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Blaze Magazine Exclusive: Government ‘Nannies’ and Their Fascination With Your Child’s Food

Jan. 4, 2013 11:30am Chris Field

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The January-February 2013 cover story by Tiffany Gabbay takes a look at the busybodies in government who are pretty sure they know exactly what Americans should and shouldn’t eat and how their working to make sure everyone follows their rules.

Below are a few small excerpts from Tiffany’s cover story (“Gov’t Mommies to Citizen Children: ‘Don’t Eat That!’”). Her full report and analysis is available only in the December 2012 issue of TheBlaze Magazine.

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As we Americans ring in the new year with myriad resolutions intended to improve our lives on physical, mental and even emotional levels, one thing is certain: Minding our diets and the foods we eat will undoubtedly play a substantial role in many of our long-term goals. While this new path toward more healthful eating habits is riddled with pitfalls, given the many goodie-indulgent festivities we enjoy throughout the year, luckily our ever-watchful Uncle Sam will be there guiding us every step of the way—whether we want him to or not!

Yes, like a personal Richard Simmons, with state- and city-led bans on food products deemed to contain “excessive” amounts of sugar, sodium or trans fats, governments at all levels have been stepping up efforts to control the way people eat and how restaurants and food manufacturers alike conduct business.

While a contingent of Americans welcome stricter food regulations, claiming such rules help people make better choices, those who favor personal freedom mirror a sentiment once put forth by the late, great Ronald Reagan: “I don’t believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.”

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Nanny Bloomberg

… In 2007, the New York City Board of Health, at the behest of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, enacted a regulation forcing restaurants to eliminate all use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, a staple in the preparation of fried foods and main source of trans fats in the American diet. … Research conducted in the summer of 2012 of restaurant diners in New York revealed that the city’s ban on trans fats actually promoted fast-food eaters to choose healthier options and even reduce their overall intake of trans fat following the ban.

The new analysis concluded that, following the ban, the average consumption of trans fat dropped from 3 grams to 0.5 gram. Opponents argue that this is not credible proof of people acquiring better eating habits as they were never given any other option—their food choices were made for them.

The study, conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, compared the lunchtime meals of people who consume fast food from 2007 and 2009, both before and after the city enacted its trans-fat ban, and found: “In 2009, the average diner’s fast-food meal contained about 2.4 g less trans fats, down to about half a gram of trans fat per meal. More people also bought menu items with 0% trans fat after the restriction went into place, representing an 86% increase in these healthier options over a two-year period.”

With success like this documented in credible studies, opponents of government-led measures to curb people’s eating habits have an uphill battle ahead of them as city officials simply say they have all the proof they need that food bans and restrictions work.

Naturally, proponents of the ban will also continue to tout the fact that trans fats contribute to heart disease and obesity, thus measures to restrict its use are for the common good—a theme often cited by those seeking to increase the size and scale of the Nanny State. …

… Of course, New York City has been leading the charge in this crusade against unhealthy food with Mayor Bloomberg—sometimes dubbed “Nanny Bloomberg”—proudly at the helm. No one could forget the summer of 2012 and his now-infamous “Big Gulp Ban,” which was meant to prohibit the sale of sugary beverages in excess of 16 fluid ounces.

In fact, New York City’s Department of Health even has a “director of nutrition strategy” whose role is to determine the way people eat. Christine Curtis, who holds the position, lauded Bloomberg’s soda ban, stating, “We hope this makes it clear that there is an opportunity for local jurisdictions to protect the health of their consumers.”

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The First Lady

You might also recall that on the second anniversary of first lady Michelle Obama’s anti-childhood obesity crusade, “Let’s Move,” the health-food warrior hosted a round-table discussion in Fort Worth, Texas, with parents committed to healthier eating.

The venue of choice? Home of the never-ending pasta bowl: Olive Garden.

But the locale was no accident. Olive Garden’s parent company, Darden Restaurants, has vowed to offer healthier eating options for children. In 2011, the corporation, which also owns Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse, signed a “binding legal agreement” with the Partnership for a Healthier America, the non-profit that was created to operate “Let’s Move,” to cut calories, offer healthier fruit and vegetable side dishes, reduce sodium and give free refills of 1 percent milk to children.

