Replies to '06/04 Too Big, Too Young'

There are so many people out there that do over feed their children but then there are some of those babies/people who have health problems that can cause the obesity. I think with the children and adults that they should have their blodd checked for different diseases as well as to see if there is anything hormonally wrong. I have a brother who has to genetic diseases that have been passed down in the gene pool to him, one which causes weight gain. I also know that there are way to many people who like to look down on people who have gained weight and make snyed remarks about how fat people are getting these days but do they ever consider that there could be a medical condition that is underlying the weight gain. I have the rare Hashimoto's Disease and I have gained weight. Hashimoto's disease is where the thyroid does not know if it wants to be hypo or hyper thus it conflicts with each other and tries to burn the thyroid out. I do not eat a lot of food but I gain weight. I am so mad that there are people out there that make comments so you can hear them since they are so insensative to your feelings. I have had this happen at a Kmart while my daughter was trying on some new clothes,( and by the way I find no pleasure in buying clothes or going to the mall due to the weight gain) which was the first time I finally ventured out to do this for her to have 3 of their employees who were there by the fitting room start in. I went with my daughter into the room, there were no other customers in the area, and to hear them say things like " People are sure getting fat these days". " They just don't know when to stop eatting", and my favorite *sarcastic here* " They should be ashamed to be so over weight.". I was so mad that I went out there and asked ' Where can I find a plain white T-Shirt?" they looked stupid as they were not sure where to find one. I then said to them " I  am going to write on the front of  it and on the back of it saying  I HAVE A THRYOID PROBLEM! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? I DO.  This shut them up. I just read in my endocrinologists office that there are a lot of people who are gaining weight, feeling tired, depressed, and run down that they are being misdiagnosed as depression and placed on medication for it but in this document it said that these doctors should be doing a thryoid test to see if  it is hyporthyroidism as these are the symptoms for this. 

  So I say Have blood tests done to check if there is a medical problem, and if that is not the problem then look at what you are putting in your mouth and cut back and start eating the right things. Just because some one cries for a cookie does not mean you give them a cookie try giving them an apple, orange or cut up veggies like carrots. I just hope that if it is not a medical condition then the parents start setting a good example for their children and start eatting healthy foods in proper portions. It is the parents who had the children that should be the example NOT THE VILLAGE. It  is the parents that had the children who should be showing the children how they should eat and what they should eat besides all the other things in life.