Monday, April 03, 2006
We’re A Damn Nation Of Fatties
A few days ago Jason posted about how damned fat we’re getting. To the point where our nation’s hospital beds can’t support us anymore and we gotta trade up.
Now its spreading to our children. Not our kids mind you, but our damn babies and toddlers.
More than a quarter of a million U.S. children ages 1 to 6 are heavier than the weight limits for standard car seats, and most are 3-year-olds who weigh more than 40 pounds, the study found.
Unless exceptionally tall, a 3-year-old weighing more than 40 pounds would generally be considered overweight.
Lead author Lara Trifiletti said researchers at a safety center at Johns Hopkins Hospital became interested in the topic because they saw children "who were very obese and our car-seat technicians were having a hard time finding car seats to fit them."
What I don’t get is that these parents are concerned enough for their child’s “safety” that they’d put them in a protective child seat, but either don’t realize or give a rat’s ass that the real danger is how Lil’ Precious McBlubber is dangerously overweight.
Just give him another Twinkie, he’ll stop crying.
