Mums who go out to work could be to blame for the UK's child obesity epidemic, a new scientific study has claimed.
That's right blame the parents, its government forcing parents into work place that's doing this!
Lol the kids don't have dads? No Dada?
You people need to be stopped 😂😂
What a ridiculous suggestion!
Damn those working fathers perhaps they could share in the blame on this one and organize a breakfast now and then. Just saying
The scientists do not say this, no.
Whenever I see this type of news it's like who the fuck writes it? It's a joke?
In other words: Men are just useless and women have to do everything or the house falls apart, nice study yeah. Damn these men are useless.
Yeah. You are wright. Moms should be at the kitchen prepairing the meal for their kids, and fathers working outside. Wise scientists of the midle age!
Spoiler: global warming is also mum's fault
Clickbait huh?
Ya lo había oído
Shameless 🤢
Or you could try blaming companies that sell crap as food, putting profit before people, but nah blame the moms 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
These scientists haven't thought about 'any other adult' in charge of children in the family... They are not clever enough to pass high school.
Just another bit of everyday sexism
Misogynists say working mums could be to blame for huge increase in overweight kids.
Mums? MUMS?
Daily Mirror says working mums could be to blame for huge increase in overweight kids, despite quoting research that says no such thing.
Claro, solo las madres se encargan de cuidar a sus hijos. Los padres no existen.
I guess dads are not around...🙄
Feminist :
What if daddy help? Oh no. Where is the dad?
Prof Fitzsimons - 20000 families is a big number , but what other factors contributed to overweight kids ? Just working moms? Because thats what this article implicates ? You better watch out - the working moms are coming for you !! 😀
Excuse me?
Imagine calling a statistical study misogynistic
I guess the headline 'Deadbeat Dads Cause Obesity' wouldn't pander to your sexist base
I’m guessing somebody found a correlation between working mothers and children’s weight and voila, just like a rabbit from a hat, came up with this crap.
Outrageously insulted by this
Worded so poorly...
There is so much to unpack here....
Oooh I do apologise for working full time to keep a roof over our heads the soaring prices of everything required to you know...be alive. What am I thinking?! Guys...anyone seen that magic money tree
Regular people say rich wankers who won't raise wages are partially to blame for obesity, along with cheap unhealthy options, expensive healthy options, delinquent parents not doing their bit.
What utter crap.
Because dads a. do fuck all which is b. fine? Do one.
Anything else us working Mums are guilty of? FFS this annoys me
How tf is it THEIR fault
Smart people say this headline and the 'study' and assumptions that prompted it are misogynist as all hell.
To whomever wrote this. What a pivotal moment in your reporting career. Amazed never at one point writing this you never thought‘I’ve failed as a writer’. Please let this be your last article.
Of course! Certainly not the food industry hooking society on 'convenience' foods which are processed crap, or poor lunch choices, or lack of physical activity, or sugar in every drink - even milk, or increased obesogens from plastics and other ubiquitous chemicals, or...
Everyone's living in 2019 while you're living in 1909
Errata: “working parents”
This is an ignorant and irresponsible headline. Social marketing team, maybe it isn't your job to come up with the clickbait titles, but you should feel equal shame for working for such a shitty publication.
Alternatively, scientists could say that fathers do a poor job of cooking healthy meals and limiting screen time when mom is at work. Which is more directly to blame than mothers working jobs.
*so-called journalists say working mums etc. The scientists aren't saying that
InternationalWomensDay was probably a bit too much for this journo 😡
Honestly. Please eff off.
Stupid
CharleyyRachael DO YOU WALK SCARLETT TO SCHOOL OR TO CADBURY WORLD. TELL THE TRUTH SCIENCE IS WATCHING.
If the healthier food were made more affordable..............
What a load of bollocks
And in the meantime, what are daddies doing? Do not blame mums 👊
Or is it single mums are usually struggling financially and bad shit is cheaper. Maybe if healthier options were also the cheaper option this wouldn't be an issue.
TitaniaMcGrath I’d love to hear your thoughts on this 🤔😊
How about working dads?
