I remember when I was a kid that the Sears catalog had a "husky" section.
Stores have offered larger sizes for kids since I was a kid. Back then, there were 1/2 sizes (which would be the husky type size of today). Not everyone that wears a “husky” size is FAT either. Some are just larger kids. Are there fat kids in our country? Yes. Are there larger boned kids? Yes.
I guess Michelle Ubama’s “food deserts” are shrinking.
Sears used to have a line of clothing called “Pretty Plus” for little girls.
Kimberly Schwabenbauer, a registered dietitian for Super Bakery in Pittsburgh, said parents need to keep their children active.
“These kids don’t need to go to the gym. They need to play a pickup game of baseball or even something with their friends like kickball,” Schwabenbauer said.
WOW, finally an “expert” said something I agree with. We ate the same crap (a lot of it too) and none of us were fat. We were out playing pickup games every day after school. It is amazing how 3 hours of football or basketball at the school yard negates a supersized meal at McDs and a bag of Doritos.
Obesity was never a problem when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. We all ran the streets playing ball or riding bikes until the street lights came on. And with the terrain around here, just getting to the park or your friend’s house gave you a pretty good workout.
Everyone’s an ‘expert’ these days - and for ‘expert’ read loud-mouthed Nosy Parker who insists on managing his/her neighbor’s business.
We would be a great deal better off with far fewer ‘experts.’
Wow...I really thought the set-up, fabricated PR shots of Michelle O planting a White House garden was going to wake everyone up and eradicate childhood obesity....Amazingl unexpected
They always have. This is nothing new. My kids always chunked out right before they grew about 6 inches. All of us are lanky and skinny. Our clothes are too big and it is hard to find clothes that aren’t baggy.
I think it’s just easier for the factories to make sacks than actual fashionable clothing so that is what they do.
Sears has had 1/2 sizes for at least 40 years.
When I was a fat kid we had nothing. Lane Bryant? My mom made my clothes. It was awful. And that’s going back a way. Today everything is an ‘epidemic’. No one was talking about an epidemic when I was a fat kid.
The North Koreans tell their people they should be happy they are thin as well.
When your government starts telling you that you are too big, what they really mean is “you should be thanking Dear Leader for the rough times ahead”.
I am glad I live in a country where people are bigger than the average citizen of Africa or North Korea.
How this country has evolved into a Euro-Weenie type, hand wringing, guilt ridden populace is beyond me.
First it was white guilt, now they want everyone to have prosperity guilt.
There are kids with disabilities who cannot exercise who deserve clothes that fit. There are kids built like trucks, future football players, who deserve clothes that fit. There are kids bloated due to cancer drugs that deserve clothes that fit. And even fat kids deserve clothes that fit, while they wait to grow and get slimmer.
Sucks. I feel so badly for kids who are significantly overweight. It sets them up for a lifetime of bad habits and health. And I gotta admit, I get mad at their parents. When the children are young, it IS their job to teach them proper nutrition and how to eat.
I remember JCPenney years ago had husky or something like that, too...
“You are trying to figure out something to fit this kid so she can be in style and won’t be picked on in school.”
If the kid needs plus size clothes, they are going to get picked on, one way or another.