Monday, February 26, 2007

An English Boy Must Loose His Weight (英8歲男童重98公斤 政府勒令減肥)

In England, there's one eight years old boy who weights 98 K. The English government told his parents that the boy must loose his weight. I think this situation is very common now in Taiwan. As in the past, in the Taiwanse society we do not see over weight children but now over weight children are in every schools in Taiwan.

英國一名8歲男童體重高達98公斤,是一般男孩的三倍重,政府當局因此要求他父母協助這個胖小子減肥,否則將他交給社會機構監管照顧,並將他與遭虐待及性侵害的兒童一起列入受保護兒童名單。
英國近來為解決日益嚴重的兒童肥胖問題,研擬一連串措施,其中包括從2008年開始禁止在兒童電視節目當中,播放垃圾食物廣告;給予經濟補貼,鼓勵家長讓孩子騎腳踏車上學,以及放寬限制,准許醫生開減肥藥給年齡不滿12歲的孩子等。