So, read the article. Sounds like another thing lazy parents pushed for.

Get your kid active instead of sitting on their phone, laptop and/or video games all the damn time and I bet they'll be in better shape and the cereal they consume won't much an issue.

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Wow that's out there.

They aren't banning Cap'n Crunch but this is still another example of Obama not supporting our military personnel. How can't he support such a hero ?

Join NFL Play 60 or something, american youth. I've always been able to eat whatever I wanted because I get enough exercise. Eating a lot isn't a problem if you burn it too.

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Ah ha. Someone gets it.

Simple science - you cannot create matter out of nothing. If you don't eat, you'll wither away. If all you do is eat, you'll balloon up. If you burn off 2000 calories a day and eat 2000 calories a day, you'll stay exactly the same.

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Well there is more to food than just calories, including many nutrients you should be getting and many that are harmful if you ingest too much, but yeah, exercise is vastly important.

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You really do ignore what I say. I've even cut down how often I post!!

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Trying to lose weight by changing your diet alone is stupid. If it works it will take a long time and there won't be much for results. If you exercise regularly you'll be able to eat whatever you want for the most part. This is coming from a fat guy too. I just enjoy food and hate exercise :P

Genetics also play a key role in how your body handles food.

I lost ~60 pounds in a depression-fueled starvation period. Actually, it screwed with my metabolism in a good way, I don't get nearly as hungry anymore as I used to. However, being able to just eat when I want and not gain weight just makes it harder for me to eat nutritious food rather than junk. You can't have it all.

THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT CALORIES, IT IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL ON OUR EVERDAY LIVES. Children who are fat need help because they have not been raised properly. Playing and exercise is a natural thing for a child, they should not need to be coerced by the NFL to play for 60 minutes, it's all they should want to do. Video games and dumbass parents are to blame. If the government has to make small attempts to correct this problem, then I have no problem with that - they are not Nazis.

Make no mistake, this country has a Nazi party forming - they are called the Tea party (extreme right wingers forcing their will on everything). We can discuss the underlying racism in another thread.

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