s home delivery of everything from a cup of coffee to high end restaurant meals now, the deliveries were there before lockdowns, but really took off since lockdowns and the restriction of movement, even out into the countryside side and smaller towns.

Mrs w just said to me “ how often did you have take away as a kid”
Maybe once every other month Dad would get fish and chips twice and share it between us all, it was a real treat

copse · Mar 17, 2024

I have a student here at the moment helping with lambing and I wouldn’t say she’s fat but if she was a finishing heifer she should have gone six weeks ago. Has been here just over a week and has definitely lost weigh since arriving.

Punch · Mar 17, 2024

Wood field said:
Mrs w just said to me “ how often did you have take away as a kid”
Maybe once every other month Dad would get fish and chips twice and share it between us all, it was a real treat

Said the same to my missus Not long ago. We had fish ‘n‘ chips at seaside and pie and chips very occasionally. Went to Chinese restaurant for my 16th birthday. Now they want it at least once a week.

Wood field · Mar 17, 2024

kiwi pom said:
Or just be better parents?
We always look to blame someone else though.

That's why I was asking, been a while since I was back there. My brother has a couple of older step kids and tells me there weren't many options for them, the town he was living in wasn't really suitable for letting them loose on bikes or even biking to school and there was little in the way of after school sport.
We grew up in the countryside, so it was a bit different.

My two unfortunately ended up starting school in Manchester , they played out in the street but new when to be in and where not to go. My son was in beavers then cubs and then scouts all in Manchester, at school he played football with the local team
That was around 2000 , time flies !!

Daddy Pig · Mar 17, 2024

I absolutely hated sport at school and would do anything to get out of it, especially cross country running, maybe im just lucky in that i seem to be able to eat whatever I like and never put on weight.

Northeastfarmer · Mar 17, 2024

copse said:
I have a student here at the moment helping with lambing and I wouldn’t say she’s fat but if she was a finishing heifer she should have gone six weeks ago. Has been here just over a week and has definitely lost weigh since arriving.

R4H ?

vantage · Mar 17, 2024

The problem of fat youngsters starts at home, Tony Blair was wrong when he said we need more education, it was basic education that was needed, not higher education. The ability to create a nutritious meal, from scratch, one not filled with additives, msg, corn syrup, etc, etc, would go a long way to improving these kids health and lifestyle and have a beneficial affect on the country as a whole.

Wood field · Mar 17, 2024

Daddy Pig said:
I absolutely hated sport at school and would do anything to get out of it, especially cross country running, maybe im just lucky in that i seem to be able to eat whatever I like and never put on weight.

Same here ( the food as I liked sport ) my daughter says I have a magic thyroid

Derrick Hughes · Mar 17, 2024

Devil's advocate said:
Some 360 drivers have a real obesity problem of all ages.

I don't

Northeastfarmer · Mar 17, 2024

Do they still do home economics at school or are they just shown how to download the McDonald’s app

tr250 · Mar 17, 2024

Lincs Lass said:
Not so many years ago ,all schools used to do cross country runs ,,never see it now , dont know what physical activity they do now .

I was talking to my kids and their friends about this last week my eldest sons do run round the corner park but it’s a bit boring for them on all nice flat tarmac. When I was at school which was not that long ago mid 90s we went proper cross country runs across fields and on rough tracks in the extreme wet which we all seemed to love as we came back plastered in mud and it was very competitive I obviously liked it as I was good at it but there was one poor fat lad that really struggled and didn’t want to do it but the teacher ran with him and made him do it even though he took ages and he was late for his next lesson I think the teacher was doing it for his own good but I think today would be seen as over forceful

Lincs Lass · Mar 17, 2024

Devil's advocate said:
Some 360 drivers have a real obesity problem of all ages.

Yes ,4 years of it and pilling 4st on ,,not recommended .

onesiedale · Mar 17, 2024

kiwi pom said:
Or just be better parents?
We always look to blame someone else though.

One thing for sure is it is not entirely the children's fault, and sadly, becoming less the parents fault.
Society as a whole has got to answer some serious questions, and even that is difficult when the narrative works against them.

J 1177 · Mar 17, 2024

Im a fat bugger, was a fat kid. Mother was a feeder and was anti sport (from a very sporting family weirdly) i got really fit in my 20s, shattered my leg at 29, put on a fair bit of weight in my 30s im 40 now, try to eat propper meals, go to gym 3 times a week. Iv lost only a stone but iv lost loads of inches of fat, clothes fit better, feel far better and fitter than i have for years. I go early 5.30 in morning and it sets me up for the day.
My eldest son eats like a horse but trains rugby twice a week and a game once. Hes fit. Daughter we have to watch as her greatest pleasure in life is lying on the couch doing nowt.
Youngest son (the loon) is built like a lat can run like the wind and is strong as an ox.

Macsky · Mar 17, 2024

If we weren’t being told from above to affirm obesity and ‘body positivity’ for a start it would help. There is nothing healthy or attractive about being 4st overweight.

The reasons for obesity are manifold, and certainly not always the fault of the individual.

One of the most, if not the most major factor is the profitability of highly processed junk food, seconded by its affordability/convenience/availability.

Closely following this is a real lack of quality education on diet, but this stems from the above, big profitable businesses leaning on indebted governments to go easy on them, legalised in lobbying.

Northeastfarmer · Mar 17, 2024

J 1177 said:
Im a fat bugger, was a fat kid. Mother was a feeder and was anti sport (from a very sporting family weirdly) i got really fit in my 20s, shattered my leg at 29, put on a fair bit of weight in my 30s im 40 now, try to eat propper meals, go to gym 3 times a week. Iv lost only a stone but iv lost loads of inches of fat, clothes fit better, feel far better and fitter than i have for years. I go early 5.30 in morning and it sets me up for the day.
My eldest son eats like a horse but trains rugby twice a week and a game once. Hes fit. Daughter we have to watch as her greatest pleasure in life is lying on the couch doing nowt.
Youngest son (the loon) is built like a lat can run like the wind and is strong as an ox.

I’m at the gym most mornings at 530 too

kiwi pom · Mar 17, 2024

melted welly said:
Was there a proliferation of food delivery companies in NZ during lockdowns?

In UK there’s home delivery of everything from a cup of coffee to high end restaurant meals now, the deliveries were there before lockdowns, but really took off since lockdowns and the restriction of movement, even out into the countryside side and smaller towns.

We didn't have a lot of the lock downs here (people forget that) I think there was in the bigger towns and cities and still is. QSR places are certainly doing well these days.
Forcing people into isolation was never going to turn out well.

Punch said:
Said the same to my missus Not long ago. We had fish ‘n‘ chips at seaside and pie and chips very occasionally. Went to Chinese restaurant for my 16th birthday. Now they want it at least once a week.

I think part of that is down to more one parent households or where both parents work and by the time you get home cooking a meal from scratch and tidying up doesn't appeal.
Plus the fact there are more takeaway options now.
Having said that there are plenty of mums or dads at home all day that really should be doing a better job of the parent thing.

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