Oh, wow. Terribly sorry for trying to set a good example/work to provide for my daughter 🤣
This is why we have woman’s day
Dad could stay at home and control those fucking children as well, you know
ohhhhh no no no no no no no. Come talk to me about my doctoral project in south Chicago. Working moms are NOT to blame. Food deserts, lack of access to non-processed food, wage gaps. THEY are to blame. I swear, if U R going to report on science, at least have a science background
Where are the fathers in this equation? EverydaySexism
Yeaaaaaaa no. Overweight kids are from too much fast food and candy. Not from good parents. 🙄
Of course, nothing about endless work shifts plus low salaries and high prices of healthy food.
Anyone who’s parents aren’t cousins are scientists to you.
Yeah dads wank and thats about it end of the story :)))))))
Fix that headline or delete your account. everydaysexism
Flowher_are_u ah trop bien Constantin sera jamais gros alors 😏😏😏😏😏😏
Mums? Really? Are we in 2019 or in 1930?
This is a really irresponsible headline.
Do you know what actually DOES correlate with obesity? Low income. Families where both parents are working in low income jobs for long hours will struggle to have time to cook, yes. But you don’t see middle class children getting obese at the same rate at all.
They all work in McDonalds?
Fat kids are harder to kidnap, these moms are lookin out
Who ever wrote this article lacks the intelligence and written communication skills required for science journalism and you should be writing about something a bit more at your level. Sorry to be so harsh but association does not equal causation you MUPPET. Read a book!
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Did they immediately leave the room running?
This is so idiotic
Bet those scientist are all male
this is why no one likes you
Yikes.
Too bad one income isn't enough for a living wage to support a family otherwise this wouldn't be a problem. Eff off daily mirror. How about educating about healthy choices? Offering support? Anything but shaming parents. Shut it.
Are you kidding me? Wow
You've got to be kidding me.
Hum... was this written in 1950? Wow..
Are spews papers still a thing?
Soooo all this establishes is that the fathers do no parenting.
Sooooooooooooo... The working dads don't have anything to do with this? All of it is the mums' responsibility? Got it.
Have they “scienced” why food choices and activities of humans cause obesity? No? Just blamed good ol mom....not dad....just mom. Got it. Looks like mad men took over the mirror and took us right back to 1950.
When I worked home chores were split evenly with children and spouse. C’mon any women doing all this is nuts!!!
Where's dad in all this? Tell him to get off his lazy ass and make the kid a meal.
I know! If those moms would stay home they would all be slim and trim from eating from dumpsters.
If any badass hardworking mums or dads want lifestyle and nutritional support at an affordable price we can help. We aren't judgy wankers like these tosspots and understand how tough it is 💚 Email infoxenonutrition.co.uk
Yeah, great irresponsible reporting. Keep to your lane.
u schewpit lol
*working parents
Christ, I don’t know if I’m enraged with the scientists, the article or society more.
Another reason to feel guilty?! Thanks a bunch! doingourbest supportparents
Fathers really can’t do that?
Emphasis on “could” as well. Do people actually read these articles before commenting or do they just jump to attacking it by its title.
votre titre est horrible. misogyne et faux. l'étude dit seulement qu'il y a plus d'enfants en surpoids dans les foyers où la mère travaille à plein temps. Il s'agit surtout de précarité alimentaire (à comparer aussi avec le CSP des parents). Vous êtes criminels de partager ceci
How you can continue to spout this drivel is being me. You're a joke and responsible for so much of the crap that this country is going through. This is not news, you are not a newspaper. You are a political propaganda tool and we've had enough.
That means 'working mums' are a variable & 'working dads' a constant in our system? women are not equal in our labour market? only women take care of children and they have to work at home&outside? then they have less income in a capitalist syst where all its meassured in money?
Social scientist says the Daily Mail can fuck right off with its misogyny and general terrible journalism.
Oh well , said mums should remove themselves from the work force immediately. Get back behind that kitchen sink !! The DWP will fully support them in claiming benefits . Obesity has abs nothing to do with the food industry. Its those darn women who dont know their place...
The scientists probably observed some correlation or significance to thier hypothesis. I doubt they apportioned blame in their peer reviewed article.
