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- avataros, on 10/05/2008, -2/+30Tell them if they don't lose weight, they won't be allowed to play Starcraft. That'll motivate 'em.
- chc131, on 10/05/2008, -0/+21haha broke Americans
- castevens, on 10/04/2008, -2/+16If I were 5 pounds less than the cutoff weight and wanted to lose weight, I'd be a fool not to gain 5 pounds to get my membership for free
- Akaricloud, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12If the kids are going to be losing weight then you won't be seeing them in the weight room bench pressing and deadlifting, they're gonna be on the treadmills and cycles or rowing machines.
- infinityofnever, on 10/05/2008, -1/+12This is hilarious because studying in S.Korea this year, I have yet to see even ONE overweight - notice I didn't say obese - person. I live in a big district in Seoul and I can say with high confidence that it takes a lot of effort to get obese due to their ridiculously small food portion (compared to the US). So I think it's seriously funny that the government would want to sweep the remaining 0.01% of overweight people. I guess they can do this because the number of people they're targeting is really low.
- quomen, on 10/04/2008, -3/+14Wake me up we start paying for prostitutes for Digg users.
- benoitcsirois, on 10/05/2008, -1/+12Western governments could learn from this
- Orchid64, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10In Japan, the socialized medical program also subsidizes health club memberships and each city has extremely cheap gym memberships. Every country should do these things to make it easier for people to maintain their health.
- rune420, on 10/05/2008, -1/+10I don't believe in that "don't work out while young" stuff at all. It's just making excuses for kids to be lazy. My dad had me working out with him from when I was 7 or 8 and I haven't had any problems because of it. In fact I'm glad he introduced me to it; I'm one of the fittest people in my group of friends now, much thanks to him.
- waydee, on 10/05/2008, -2/+8If that is the case then surely this is just nipping a potential problem in the bud? Nobody likes fat kids and in the west the problem has been allowed to spiral out of control.
- coldkill3r, on 10/05/2008, -2/+7Well, at least their government is doing something. However, the idea of physical fitness should be instilled in an early age.
- eddie72, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Don't know where you went but all we ever did in P.E. Gym class were silly things that wouldn't get a anorexic into shape.
And it's obvious our Gym classes don't do much for children in our country considering we are one of the most obese nations world wide. - fsumus, on 10/05/2008, -8/+13Damn fatties.
- mystdragon333, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4If I reference a popular Korean trend, will I get dugg up?
- Tarkaan, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Even out here in farm country, S. Korea, we had a huge feast yesterday. All the free food and booze you want, all paid for by the county. Here's the menu:
1. Vegetable Soup
2. Green Onion Pancake (Basically green and white onions loosely held together with a rice dough and grilled)
3. Boiled pork (heaping, heaping plates of all kinds of boiled and sliced pork)
4. Kimchi (fermented cabbage)
5. Garlic, hot peppers, and soybean paste if you can has a flavor.
If you really, really wanted rice, they'd give you some, but they'd kinda look at ya funny.
So notice that nothing on the menu was fried. There was soda for the kids, but here it's cane sugar, not HFCS. Nothing was adulterated with additives or preservatives, no MSG, because all that stuff is expensive and adds to production costs.
Head on up to Seoul and it's a different story, BK, McD's, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, anything you want! ...But who wants that? - mohsenxp, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3ownage.
- opticwind, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4Or give them less money for food.
- psykiv, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Let fat people stay fat. Natural selection ftw!
- crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3@infinityofnever - Do you ever leave your house? Take the subway? I usually take a couple trips a day on the subway, and while I don't see a lot, I do usually see 1 or 2 overweight or obese koreans a day (more guys than girls).
@chompy - Yongsan and itaewon are the belly of westernization in Seoul. It stands to reason you're going to see fatter people there. - crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2They're being proactive. Children here spend far more time outside and playing than they do in the west, but that's not always enough for all of them.
Obesity here hasn't remotely approached the same levels as North America. - crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2They don't think like that in Korea. I see young children wandering around alone all the time.
But I also haven't really seen that many fat kids here in Korea. Some yes, but the percentage is really small. I think they're being proactive here instead of reactive. - waywardsoulnf, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Whereas in North Korea, they simply kill the overweight children and say that it was in Kim Jong Ils great plan for NK. Then all is well and good in the world!
- charm803, on 10/05/2008, -3/+5Why aren't parents spending quality time with their children at parks so they can run around instead of buying them crap they don't need? Like junk food?