The first lady’s appearance at one of the Darden restaurants was meant to underscore her role in helping to spur the company’s sudden newfound commitment to healthier eating choices.

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It Never Stops

The Nanny State is always born out of the best of intentions. Few would argue, for instance, that wearing a safety belt while driving isn’t the right thing to do if one wishes to emerge from a potential accident alive. In turn, choosing a diet devoid of unnecessary sugars, fats and sodium will only help one achieve better overall health. At the end of the day, the issue is not whether these commonsense measures are better for you, the issue is whether it is the government’s place to dictate the personal choices of a private citizen.

Personal responsibility is a concept evaporating from society as quickly as trans fats are being banned, and following Uncle Sam down that slippery slope called “the common good” will catch up with us eventually.

And now, with the implementation of ObamaCare and the progressives’ never-ending push for universal health care, the fight against the government’s nannyism becomes that much more difficult to combat. Those invested in receiving or controlling government-run health care are going to ask: Why should Peter pay for Paul’s care when Paul is consuming fried foods and sugary drinks? Therefore, Paul (and everyone else) must have his diet dictated for him.

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:11am
I ate half a chocolate cake and drank 3 cups of milk. No partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in that at all.

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wowjustwow
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:27pm
If people want to eat garbage, they shouldn’t get defensive about the first lady suggesting they eat healthy food. It’s not unusual AT ALL for first ladies to get involved in the health of American children. I love how people who are busting out of their polyester pants are acting all indignant about their kids being informed about healthy eating. If you want to abuse your kids by feeding them crap, don’t get angry that lunch programs offer healthy choices. Fry your chicken, lick your fingers and stop complaining about Obamacare…pleeeeease!!! Why are red states always the fattest?

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- RichardHead
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:14am
  What’s your height and weight comrad?
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:54am
  5’3″ and 118. Female. I am not for trying to make people eat stuff they don’t want to eat; however, I think it’s wrong to rail against healthy food being made available to kids. Nobody is forcing vegetables down anyone’s throat. Ideally all types of food should be made available, and responsible parents can direct their kids’ eating habits. Doesn’t always work out that way though, does it? Think of how much $$$ would be saved in healthcare if we, as a nation, just ate healthier.
  
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- godbless
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 3:23pm
  First of all what we eat is our business not the governments. The only people who should be monitored are those on food stamps because we taxpayers are footing the bill for the crap they are allowed to buy. What I buy at the store or eat in a restaurant is no one elses business. Obesity did not become this bad till the video explosion. No one lets their children play outside or join local activities that require running around. Parents are happy to have them sit and be quiet. Obamacare is a joke and the people that will hurt the most are those of us who pay for our health insurance because we will now be denied more procedures so the government can take care of those who don’t pay any taxes at all. Grow up and read before you make your comments because you only know what you hear by the corrupt media. Read some history and learn the truth about government trying to control lives a little at a time. Russia and China are a good place to start. I know what I need to do to stay healthy and if I want to have pizza, ice cream, fried chicken or any of those delicious foods I will eat them and do my exercise to watch my health. So get out of my life! I pay my taxes, even though Obama and the dems continue to waste the money on people who sit around and complain about their fair share. Get off the couch and exercise for your fair share!!!
  
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- godbless
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 3:34pm
  First of all it is my business what I eat and not the governments. The only people who need to be told are the ones on food stamps because it is a government program and they should be supervised on what they buy. Obesity is a problem because parents are happy if the kids sit and play their video games and are quiet. They are not made to take part in any activities that involve some exercise or athletics. More children are taught to be lazy and not do anything. If I want to eat fried chicken, ice cream, pizza or a big steak that is my business. I am one of the responsible adults who knows that exercise is an important part of my life if I eat those foods. I pay my taxes even if they are wasted by Obama and the dems. I also pay my health insurance but thanks to Obamacare that will not be the same so those who don’t pay taxes can have their “fair share” of medical services at my expense. You really don’t have a clue because you probaly listen and don’t research things for yourself. Read a book and learn about how governments take control a little at a time. Start with Russia and China and open your mind and don’t be so blind to what the media tells you because they hide the details. Wake up and be a grown up and take care of yourself and stop thinking it is the governments job to do everything. Check your history and see what people did without the governments help. Stop being part of the lemmings following the others off the cliff.
  
