The Mire » obesity in children http://www.themire.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Parents urged to ridicule fat kids in battle against obesity http://www.themire.net/parents-urged-to-ridicule-fat-kids-in-battle-against-obesity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-urged-to-ridicule-fat-kids-in-battle-against-obesity http://www.themire.net/parents-urged-to-ridicule-fat-kids-in-battle-against-obesity/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:13:52 +0000 Donal Conaty http://themire.net/?p=956 A multi-million euro initiative aimed at tackling obesity in children has recommended that parents and teachers publicly ridicule fat kids for their own good.

Other recommendations in the report by the HSE’s Controller of Fat Kids include making tubby children run alongside the car on shopping trips and setting killer dogs on them.

“This is about the welfare of fat kids,” a HSE spokesman said. “Obviously these initiatives will be handled sensitively with the children’s best interests at heart.”

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