One Out of 10 Students Obese Options

[leigh0211]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio.../117_10913.html

Solution , get rid of fast food points from the US like mcdonalds, burger king..etc.

-Allison

[Sam Gyupsal]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/natio.../117_10913.html

Solution , get rid of fast food points from the US like mcdonalds, burger king..etc.

-Allison

Better solution: Get rid of PC Rooms, all day studying, and the Mini-Stop/7-11/Family Mart lifestyle.

[leigh0211]

Pc Rooms? lol. You know they have restriction right? Only idiots I see there for long hours are people with no jobs and no life.

-Allison

[[Akira]]

Pc Rooms? lol. You know they have restriction right? Only idiots I see there for long hours are people with no jobs and no life.

-Allison

uh oh

there goes my sunday secrets

[YuBumsuk]

I wonder if they're using a different standard from America. In our middle & high school, of about 550 students I can think of about five who strike me as being seriously obese. In a typical class of about 30 we might have one student I'd call 'fat', four or five more who'd be a bit overweight, and the rest normal to very thin. In fact I think we have at least as many students who are seriously underweight as seriously overweight. In any event, there's no way that at least 55 of our students are 'obese'. I do notice that a lot of students here put on noticeably more weight in their second and third year of high school. They're forced to live such sedentary lives studying all the time and for many junk food is one of few pleasures in life. But when I look at news clips from American schools I just think holy $hit, but what a bunch of porkers, both students and teachers.

I do tend to see a larger proportion of fat little elementary school boys over here - usually insufferable little monsters whose mothers are constantly stuffing food in their little emperors' mouths.

like mcdonalds, burger king..

...Lotteria, Popeye's, and fried chicken restaurants on every corner. You'd be surprised how many calories are in instant ramyeon, too.

[Houndf]

I wonder if they're using a different standard from America. In our middle & high school, of about 550 students I can think of about five who strike me as being seriously obese. In a typical class of about 30 we might have one student I'd call 'fat', four or five more who'd be a bit overweight, and the rest normal to very thin. In fact I think we have at least as many students who are seriously underweight as seriously overweight. In any event, there's no way that at least 55 of our students are 'obese'. I do notice that a lot of students here put on noticeably more weight in their second and third year of high school. They're forced to live such sedentary lives studying all the time and for many junk food is one of few pleasures in life. But when I look at news clips from American schools I just think holy $hit, but what a bunch of porkers, both students and teachers.

I do tend to see a larger proportion of fat little elementary school boys over here - usually insufferable little monsters whose mothers are constantly stuffing food in their little emperors' mouths.

...Lotteria, Popeye's, and fried chicken restaurants on every corner. You'd be surprised how many calories are in instant ramyeon, too.

hey hey, in US, its 10 out of one student is fat, cause they are big as 10 students

[Aerain]

hey hey, in US, its 10 out of one student is fat, cause they are big as 10 students

rotfl

[oneflightdown]

that's sort of sad

[dokkebi]

if you have a dinner with korean family they always tell kids to eat *more* and some more. and even give you an extra scoop of rice when you are just about to finish up, even if you say: " i am really stuffed." i don't think this is the reason. but i think around 1st grade to 5 th grade, every year, korea school should teach kids about nutrition such as basic food groups and also what is considered junk food. food should be in junk category if it does not contribute to nutrition but can cause harm to boday and mental well being, such as too much, grease, fat, salt, and harmful chemicals ( pesticide, artificial growth agents, etc ). a film strip or slide show about nutrition in the beginning, mid, semester will suffice. also teachers can send note to parents about kids that are obese and starting to fall behind in school work. or gov. can outlaw fast food that exceeds certain limits of junks ( saturated fat, trans fat, msg type of tasty chemicals, etc ).

This post has been edited by dokkebi: Sep 28 2007, 11:39 AM

[dfl]

Dont see this at all in Canada, I can only think of at most 3 or 4 as obese out of 850 in my school.

I doubt the validity of these statistics

[SpicyTuna]

Wait, this is in Korea?
Each year I go there, everyone is a skinny stick!

[enomosiki]

I think the reporter who wrote this is probably confusing chubby and fat with "obese".

[dankeshane]

When I went to Korea, everyone was bone thin except for a few chubby high school students here and there.

I see lots of fat Korean kids in the US nowadays at school though and as a Korean myself, it's really embarrassing. Fat as in 20-50 lbs overweight.

[YuBumsuk]

I think the reporter who wrote this is probably confusing chubby and fat with "obese".

That's probably it. At our school one out of ten students may be overweight, but certainly not that many are obese.

Here's a dialogue / listening ex. I recently did with my middle school students for a lesson that concerned giving advice:



I Need Some Advice!

Sam: Dan, I have a problem
Dan: What’s the matter Sam?
Sam: Do you think I look fat? I weigh 300 pounds.
Dan: Well, yeah, you do look a little heavy.
Sam: What do you think I should do about it?
Dan: Maybe you should stop eating so much American food.
Sam: Really? But I like to eat at McDonald’s every day.
Dan: Yes, but why don’t you try Korean food?
Sam: Korean food? Would that make me healthier?
Dan: I think so. You should give it a try.



What is Sam’s problem?
a) he is too tall b) he is too heavy c) he is too tired

How heavy is Sam?
a) 300 kilograms b) 136 kilograms c) 300 pounds

Where does Sam like to eat every day?
a) McDonald’s b) KFC c) Lotteria

Will Dan’s advice help?
a) yes b) no c) maybe

What do you think of Dan’s advice? What advice would you give Sam?

[funkycoldmedina]

Wait, this is in Korea?
Each year I go there, everyone is a skinny stick!

every year I go I see more and more fat people.......

[Joh293]

every year I go I see more and more fat people.......

because korean people love Micky Ds

[leigh0211]

because korean people love Micky Ds

Statistics? And no they dont. Maybe few kids.

-Allison

[EvilAsianDude]

This topic reminds me of this



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVXKWGkeX4Y

This post has been edited by EvilAsianDude: Sep 30 2007, 12:18 AM

[doozer3]

Dont see this at all in Canada, I can only think of at most 3 or 4 as obese out of 850 in my school.

I doubt the validity of these statistics

Don't know about Canada but 2/3rds of Americans are fat or obese.

[funkycoldmedina]

Don't know about Canada but 2/3rds of Americans are fat or obese.

korea caught up (and surpassed) with the net, hip hop, over sexed society/media....if they put their mind to it I'm sure they can catch up to the US in fat people too