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Pat Alexander
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:58pm
Some of these threads have lapsed into one-sided lectures.

I won’t mention any names……

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RichardHead
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:25pm
A government study has discovered that people on food stamps weigh more than those who are not.

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Tom70
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:16pm
Personel responsibility out the window we live in a country that most people do not take responsibility for anything they do so inter the Obama regime and lard ass the moochel and the day we and our children are subjected to the double standard creeps in the white house and their rendition of how we should live but how
they live/

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jimster
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:32pm
Did the suppliers of trans fats get a government bail out as their business was killed by the govt? lol

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citizen0000
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:25am
In a High School near me 3 people in the cafeteria were laid off due to the affects of Michelle Obama. The menus became healthier through mandates, kids stopped eating there, 3 people laid at the school off and the food distributors are laying people off due to less demand.
I hope she feels good that these kids have “access” to healthier foods when 3 local families will have less “access” to groceries.

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:07am
  I doubt they were laid off because of Michelle Obama…even healthy food has to be cooked, and, actually takes MORE work than opening a can. As far as the kids not eating it, maybe parents in your area should take more of an interest in educating their kids on staying healthy?
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:09am
  Just curious…if the kids “stopped eating there”…where did they eat?
  
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skporto
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:14am
Don’t they know that if I want a low cal meal I will cook that at home. When I go out I want full fat what I am paying for.
GOVERNMENT GET OUT OF OUR BUSINESS!

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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:13am
  If folks can afford to eat out enough to get fat,then Obama must have fixed the economy. I have a feeling it comes more from .50 boxes of Mac and Cheese .20 Ramen noodles.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:28am
  I go out to eat and I don’t want fatty meals. I never have a hard time finding a restaurant that serves what type of food I like. If you like fatty food, it’s everywhere…so why are you so frustrated about it??
  
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raderby
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 4:59am
basically, eat what we say to eat, or we will (eventually) kill you.

more fascist boot crap from the know-it-alls in our caring gov’t.

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deloclem
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:30pm
I want congress to defund obamacare and get rid of this money grabbing bill that we can’t afford!

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eddie333
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:20pm
Growing up, my parents had me drink whole milk. I credit it with helping me build strong teeth and bones – strong even to this day. Didn’t have my first cavity until I was in my fifties.

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blue_rain
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:17pm
It is obvious we can’t afford govt. healthcare, so shouldn’t the political nannies be saying eat up and gorge, that we die young because we honestly do not have enough to pay for your health care? Bingo! I got it… maybe they will cut the unaffordable healthcare at age 40 and pull the plug. Maybe the nannies want to look good publicly like they want you to believe they are actually doing something good for you. blah blah blah. This Obama care an Nanny state affair will squeeze the freedom life force out of this country along with more freedom stripping regulations down the pike. I can’t believe people are dumb enough not to see through the progressive murky waters.

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:33am
  Uh, maybe this movement to eat healthier will reduce healthcare costs and then YOU will live longer and have more expendable cash? That’s more likely what will happen if you eat readily available healthy foods.
  
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Zundfolge
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:48pm
Is it just me or does the Uncle Sam on the magazine cover look a lot like Rudy Giuliani?

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- hecowe
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:16pm
  Thanks — I was trying to figure out who Sammy reminded me of. That’s it!
  
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- raderby
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 5:00am
  “absolutely” in the lingo of Rocky Balboa…..
  
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DejahThoris
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:19pm
Not only should the government not be telling us what we can and can’t eat, but there is ample evidence that the whole “low-fat” fad MO is trying to shove down everyone’s throat has caused more problems than it solved. Eat REAL food, cut out sugar, cut out most grains, try to find raw or minimally processed dairy products. Ignore the FDA’s politically motivated, scientifically unsound food pyramid. So the Olive Garden offering 1% milk is crap. Unlimited 1% milk is no better than sugar laden juice. How about offering 1 glass of whole milk? How about offering water instead of a crappy drink? How about eating out less period, and being allowed to splurge if you want to on a rare treat?