Erm, I think you need to change that to 'working parents'. Then realise that even that is bollocks.
Oh I thought it was the mums who didn’t work so obviously only stayed home on benefits and did nothing but watch Jeremy Kyle? Or was that last week? 🤔🤔 (note, sarcastic)
Dads?
Stop Printing Or Posting Anything Now Thanks
Correlation isn't causality. And where's the study?
Er what about the absent parent?!
Hilarious. Statistics would say different! KrisSears95 tasha_sears how are you so healthy?
What if a child has two working mums Double the obesity 🤔
Because working dads can't make meals and only moms are responsible for child's food.
Sure, single mums are to blame. Not the crap most food companies are pumping into food and drinks we eat. Or the lobbying by those companies to allow unhealthy stuff to be marketed more easily. But yeah ... single mums are the cause
EverydaySexism
callin_bull I call bulshit!
Pissoff.....
Scientists? Are you serious?
Single parent, working mum here. Two kids, not obese, home cooked meals. Can I have a medal please 👍🏻
When was this study carried out? 1951?
What the fuck SERIOUSLY is there ANYTHING women cant be blamed for, pls surprise me world
Can't believe how sexist this article is. There are lots of reasons why children are now more overweight. Lack of physical exercise due to technology, Rising cost of healthy food alternatives etc. This statement puts us back in the dark ages. You should be ashamed.
Yes. Those damn working moms are so selfish!!! Because, you know, they only want to take care of themselves.
Right. It’s nothing to do with the industrialization of the food industry who create Frankenstein food loaded with salt, sugar and fat designed to addict us, who then spend billions in ads to make sure we stay addicted. It’s nothing to do with that. It’s working moms - got it.
This particular burger 🍔 looks yum 😋. What is the subject matter again 🤔?
I have a sneaking feeling that precisely zero scientists have reached this conclusion
So moms should stop working so.. Their kids eat less? What are the dads giving them to eat? Do they work as well? Do they not give kids as much food as moms?
This is disgusting. You should be ashamed for publishing this filth. Mothers are not the only people in charge of the health and welfare of children. We are not living in the 1950s. If anything, both parents are at fault for lack of communication and daily planning.
Very intentional use of the word 'blame' here to stir people up and pitch everyday working mums against scientists. This doesn't help kids become healthier. It just makes a lot of working mothers, who are trying their best, feel guilty or defensive
What every mom might be thinking..💭
Do they though?
tell me that kid isn’t thing 1
Here’s an💡. They should use science to work out if there is another equally intelligent adult in the family that could possibly step in while the working mum is at work!
Huge if true.
Hello American cousins, welcome to the Mirror. Don't look into it. Also, don't look into the Sun, either.
'Daily Mirror implies that men don't know how to feed their kids while mom is at work.'
Or maybe it's your country's bad economy where buying fresh produce is more expensive than all those gross pre-cooked, pre-made food. Even M&S is basically plastic covered, preservative-loaded ready-made hi-cal meals. Going to supermarket in US/UK u understand why ppl R unhealthy
Wtf kind of bollocks is this 😄
Really?
'We find that children whose mothers work are more likely to have increased sedentary behaviour and poorer dietary habits.' 🤔 Dads can prepare breakfast, lunch, snacks, + dinner. Why are social media+video games not making a presence? Blaming working moms trying to provide?! 😤
Scientists didn't say that, you assholes did. Working dads, corn syrup, carbs, and a lack of community support may be to blame, but working moms are working harder than anyone else and don't have time for your bullshit.
Obviously fathers don’t play a role in their children’s lives. /s
Article says single working mothers have fat kids and if there is another parent, kids even fatter. Do non working single mothers have thinner kids than working single parents AND two parent families?
Thankyou captain obvious
Mighty sexist headline. Did you mean PARENTS?
It’s always the mother’s fault. 🖕🖕
What about the other 75%? Seems like someone isn’t sciencing very well if they’re willing to blame working mothers and ignoring all the other variables in these kids' lives...
Bollocks.
Do people really still buy this shite?
Where is the blame for working Dads? Do they not exist? Do people no longer have Dads?
