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In reply to the discussion: kids are diebetic and obese?..I wonder why [View all]AwakeAtLast
(14,112 posts)39. Well, thank you!
I have 1500 students right now (yep, you read that correctly), so I'm not sure how wonderful I am with such a large student load. I try my best!
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Also the all about fear parents who watch cable and will not let their kids out to play
lunasun
Oct 2014
#5
Amen. We moved two years ago to the neighborhood our kid's school is in and love it
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#29
I don't mean to be a downer but being in a nice neighborhood can be deceiving.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#46
Nope, sorry -- the OP saw fat kids on a bus. That never happened when he was little.
Brickbat
Oct 2014
#9
The AUTHORS of the study never made the cherry picked assertion that was in that headline.
KurtNYC
Oct 2014
#31
A Music teacher? One of my favorite people. I had some wonderful music teachers when I was young.
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#37
You take one study, with a fairly small increase in concern, and then make a claim...
HuckleB
Oct 2014
#26
Journal of Pediatrics, Oct 2014 - University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital
KurtNYC
Oct 2014
#33
You try to claim cherry picking above, even though it doesn't make sense, and then you do it here.
HuckleB
Oct 2014
#49
Brainwash nation that has been brainwashed to obesity and brainwashed into thinking it is acceptable
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#27
I live just around the corner from my kid's bus stop and I pick him up.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#32
bullshit. both boys, no fat kids in their sphere. not saying there are not fat kids.
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#51