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KissMyAmericanFlag
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:03pm
Two thoughts RE the article:
“… all the proof they need that food bans and restrictions work…” ->the rest of the sentence would be, “under a dictatorship.’ Otherwise, in a free country, people are simply educated with straight information from fallible sources, and said info recipients are free to make their own decisions and choices.

Also, RE the first grimace lunching and making plans for _the rest of us_: Isn’t there an app for that, so they can do their social manipulations in private for fun, rather than in the real world against real people…

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iamnotu
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:38pm
She can blather on all she wants. Who listens anyway, besides the thrill up my leg lefties. No government program, law, requirement will ever tell me or my children what I can and cannot eat or drink.
They can all go suck eggs! Is that on the no eat list?

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:36am
  More people listen than you could imagine. And they appreciate healthy food being made available to kids at school. It lowers healthcare costs…it’s very simple. Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything. Bloomberg made laws in NYC, but something tells me you live at least 500 miles below NYC.
  
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tmplarnite
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:35pm
Nanies??????????????? NOT… Cow’s with a bullying complex! YUK! Oops… just garped all over my shoes!!!

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- jcldwl
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:46pm
  I expect in just the next few months maybe even weeks they will be going after those of us who have our own gardens. This will be conducted under the guise that the government cannot check the quality of the food we grow ourselves. First they may try to impede us by enacting a garden tax to discourage home gardening. Then it will be our backyard chickens. It’s coming believe me. These people are beyond evil and want control of every aspect of our lives. When they find out who they can’t control they will send those people to re-education camps. When that doesn’t work they will give us group showers and we will never be seen or heard from again. It’s coming folks it’s coming.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 1:11am
  I’d worry more about Kraft/Monsanto than the gov’t on that one.
  
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gundylan
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:32pm
Ghost since they are paying the bills as you say, Why are cigarettes and such still being sold?

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- spirited
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:00pm
  1. money
  2. green movement excuse
  3. without illness, who needs Obamacare?
  4. population control
  
  >tobacco special interest folks give money to –whom?
  
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- Hotconchick
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:02pm
  Tax money.
  
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- MK2
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:25pm
  They receive a sin tax on cigs that tax alone pays for most road repairs in my state
  
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dcgirl
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:27pm
The point that liberals can never seem to grasp is that, whether it works or not, the government has NO right to dictate what people eat!

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- mompatriot
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:45am
  Bingo!!
  
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akdocfmf
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:14pm
All I can say is when the first lady drops that caboose she’s been carting behind her locomotive, then maybe I would consider giving anything she may have thoughts on any credibility. But as a retired veteran who defended the freedoms of my fellow Americans, I don’t need some bureaucratic nimrod telling me “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”. I’ve been involved with the government long enough to know that if you really want to make a situation or crisis worse, get an educated idiot from Washington who has about as much common sense as a gnats ass involved and they’ll turn an oil leak into a disaster before you know it. Yeah “Just like Obama did”…

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- deloclem
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:35pm
  Good post. And may I add that the fat assed women who work in the doctors should be the first ones they tell how to eat and exercise.
  
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charles116
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:05pm
Get over it folks,
Just what we need, a nation full of Honey Boo Boo’s and their families.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:38pm
  What the heck is a Honey Boo Boo?
  Is this a Yogi Bear reference?
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Chas
  
  Seriously?
  
  Look at the size of Michelle Obama’s rear. It reminds me of the the joke about 2 rhinos wrestling under a blanket. The government needs to stay out of our life and do their damn jobs. Like passing a budget.
  
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MrArbitrage
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:59pm
Leftists emboldened to unprecedented degree
http://youtu.be/dzn_uM3ypW4

Divided we Stand, to united we would surely be in shackles

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FoxholeAtheist
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:39pm
Childhood diabetes is a major problem in this country and growing at a very rapid pace. Obviously you people don’t know how to feed your bloated and spoiled little ‘miracles’ so we now have to make decisions for you.

