[Debate] Teen Obesity! Who is to blame? Parents Or Child?

[Luther]

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Obesity is a rising epidemic in the world at large and especially in growing teenagers who have grown accustomed to eating unhealthy junk food such as burgers and fries, some say they cant help it or they feel bored that's why they do it, but what truly is the cause? Is it the child themselves who has failed to take care of himself and put his life at risk or the parents who have done nothing or rather not done enough to help the child? So who is to blame here?On one hand i feel the parents should have brought up the child in a proper manner and with healthy eating habits and on the other hand a teenager should no right from wrong and with access to things such as the internet and tv should know that these things are bad. Georgina and billy are just one of the millions of teens out there suffering from obesity but who is the cause of this?

 

[-immortal-]

a Parent Can never truely watch over there child 24/7 at older age then 15.

Most likely. its the Dumb child that doesn't like to work out U_U fatass

 

[I'm stupid real stupid]

Blame Mc Donalds

 

[Arian]

a Parent Can never truely watch over there child 24/7 at older age then 15.

Most likely. its the Dumb child that doesn't like to work out U_U fatass

this. motivate your kids to do sports.....if they dont like it just make sports fun and they will like it.

 

[Luther]

a Parent Can never truely watch over there child 24/7 at older age then 15.

Most likely. its the Dumb child that doesn't like to work out U_U fatass

The parents can raise the child in a healthy environment and encourage them to go out for sports, that alone would make a huge difference in my opinion. Another factor that may cause this might be genetics.

 

[Rokudaime Hokage Naruto]

Why do we need to blame someone? Natural selection will deal with this.

 

[Urda]

At a certain age, the child has to take responsibility for their own decision and not blame the parent. It is the parents responsibility to encourage the child to eat healthy. You cannot force someone to eat healthy. They are going to make their own decision with or without you.

The same for the child is the same for the Adult(s). You are know what is in the food you eat. You know when you are getting over-weight. You know the health risk. Why do you continue eating unhealthy? No one said to stop eating. Just start eating healthy.

 

[TheRedAndGreenBeast]

In my opinion, the blame should be pinned on both of them. The parents should not feed the child too much unhealthy things - an argument against this could be that they cannot afford healthy things but then they should have just worked harder. However, exercise is free, easy and you can do it almost anywhere. The child should recognise that he/she is fat and start to exercise and watch his diet. All this is assuming that they live in and were raised in MEDCs because immigrants have to start all education again even if they have qualifications from their own country (at least I think anyway).

 

[amirullord]

Exercise laa , don't play videogames 24 hour ~

 

[Desiigner]

I'd say both. I was such a fatass when I was 9-10 but then I got the fvck up and now I do sports 24/7 (jk)
If my mom didn't force me to do sports and eat better, I'd still be a fatty fatass right now.
But on the other hand, you have to want to lose weight.

 

[Cauzing]

Both. Mainly parents. Bad education...

 

[Apêx1]

Both are at fault. The parents for giving him all that KFC and the son for craving the wrong things.

 

[-immortal-]

The parents can raise the child in a healthy environment and encourage them to go out for sports, that alone would make a huge difference in my opinion. Another factor that may cause this might be genetics.

If the parents are late.. its there fault. but you can just learn em at young age

-sport is good for you
-go to the gym sometimes
-go play outside
-don't eat too much



-------------- then you have fat parents

actually i've nothing on this, fat parents eat all the kids food so how is there food for them?

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[Masterpiece7]

It's mostly the parents fault,but they're both included.

 

[-Punk-]

Both . ...........

 

[Dantee]

a Parent Can never truely watch over there child 24/7 at older age then 15.

Most likely. its the Dumb child that doesn't like to work out U_U fatass

I agree with this. We can't blame the parent for feeding the child. Some kids go starving, so now were gonna blame parents for feeding them? LOOOLOLOL

 

[Funky Tiger]

obeezy .

 

[Alumaki]

surely parents.

 

[Ōkami]

Put down the fork, fatty.

 

[Mamoru]

Children don't know any better. The parent should correct the mistake when it first emerges

however, after a certain age (ie: 15+ like someone else already said), the child is sort of responsible for themselves. At that age, a parent can't tell them to do much without the child's consent