Sexist.
Yeah because dads have nothing to do with their kids right? Change scientists to idiots.
Today in research that no one asked for, needed or wanted, there’s these fucknuts.
Wow. Just wow.
WORKING PARENTS YOU MORONS!
News coverage you get for a tabloid paper who often doesn’t get any of its sources fact checked and instead just shows opinion pieces throughout the whole paper.
Delete this
Not the working dads though, I see.
Fabricated shit-rag clickbait COULD be to blame for perpetuating stigma and discrimination - as well as the associated mental health issues a lot of people live with. Working mums on other hand put damnsight more effort in than this half-arsed 'modern journalism' garbage.
Are you having a laugh
possibly one could say that children are lucky they were not abandoned by their Mothers who were bravely navigating a heartless country with income disparity, no affordable healthcare, no help with early childhood education or childcare, etc.
Another day, another misogynistic article.
I wish there was a “dislike” button
What. The. Fuck.
If only Dads could do something.
'Scientists say there are no dads or external socio-economic factors in kid's lives!'
I’m sorry - WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!
Wow. Fuck off with this misleading headline. CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION. Also, one study correlating two variables does not imply there are no other variables at play. This is sexist garbage.
What about working dads? Do they not play a part in this too? sexistcrap
I think it's more likely to be a there's a sizeable percentage of people in the UK that don't know how to cook a decent meal. But whatever.
I blame the marketers who created the nuclear family ideal.
Oh yeah? Well I'm Mexican and my stay at home mom cooks everything with bacon grease and butter so me being fat is because of her being home all the time.
Not from the UK so I’m wondering, are there no fathers over there? Or are men in the UK completely devoid of any ability to contribute to their children’s nutrition? OR is this just another pile of stinking misogynistic bullsh*t?
honestly it's their own fault but can y'all stop jumping on the headline? The article doesn't say that it's their fault just that there's a corelation. It doesn't offer any sort of hypothesis or assertion why.
What the actual fuck?
RUDE
Ah feck off
mums? why would that be
Spot on, but you spelled 'dead beat dads, poverty wages, and austerity' wrong.
No, they are not to blame, society should provide more support to working mums so they can give healthy and balanced food to their kids
Oh I did not know that all children have only one parent.
so when are u gonna stop being sexist?
Fuuuuuuuuuck this.
Okay then...then we gotta discuss why are they working so much that they can’t make meals for their children. How low of a wage are they working for and for how long that they can’t make meals? Don’t blame the single hardworking moms. blame the system. This headline sexist af
A big problem is the American USDA subsidizing corn, which creates a glut of animal products and high fructose corn syrup, which gets exported to other countries.
This is interesting that it’s assumed these children don’t have fathers. Oh wait, or is it assumed that the woman should automatically drop her career, as if hers is less important than her male counterpart...
ah yes let's blame the mums, not the imbalance of societal expectations for mums and dads. i'm not arguing against the research but i am saying this headline wouldn't exist if dad's were expected to take an equal role in child-rearing.
They should really stop letting imaginary scientists do experiments, very careless...
Hey Daily Mirror...
For everyone crying foul, the key word here is ‘could be’
What do you think poor women have been doing the past couple thousand years?
Not the dads? Hmm, got it.
Oh so it was 'working mums' who pumped the farm animals full of steroids and confined them to a prison-like existence so their flesh has so little nutritional value it has to be processed just to be edible, was it?
Do they, though?
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Maybe if working dads would share responsibility for caring for their kids...
Let's blames moms because we all know dads don't know how to do anything, incapable of taking care of and feeding children's and most of all take responsibility for their actions or inaction.---Daily Mail executive
Your ‘journalists’ need to take a day off mate
not working Dads?
Those bloody mum's. What good have they ever done?
It sounds like dads need to get off their arse & help mom with cooking healthy meals & get the kids out of the house to play.
Did all the dads Brexit their families?
Go ahead blame mothers, Oh! Let me guess most of you scientists are men.
SEXISM !!!!!!!!!
Those selfish mums working 60 hours a week to pay for their kids food.
