tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post3934274900982381636..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: Obesity hearingkaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-13274067923920008102008-10-02T09:14:00.000+10:002008-10-02T09:14:00.000+10:00As Dr Rudi says, EAT LESS>Snickering aside, Bot...As Dr Rudi says, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jy3OtZAss" REL="nofollow">EAT LESS></A><BR/><BR/>Snickering aside, Both of my grandfathers were tall. My mum's father over 6 foot, and dad's father around 6.<BR/><BR/>My mum was about 5'3-4 and my dad about 5'10.<BR/><BR/>My daughter is scrawny, but she's also tall for her age, and will no doubt be taller than I am. <BR/><BR/>Her father is a short arse at 5'9, but we've got plenty of tall genes in the family tree.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-69531659214312745312008-10-02T08:00:00.000+10:002008-10-02T08:00:00.000+10:00My Great Uncle, who was born in 1876, was 6'2" whe...My Great Uncle, who was born in 1876, was 6'2" when he was killed in France in 1916. I guess he grew up when times were good, because my Father and all his siblings grew up during the Depression, and they were all under 6 foot. My generation, born in the fat times of the 1950's and 60's, are all a few inches taller.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-25333744434777076992008-10-02T07:20:00.000+10:002008-10-02T07:20:00.000+10:00Similar story here, kc. Mrs Skeeter and I are WW G...Similar story here, kc. Mrs Skeeter and I are WW Generation people born in the mid 1930s (WW for Work ethics and Wisdom).<BR/>Food rationing during our growing years in WWII definitely kept us skinny. But it also had an effect on our tallness and we turned out a bit shorter than our parents. At 5'7½", I reported my height as "a few inches under 6 feet".<BR/>Our son towers over us at 6' 2".Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-84419029486017001082008-10-02T04:47:00.000+10:002008-10-02T04:47:00.000+10:00(giggle & smirk at skeeter)My daughter is the ...(giggle & smirk at skeeter)<BR/><BR/>My daughter is the first girl child in my blood line to be taller than her mother in 5 or 6 generations. She's 5'1-and-a-bit-not-quite-2." She has nearly perfect teeth, too.<BR/><BR/>Better care, both pre-natal & as a child, plus better food? Her daughter has had 2 colds & she's a year old next week. <BR/><BR/>So I'll definitely go with Healthier, Bruce, no doubt about it in my own personal anecdote here.kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515195550774837735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-11807574626077050502008-10-01T22:05:00.000+10:002008-10-01T22:05:00.000+10:00Fat watch.Fat watch.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-40182167100674753312008-10-01T19:48:00.000+10:002008-10-01T19:48:00.000+10:00Yeah, the 'obese' are basically us boomers...Yeah, the 'obese' are basically us boomers: a statistical population bubble moving into late middle age when everyone tends to put on a bit of weight. <BR/><BR/>Also migrants are eating like they never could 'in the old country' and so fatter than they've ever been. Who could blame them? <BR/><BR/>Kids may look fatter than they did in the 1940's & 50's, but they're also healthier, and probably even taller and bigger all round. Young Japanese are taller than their parents, for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com