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- pudssweetie
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:57pm
  Maybe if Parents would stop buying their kids Video games and limit the amount of time spent in front of the TV and making them go outside and play, we wouldn’t need the nanny food police. Remember all food is good in “Moderation” when coupled with physical exercise meaning going outside and riding a bike, playing baseball or playing tag like I used to do when I was a kid.
  
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- ForMyKidsVA
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Is writing such drivel what you get paid to do all day by some extreme lefty organization or are you just pathetically lonely there in your mom’s basement? I am willing to bet you are quite overweight, male, have more hair on your face and back than your head, your car is full of McDs wrappers and your girlfriend is truly paper thin, if you catch my meaning.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Oh gee, you got me there but I must admit, Michelle Obama is quite the catch. So is President Obama, if you get my meaning.
  
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- americangrammy
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:17pm
  There is credible evidence that the “frankenfoods” that we and our children are consuming (with the overwhelming blessings of the FDA and other government entities!) has a great deal to do with both allergies and autoimmune problems cropping up in our children today. Gene manipulation and modern mega farming are creating a nightmare that we will have to deal with sooner rather than later.
  Just a couple of books you might want to read on this subject.
  ‘They’re Making You Fat and Sick, by Gary Springer
  ‘Folks:This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People,and a Better World’ by Joel Salatin
  
  Both are excellent reads on just what is really going on with our food.
  
  Warning though, you will never look at a grocery store tomato or mega farm grown genetically engineered corn again without fear.
  
  I do agree that our children should spend more time outside playing than inside watching videos. However, in a world where sexual predators are not put away for life, where children are routinely raped and murdered by these animals, how can our children play outside unless there is a parent or other responsible adult watching their every move? My generation played outside all day, every day that the weather permitted. Never even considered that anyone would hurt us! Our children’s world has changed and not for the better.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:18pm
  Puds: I agree.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:20pm
  How about making decisions that compel single folks NOT to have children that the rest of us have to pay for? Same thing, ain’t it? How does it feel to have your bilge regurgitated upon you?
  
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- Acena
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:59pm
  Who is this we ?
  The obese and anorexics in government ? The greedy politicians stuffing their faces on $12 muffins and kobe beef on tax payers money ?
  Dr’s who are such experts they claimed if you ate eggs you’d die and now they claim they are fine ?
  
  Exactly who do you think you are to make assumptions ,stereotype people and make rude,obnoxious posts ?
  YOU have no right to sneer at or dictate to anyone.
  
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- Hotconchick
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:59pm
  “Childhood Diabetes”- if you are going to talk about that at all- please be specific. You are referring to Type 2 Diabetes (which is treatable and reversible) in children which is on the rise due to eating habits and laziness. Which is the fault of the parents who need to fix the problem- I do agree there. Not some fat out of shape sow who is eating whatever she wants while preaching to us about our kids.
  
  I am the mother of a child who has been a Type 1 Diabetic
  (not reversible without a cure) since she was 18 months old- thanks to genetics. I would hope you are smart enough to not imply that all Diabetic children are that way because of their eating habits.
  
  Guess what? So called “healthy fruit” is not the best thing for her as is sugar in general in anything which doesn’t have to be candy or soda. Fruit is loaded with it so it is eaten in moderation. Who is she to say my daughter should eat fruit when it is NOT healthy for her? I decide what she eats and doesn’t due to the effect it will have on her blood sugar- not anyone else’s.
  
  Maybe she should put our money where her mouth is and instead of going to Hawaii- give the 7 million to research for cures of childhood diseases such as Diabetes, Cancer, Autism, etc if she cares so much about children.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:06pm
  ACENA – I agree.
  