Thank goodness working dads aren’t being blamed because misogyny.
And the dads
Hmmm... And what are working fathers doing to address this calamity? 🤔 Seriously, I think lazy journalists are to blame for spreading this kind of rubbish.
Such a bummer that there isn't a second parent in the house to help out with feeding the children. /sarcasm
Dads can make meals too, jog on
Overeating is what causes obesity. Doesnt matter if the food is healthy or not. If u overeat your gonna gain weight.
3. Poverty contributes to child obesity 4. Fathers still not supported enough to stay at home with kids reducing workload for mothers anc improving outcomes for children Take your pick!
This headline could of been written in any number of ways other than this misogynistic crap!- 1. Raising living costs force both parents into work contribute to child obesity 2. Fathers not taking responsibility for child nutrition even when mothers work
“Hey, new kid. Can you quickly write us an article on obesity? You’ve got 5 mins. Just blame it one someone. Finished?....” churnalism
Or working Dads, or both or just bullshit, bad education, fast food everywhere on tap and greedy food manufacturers selling cheap high calorific foods to people struggling to make ends meet.
Childhood obesity is a huge concern but pointing fingers at working mums who are trying to do their best for their families doesn't help.
No its unattentive fathers and husbands, they do the fraction of the work working moms do and still dont get any of the responsibility when it comes to their own kids.
*capitalist structures and ideals Fixed that for you.
'Blame.' Nice. Also you fail to point out those are SINGLE moms, which leads to a whole lot of plausible suggestions of why.
I think you spelled ‘lack of support by dads’ wrong.
Dire. Just dire.
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so tell the fckn fathers to stay home and cook
“Scientists”
A professor in horsecrap came up with this 🙄
Gotta love “science”.
haha. They misspelled 'moms'
What a load of bollocks.
Those fatty and good-for-nothing junk/fast food is responsible for this. Not moms or dads.
This is nonsense
Why? Are their kids eating them?
Can't you at least wait until after Brexit before you revert back to the sexism of the Working Men's Club?
You can't win if a mother doesn't work she is lazy and the single parents who don't work are called scroungers but if they work they are blamed for not being around their child 24/7.
would these 'scientists' be disgruntled men who now have fend for themselves in the big bad 21st century kitchen - back to the 1950's women - damn you all.
Trashy journalism from second-rate hacks!
I blame the government for GOOD food being so fucking expensive and people having to work such long hours to be able to scrape by. And people like jamieoliver for campaigning tax the shit out of and demonise sugar filled foods instead of pushing for a healthier way of life.
Misogynistic view Mirror . Good luck with the backlash
That burger looks good
Work balance is wrong these days. A start maybe to make the working day 9-4. Poeple will be more productive with an improved work life balance.
P.S. if you think the Mirror's headline is 'blamey'... How about the one the Sunday Times led with...? 😳
What about working dads ?!😡
Selfish mums.
Maybe the kids would be just as fat if the Dad stayed home. Kudos to all the stay at home mum's who get the fat little tykes up and about. Stupid Lazy dads.
3rd paragraph refers to dad's working patterns. 5th paragraph refers to working single mums. Quality stuff. 🙄
At last, some proper factual information from the daily mirror. I think I might subscribe.😁
Joke scientists
Woohoo! Scot free! This is great news. If someone had told me I don’t have to take responsibility for my kids I would have done it years ago. Thanks Daily Mirror.
Well as long as they grow up happy and healthy and don’t end up writing sexist articles for the Daily Mirror I’m gonna say I did an okay job thanks 👍
What scientists say this? Single, socially awkward and 40 yr old virgin ones? Oh ok. What an offensive and mindless ‘report’ for 2019, dinosaurs clearly do still exist 🤦🏼♀️
Oh, get fucked.
Don't speak like a Japanese man who blames women for all their misfortunes. UK is a better country. Right?
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So like if they didn’t work, they wouldn’t have money for food, so like problem solved? Got it. Cool. Cool
Come and redo the study in my hometown, all the overweight kids i see come from familys of overweight parents who havent worked a day in their life and have no concept of health or portion size.
