CathrynRose said:
Enough already. Who made you the fat-police? Dont you get it?
It's not your business to think less of, or to complain about someone else and their families size! When they walk past you, does a blob of their fat attach to your hips? Why do you care? When a child's parent's let them eat cookies, do your children begin to pudge out instantly?
I think youve made your point. Fat People are killing themselves and their kids. 
ETA - I'm not "pooh" sized and my BP is crazy high. Been like that since I was 16 - explain THAT, too.
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CathrynRose,
I appreciate your apology in the last thread. Let's start over. Do you really think nobody has any business discussing our children's (in general) health? We discuss tobacco use, drug and alcohol use, overeating, bulimia, anorexia, obesity. We discuss school bullies. We discuss politics. Why is food and obesity a nono? Having opinions and expressing them does not make the poster a wannabe member of the fat police.
This is sincerely troubling, I think. Being obese is not healthy. Being bulimic or anorexic is not healthy either. Using the bulimia/anorexia argument, however, makes no sense because we're discussing obesity vs. being fit and healthy, not obesity versus anorexia.
If children are eating correctly and getting enough physical activity, they will most likely stay fit. It's when they eat lots of junk food, start snacking on unhealthy food throughout the day and don't exercise as much or at all, they get overweight and also lethargic or at least less energetic. This doesn't lead to a healthy lifestyle and overweight children will most likely be overweight adults. Or, at least have weight as an issue in their life unless they completely accept it and have convinced themselves they are content and healthy at that weight.
What, really, is controversial about that? We're all responsible for ourselves as adults, but we are not as children. Don't we have a responsibility to ensure that our children are raised in a healthy manner and have learned to make healthy choices?
When I mentioned my sil and bil, I was not criticizing them. I was explaining that my bil's eating habits had led to obesity (my husband thinks his bro. is about 350 lbs) and out of control diabetes. My sil is also obese and believes this is a contributing factor to her inability to find a life partner. And, it is. She has a ton of friends, has a great and kind personality, and everyone likes her, but she cannot find romance. And, you might state that it's the men's fault that they can't see her for her INSIDE. And, I would state you're right, but it doesn't change the fact that this has AFFECTED her and she is LONELY.
Nevertheless, I don't see the people advocating fitness as criticizing those overweight. And, no, other people feeding their own kids cookies doesn't make my own children gain weight, but I don't see that as the point. I see the parents feeding their kids cookies and chips and not encouraging physical activity as setting their own kids up for unhealthy choices and habits in the future. What is wrong with making this comment?
Lastly, people who see fitness as important are more likely (I think) to DO physically active activities with their children. Bike rides, inline skating at the park. . . all these things have a multitude of benefits. And, they are benefits that will stay with the children and that they will pass along to their children, as well. In addition, I would think (although I am guessing here) that kids that enjoy sports, activity, and are knowledgeable about fitness and health, will be much less likely to use abusive substances that damage both their bodies and psyches. That's my own guess.