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- Instructor
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:16pm
  @ Foxhole
  While I respect and appreciate your rite to say the things that you say. Please tell me on what and by what authority do you have the rite to impress your vision upon others. Most certainly you will cite that Christianity is forced upon you etc. I do not see government mandates requiring you to pray or go to church. Living in a Free Nation where you have a rite to speech, to be your own person, and make your own decisions is what thats about. You may respectfully abstain from unhealthy foods and have the option for it. If you go to a burger joint you get a burger because thats why you went there. Forcing other citizens with the same rights and freedoms through the government that is charged first and foremost with protecting those rites is a direct violation of the tenets and principles that provide for you to say and do what you do. Would it be rite to then to force you into practicing a religion because a study says it’s better for you. Regardless of what the religion? You may be tired of someone’s fat kid & not approve of their decisions. You may get tired of what someone says or does. Those same people may have the same opinion of you. So in closing in this free nation you also have a rite to choose not to do those things. That is your rite. It is not your rite or the government’s to force others whether through tax, mandate, or ticket. When a study shows that someone’s fat kid being fat is a danger to the nation then you may have a case but i doubt it
  
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- ForMyKidsVA
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:57pm
  Actually, I wasn’t referring to Queen Michelle. But if that’s what floats your boat who am I to judge.
  
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- deloclem
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:44pm
  Do you think that just maybe it’s all the hormones pumped into the meat we buy that iss making the kids fat and causing childhood diabetes? Look at the amount of sugar in cereal. You can’t find a box of cereal in the store that doesn’t have a ton of sugar added to it. What about processed food? Ever look at what is in it?
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 5:48pm
  “We” as in we who will be running your lives as you can’t seem to make decisions for yourself. For thousands of years, we Atheists and free thinkers have put up with your bullying. Now we are pushing back. Doesn’t feel too good, does it? Welcome to our world. Get used to it because we hate what you have made the world. We will fix it and make it better despite your best efforts to destroy it. Please go the way of the dinosaur.
  
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flipper1073
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:18pm
I don’t want or Need the Government to Tell Me What to Eat.
anymore than I Need the Government toTell me I Have to Wear a Seatbelt.
My Choice, My Freedom, My Resposibility !

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- Timmy_NorthWest
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:27pm
  Amen to that brother!!!!!
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:44pm
  We’ll just hit you in your pocket book. You will learn eventually.
  
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DZ-015
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:15pm
With the government now in the healthcare business, the nanny state can now be justified.

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- Timmy_NorthWest
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:30pm
  nothing justifies stepping on my right as a person, nobody has the right to infringe on my rights, you, the guvmint, or any other azzclowns.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:41pm
  Actually, no.
  
  Though they’ll claim “since we’re paying the bills, we have the right to limit our liabilities” aka control what you eat, do, have etc., fact is many to most of us did not consent to this. Their claim is invalid.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:43pm
  We’re tired of hearing about your pet child ape Waddles throwing its tantrum in the Walmart candy aisle. You obviously don’t know about its care and feeding. If you knew better, it would know better and then we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Keep training it how to smoke and eat Big Macs and pray to your imaginary friend and then we’ll see how far it gets in life.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:13pm
  @Foxhole, I work in Healthcare and know for a fact that not only is obesity caused from over eating and lack of exercise, but obesity is also inherited. When I was a kid growing up I was an overweight kid, but not from over eating because my Mom never ever bought junk food or let us drink soda except on Saturday night movie night, then we were allowed 1 bottle of diet soda. Snack were either an apple, orange or a banana and we drank water if we were thirsty. I was also a very active kid always on the go and outside playing from the time I got up in the morning to the time I had to be in the house at night. I should have been a toothpick but wasn’t and went through testing to see why I was overweight and couldn’t loose the weight. All my tests came back negative and was concluded that my weight problem was hereditary and sure nuff, years later when I met my birth family(I am adopted) obesity runs on my Birth Moms side of the family. Since then I have has several Doctors tell me the same thing that obesity can be passed down in the genes and is not always caused by over eating. Furthermore, I think you are rude and very insensitive and I hope you look at your statement because I am sure you would not want someone saying something nasty about your own Children.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:17pm
  There is an acute rise in childhood obesity. A very small percentage is genetic. That is a poor excuse and I will call it as I see it. They need to put their little child apes on shorter leashes. Kick them out of the house and force them to run around. Outside doesn’t suit them? That’s fine. It’s not for everyone. It certainly wasn’t for me. The answer: take up an instrument at the very least.
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:31pm
  uhm, shorter leashes means less exercise… and more obesity.
  obesity is a great reason to usurp more control from the parents.
  nevermind the decrease in PE activity to avoid hurting kids self esteem or out of concern for competition.
  nevermind the one parent families or the two parent families with all parents working to make ends meet, leaving Johnny at home alone.
  nevermind the erosion of organized sports for kids out of PC concerns that have handicapped PE.
  it must be just the food and the parenting.
  got it.
  but after four years of the nannies running our school cafeterias, why haven’t the obesity rates dropped?
  