Cant fuckin win. 1st we're all bums and lazy now it's because we work too much.
So working dads are heroic breadwinners but working mums are neglectful and selfish?!?! Sort your paper out and stop printing such bs!
I am a single mum and have been so since my boys were 5 and 8. They are now 18 and 21 and not overweight. Despite working I managed to cook a fresh and varied diet for them.
To all mums to blame for your child's overweight: the article says working dads do not affect children's diet. SO: Stop taking care of cooking, diet and leave it in men's hands. All these years talking care of it and now it turns out men do it better. Really!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Delete your account
Wtf. What about working dads? Aren't they also responsible for their children's food and diet?
Ooh the comments are nice for once hurray! Thanks people! Giving me life! ⬇️🥰
Appalling article...I wonder if any of the “scientists” in question are working mums? The real blame lies with the companies who manufacture cheap unhealthy shit, and directly target it at kids, not mothers who have the audacity to go out and work.
Has anyone seen the unhealthy ‘slop’ they sell at primary and secondary schools though?!
Bollocks.
Would these so called “Scientists”, work for the corn syrup lobby
Well I read the article. Headline is clickbait. Working dads are addressed. and it might have more to do with the consumption of sugar (as referenced in the article) that working moms.
Oh do just f**k off.
manwhohasitall...🤦🏻♀️
Are these Scientists Male by any chance or do they just believe Dad’s force kids to eat Salads all the time!!!!!!!! 🙄🤷🏻♀️
My mother & husband's mother both worked,we were born 1950&1953 we were never overweight,the problem today is there are too many temptations foodwise,sweets etc & convenience meals,nothing to do with working mothers,my generation didn't have those temptations
Another stick to beat women with!!!! Lovely
For good measure here’s my overweight son!! Working mum from his first birthday onwards...oh for good measure add in single mum for 7 years!! 🤜🏻👎
Is writing mysoginistic tweets the only way you know to draw attention?
This is so wrong on so many levels.
I'm gonna rephrase it 'Scientists say, companies who refuse 'teleworking', flexible hours, reasonable hours for meetings, better parental leave for dads, family-friendly env. etc. are to blame for huge increase in overweight of their employees' kids'...
What about dads that eat unhealthy food? 🙄
And working dads? Do they slot into this sweeping statement anywhere? everydaysexism
Thanks to the lie of liberal feminists back in the 60s that women could have it all. Women's liberation gave way to daycare workers taking care of your kids and high divorce rates.
More like parents feeding their kids too much shit food and the kids not doing enough physical activity. Don't blame the fact the mums work!
What in the name of shit?
Total crap, it’s the food industry and culture of modern life, government should do more to tax the foods and make sure standards are high.
Yeah, nothing to do with the huge amount of unhealthy shite churned out by the food industry that's available at every turn, the shite served up in school canteens, kids not playing out as much as they used to and reduction in school sports. It's all working mums' fault
More working mum shaming - damned if you do, damned if you don’t
All those women studying science!
“Could be”? Wow, that’s scientific.
Or, it could just be that crap food is a hell of a lot cheaper than healthy food! You tell me a parent struggling to find money for their family is going to pay more just to have healthy food. They won’t.
We are all as a society to blame! Every one of us looks for the “easy solution”. Whether that’s good to eat, effort to take or just life in general. The modern world is about making things easier but we are all caught up in the rat race with work being more important than home.
No words 😐😐😐
For a minute there, I thought it was 1 April! But no, you seriously wrote this! Yet another mum-blaming article for blaming us for all that is wrong with the world 🙄.
I would say social and economic pressures put on family units would be more accurate
Everything we need to consider by reading such scientific foundings 🤦♀️
You've excelled yourself here, in the 'What a pile of crap' stakes....
Our house definitely eats healthier when we are all together. When it’s me (dad) in charge, it’s an easy tea, usually out of the freezer.
I think manwhohasitall would agree, if my kids end up obese it’s on me. I should get up earlier to prepare healthy snacks. And maybe I should pay more attention to my ideal weight defined in my glossy magazine. They learn from the example I set after all.
adzwilko1 just the mums though eh?
