Yup, wonder how much he weighs?

I’m laughing my a** off and feared for my safety at the same time watching this video.

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I had that same thought. I read an article a couple years ago related to how many kids in American society today are overweight and not fit. There are many contributing factors…such as the necessity these days for mom’s to work outside of the home, by comparison say to the 50’s & prior. Therefore, are unable to do much cooking of well balanced meals at home…much fast food or convenient quick cooking meals for dinner.

As well, kids are not playing as much outside as say when I was a kid. TV, video games, PC’s are all to blame of course…not as much backyard football, baseball, wrestling, hide & seek, building forts, etc.. Not as much bike riding & walking either…as many kids are provided with cars at the earliest age possible, as well as scooters, etc..

Anyway…according to Harvard, Mayo, etc….our future generations will be some of the most unhealthiest yet. They’re predicting illness related to obesity will reach all time record highs, and many will lose life earlier because they became unhealtier earlier in life…becoming overweight as children rather than as adults. They say cholesterol is already building plaque in overweight kids’ arteries, etc..

Yup.

I find it a little disturbing actually.

Well yeah Aussie; the kid is cute, yes, but obesity has reached epic proportions here in the US and when parents have a child that is that heavy at such a young age it really needs to be a subject of concern.

My nineteen year old is overweight and eats too much; a trend that I wished I would have done more to curtail when he was a child.