Why are our kids so big? | James O’Brien - The Whole Show

[@ResellDecadence]

Great insights! As always!

[@katemaclean-x3t]

British children are bigger because of diet....have you seen the state of school meals...its beige lacks nutrients and is filled with trans fats and the odd canned miniature carrot. It needs an overhaul. Food retailers make a profit at our children's expense. Why aren't contracts put out to tender for firms who care and produce dinners that are healthy and tasty...

[@gregchew8225]

Jamie oliver tried and failed. Only banning this ultra- processed junk will work. And it will still take a generation to undo the psyche that this was even food!

[@Lincolnshire-Paranormal]

Ha ! "Why are OUR kids so big ?" ... speak for yourself, ours are perfect.

[@nanslife]

In Australia the banned junk food from school canteens Yeats ago, my grandson goes to a sip and crunch primary school which encourages drinking water, and crunching on apples pears and other fruit, there ate not many overweight kids in his school , this is in place at high school as well.

[@tukicat1399]

we also dont have school meals like they do over there.. so we do have some control over what they are eating. If you saw Jamie Olivers attempts to get rid of the fried foods it was heartbreaking to see parents sabotage the efforts.

[@medievalladybird394]

Yes, I like porridge. Water, oatmeal, a pinch of salt. Let the hot thick porridge swim like an island in cold milk (and cover it with brown sugar).

[@GloriaHoulihan]

You are so right James! So many foods are full of sugar and additives. Ordinary porridge maybe with sliced banana and a little honey are excellent.

[@derekmetcalfe5018]

"Ulta Processed People ", Chris Van Tullrken explains it all .

[@Goatcha_M]

When was the last time porridge was advertised anyway?

[@TheLucanicLord]

My 13 YO overtook me height wise when he was 11, and is now comparable weight wise. 1.8m, 95 kg. Some days he comes in and eats 400g of meat and 4 eggs as a snack. And he's not skinny but he's not particularly fat.

[@robertcoyle1738]

James…Democracy against the ropes

[@nadinechant2243]

I think there is a huge link between food and emotions. The link with addictions is interesting, as high processed foods have been shown to stimulate a similar part of the brain. But Goves education changes saw the school I worked in stop teaching food and nutrition as part of curriculum, reduction in fitness, so there are many aspects to this conversation.

[@rFuzzyBearX]

Wow, look at the size of O’Gammons Spam head 😂😂😂

[@TheLucanicLord]

That's brilliant! You should be on Russia Today.

[@DennisMoore664]

I'm having Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans, Spam and Spam!

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Walkers toffees are gorgeous 😊 Liquorice,mint! Liquorice dib dab!👏

[@DrJupiterKing]

I really like this show. High quality compared to what I have for USA politics lol

[@briananderson8428]

I think that every time I hear James.

[@gregchew8225]

Blue sky gets another mention😂

[@tukicat1399]

as it should

[@DennisMoore664]

He mentioned Twitter/X at the same time.

[@TheLucanicLord]

35:01 Bet he lives on pies.

[@Dynasty1818]

Bad parenting, end of.

[@TheRuben_music]

[@Taylor23890]

Talking about people being overweight, when you’ve piled the timber on yourself .

[@tukicat1399]

he literally acknowledged that he did... and that he has changed his views on it... did you even listen to the show?

[@Taylor23890]

@ I got bored , however he thought it ok in the past to fat shame people . Radio presenter James O’Brien used to bully overweight people. He came to understand that he was using some of the same tactics that others use to dehumanize various kinds of people O’Brien used to engage in weight-shaming on his radio show, even though he himself was overweight. At one point he was actually proud that a slur he had coined on the radio was gaining traction in the world (a caller told him that her daughter had used it against an overweight person in the supermarket). He compares his prejudice against fat people to the prejudice some Brits have against immigrants: He lumped them all together to dehumanize them.

[@TheLucanicLord]

@@Taylor23890 Past schmatz, he doesn't now. What's the use of a mind if you never change it?

[@Zellig66]

​@@Taylor23890funny how you listened to that without getting bored...think that says more about you than JO'b.

[@razorednight]

They're not big, you're just very very small...

[@rollosinternet1853]

Why are our children bigger than OTHER European children? British children are Europeans. Please stop this constant ridiculous"us and then" nonsense

[@DennisMoore664]

To be fair, plenty of people in the UK see themselves as set apart from the rest of Europe because the UK is an island unto itself. It's also not part of the EU anymore. In a way, it's the opposite of how the US is just one country in the Americas but it is often called America without any regard for the rest of the North, Central and South American countries.

[@gristlybillow7050]

Poverty. Hard to have three healthy meals a day when you can only afford two non healthy ones