  and for that matter, as our species is geared to maximize fat stores when possible, when the global warming… er global cooling… ah yes, when climate change destroys crops, which people do you think will last as long, those already with no fat stores, or those with ready reserves.
  
  exercise and health habits are importantm but the demonization of obesity and the inclusion of ‘metabolic syndrome’ and other analogues into the diabetes numbers (a la autism) distorts the true trends for political gain, and ignores who has come to ‘raise’ our kids in the last 30 years. Funny suddenly its mom and dad’s fault, not the nanny state.
  
  and arguing against a significant familial/ genetic component flies in the face of logic… thin parents, thin kids. even if they are whining in the candy aisle.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:49pm
  A “shorter leash” is a figure of speech. I mean, the parents need to do a better job of controlling their little bundles of joy.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:52pm
  Monkey see monkey do. Fat parents mean poor eating habits which are passed on to their children. Don’t give me that whole genetics BS. That’s an excuse. Most people don’t know how to eat. Leading a sedentary life coupled with poor food choices. Get your butt out of church and out to a park on Sunday.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:59pm
  When they attempt to ban vending machines in schools there is a public outcry and parents are seen passing candy to their little Waddles through the fence. Again, it is the parents, plain and simple. Can’t keep control of your kid when you are away? So much for the future of our country.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:41pm
  Ok Foxholier than thou, again you attack and call people’s overweight kids apes and being very rude and incentive. My adopted Parent’s were far from being overweight unless you call a size 5 fat and a men’s pant size 28 also fat. Growing up my meals consitied a small bowl of cereal, not the sugar kind either and a small glass of orange juice. Lunch was a sandwhich, usually a PB&J and a glass of milk and a piece of fruit to go and dinner was usually meat, potato’s, veggies and desert. Sometime dinner was homemade Chicken soup or Potato Soup. Now for the other part, after breakfast I was outside either riding my bike, roller skating, skateboarding, running around playing games with my friends or what I did most was swimming since I grew up on a lake. This activity was everyday seven days a week minus the hour or so for Church on Sundays. Wintertime I was out side playing as well building snowmen, snow forts, sledding and ice skating and not much ever kept me inside, not even the weather. I played hard and all day yet my body never burned the calories. Not every child is built the same and no one, even Michelle Obama, puts into consideration other factors such as inherited gene’s, body build(larger bones than normal), diseases or disorders that can cause sudden weight gain or the chemicals that are put into our foods that causes obesity.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:57pm
  @Foxhole, one other point I want to make out to you. If you are a person who has never had a weight problem in your life then you have no right to judge others or call over weight kids apes PERIOD. Go ahead and call overweight kids Apes because I am sure your kids, if you have any God forbid, must be Anorexic Model wannabe’s. As the saying goes, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 5:45pm
  Sometimes running around outside is not enough for some apes. Potato soup is full of carbs. Unless you skim the fat off of it, chicken soup can be extremely fattening and full of sodium which can lead to water retention. Peanut butter and jelly on bread might as well be sugar and salt on a big ball of carbs. One of the worst things you can feed a child who has a weight problem. Unless it’s old fashioned oat style, cereal is cereal and it’s full of sugar and yes, I did have a weight problem until I learned not only what but how to eat so “blah blah blah”. Boo hoo. Spare me the sob story. We are all apes. Some apes are just more annoying than others and apes who pray to invisible fables are the most annoying apes of all.
  
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