- rockrapdude, on 10/05/2008, -4/+6Just put starcraft on the elliptical.
- Chompy, on 10/05/2008, -2/+4No, I live in Yongsan gu. I love how the OP is getting dugg up despite blatantly LYING. Is this some asian thing? I've only been here for a few months now, am I supposed to lie about how awesome Koreans are or something? You guys have fatties. Deal with it.
- wattersm, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2Have you ever BEEN to South Korea?
- charm803, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2I never said American parents were any better.
American parents are actually worse. - linagee, on 10/05/2008, -1/+3I've been to other countries and also have found healthy menus. We have such crap here in the US to eat and you would never know it if you've never left the country.
- VinnieDaMac, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Paying for it is the first step, but how to they plan to get the kids to actually go?
- cmark, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Prevention is better than cure, or put another way. If we spend money now for a couple of years it will be a heck of a lot less than we will have to fork out in years to come to rectify the result of not doing anything back then.
- beezer123, on 03/09/2009, -0/+1How can there be nothing wrong with obesity.
Obesity leads to shorter life-spans, health problems.
It's the parents fault for overfeeding the children and not keeping them active.
http://www.dsi-for-free.co.uk - mohsenxp, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Damn fat people costing everyone money.
If all the people in power weren't fat-cats then being fat would have become illegal a long time ago! - duniyadnd, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1says a guy who doesn't know what all you can do in a gym.
- spacerobot, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2This sounds like a pretty good plan for me. Something us here in the West could really use. It's a shame that so many Americans are afraid of socializing anything, when it could really help so many people.
- hwy9nightkid, on 10/05/2008, -3/+4because both parents are working to pay for the damn bailout DUUUH
do you have kids? - Bladwor, on 10/05/2008, -2/+3Nope, don't think it worked either time.
- alex7575, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2You know what else damage their still growing little bodies? Fat, a lot of it. And besides, are you thinking they're going to put this children under weight bars to "pump some iron"?
- passedoutghost, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Uhhh...weight training from a young age isn't good, but what's to say that they can't go on treadmills and bikes?
- linagee, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Should it also not be the government's job to keep us educated at a young age?
- crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1I see overweight koreans every day. Today on the train I saw a korean girl who was epically scary. She had to be well over 220 pounds.
Not that many mind you, but usually each day I see 1 or 2.
As for the food portions, are you out of your mind? Most restaurants serve you huge amounts of food for a low price. $10 in Korea will get you about 3 x the food you'd get in the US or Canada. Its at least usually healthier.. - alex7575, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1So you think you're getting dug down because people didn't quite understand what you typed in the first place?
- alex7575, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1ki ki ki ki ki ki ki ... you're getting dugg down.
- psykiv, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1No "overweight" people, but there are obese and normal people? So are you saying that everyone is either really really fat, or just normal? Please clear this up.
The scale kind of goes like this
Underweight - Normal - Overweight - Obese - Extreme Obesity - Solar Eclipse - Darkaged, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2I accidentally the whole fleshlight.
- Blandyman, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1mohsenxp:
Most P.E. classes currently are five days a week (in a school with a standard all-classes-in-one-day schedule) or 2 or 3 days a week (with block scheduled schools, but the periods in block scheduling are twice as long.)
However, you are correct about the rest... they exist only to introduce kids to sports and help them find something they like.
P.E. classes helped me find badminton, racketball, and tennis. I've always like football, baseball, and basketball, but introducing me to these sports let me find something that I can enjoy more than those other sports and something that really motivates me.
Kids need to learn what to do, and need to be influenced to getting in shape. What motivated me into trying to get into shape, was a sport I enjoy (boxing) and being repeatedly hammered by the benefits of fitness (endurance, health, appeal, etc. etc.) and the detriments of being overweight (constant fatigue, shorter life expectancy, difficulty performing common tasks, etc. etc.) - hwy9nightkid, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0 ...
this bailout is worldwide hon' - crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1The standard work week in korea is over 9000 hours. There is no time for them to take their kids to the park..
- crossmr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1I've noticed an extreme in korea yes. Girls here tend to either be "normal" or epic.. there aren't that many chubby girls here.
Guys on the other hand tend to fall in to the scale all over the place. - scottklarr, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1I think the money would be better spent on educating young kids of the importance of proper nutrition and exercise
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