Right now in Puerto Rico, legislators are debating whether there should be a fine for having obese children.
The plan right now would involve teachers flagging potentially obese children, health department officials would come in, see if it's overeating, try to see what the cause is, and at that point, a 6-month timer starts.
At the end of that timer, if the child is still obese (according to officials), the parents would be charged $500-$800!
After news broke that this was being debated, there are many doctors out there that said this is unfair.
I'd love to know your opinion on this because those people that do support it, say they support it because more than 28% of children in Puerto Rico are obese — if you compare that to US mainland, that's only 18% there.
Also, that obesity in unhealthy people clog up the healthcare system, they cause the country money, and one of their big points was that raising an obese child was akin to child abuse.
While those against it have points that range from this being fat-shaming, people might start abusing their children by starving them, and I think most notably, this attacks and punishes the poor, since a lot of the food that people can get for cheap is terrible for you.
So, that was a thing.
The plan right now would involve teachers flagging potentially obese children, health department officials would come in, see if it's overeating, try to see what the cause is, and at that point, a 6-month timer starts.
At the end of that timer, if the child is still obese (according to officials), the parents would be charged $500-$800!
After news broke that this was being debated, there are many doctors out there that said this is unfair.
I'd love to know your opinion on this because those people that do support it, say they support it because more than 28% of children in Puerto Rico are obese — if you compare that to US mainland, that's only 18% there.
Also, that obesity in unhealthy people clog up the healthcare system, they cause the country money, and one of their big points was that raising an obese child was akin to child abuse.
While those against it have points that range from this being fat-shaming, people might start abusing their children by starving them, and I think most notably, this attacks and punishes the poor, since a lot of the food that people can get for cheap is terrible for you.
So, that was a thing.
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