Or Dads that parent their children while their partner is at work feeds them too much fast food because cooking is too stressful.
If I didn't know better I would have thought my misogynist married in the fifties parents in law wrote this 🤣.
What’s nonsense ! It’s is down to the parents but it doesn’t matter if they work or not . As a parent I choose and influence my children’s lifestyle . Me and my wife working doesn’t affect it .
For the love of God
Working mums say scientists should stop making them scapegoats for all the ills of society. Perhaps if working mums had equal pay and therefore a better work/life balance, they would have time to ensure their children ate healthy, nutritious meals! 😡
That’ll be the Tories fault then. They’ve made it virtually impossible for a single person (particularly with children) to survive.
You need, somehow, to be negatively sanctioned for this sort of behavior. That you are shameless is patent.
Articles like this really don’t help the stigma that surrounds weight!
Dad can't shop or cook 🤔
Were these male scientists perhaps
'Children of working single Mums are likely to be 25%more overweight'.... than those with. ..... Non-working single Mums? 2 parent, 2 income ? 2 parent 1 income? Without a comparator, how can we judge whether it's the work, income, lack of 2nd parent support, which is key?
Do they not have dads?
scientists say journalism is dead and shite like this is entirely to blame for the fractures throughout society.
How very 1950s of you. So working Dads have nothing to do with their children’s lifestyle? 🙄
Lovely. Just the kind of upbeat encouragement we need just days after InternationalWomenDay2019 Stick to Brexit-bashing guys and leave us alone, we are doing a fucking amazing job.
Yeah, damn these selfish, hardworking mums! Out there, slaving away at their job when they should be slaving away in the kitchen, cooking their children healthy meals. sarcasm sexism
Stop attacking working mothers, one one side they have government pushing mothers into work by cutting benefits, then on the other the self righteous blame them for all their kids ills. My mother HAD to work 3 jobs to ensure we had food, I'm eternally grateful and better for it.
Are those scientists male perhaps? Did they feel abandoned during childhood by their professional mummies? Do they hate women'? Pathetic article
Zaibyx
Would've thought its more likely to be lower income/benefit kids who are obese because their parents shop at places like Iceland which sell very unhealthy snacks and meals and they bring them back McDonald's whilst they sit playing xbox. At least that's what I've seen with my 👀
Actually if employers paid a proper wage and allowed families to manage with one wage earner a mum or a dad could stay home! Most working mums work so they can afford to feed their kids!!!
Study states that the working patterns of men don't have any affect. So significant number of fathers aren't responsible for health + diet if the mother doesn't work. They still aren't if the mother does work. Really it's obvious what the headline SHOULD have been.
No fathers in this then
It's working single mothers. Working single fathers are not mentioned (couldn't find enough for the study?) but would no doubt would have shown exactly the same result. Shit headline, shit article.
Do you mean working parents I think you do 🤔
I worked. Our weekends were spent camping, biking, and hiking. My kids grew up in shape and healthy. LoveTheGreatOutdoors
If mums didn’t work the kids couldn’t afford to eat at all....
The misogyny oozes from every iota of this story. Instead of blaming single mothers, why not look at improving the availability and cost of healthy food? Breakfast clubs at school
I doubt this is true when my annual income can't even cover the cost of a Freddo !!!!
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Oh do piss off. Kids have dads too. So bored of this shit.
Oh yes of course. Cuz the dad doesn't cook !
Wow this is some sexist bullshit.
Yep agree. Some mum's can't even cook
STOP this dividing of society their are many reasons and it is not all about mothers
Ill remember that when I look at my size 8, 15 year old daughter and perfectly proportioned 1.5 year old son when I come back from a solid days graft 👍🏻
No I think its too much food
‘Scientists say dads absolving responsibility for their kids nutrition could be to blame for huge increase in over weight kids’Sounds just as ridiculous tbh. Don’t blame fast food chains of course.
Whoever wrote that headline should be made to go to bed early tonight. And never write a headline again.
Fuck the kids too then
Is there a link to this study? You have provided no info on how to find it.
Those scientists are men aren't they.
The actual study's conclusion is that this is the case BECAUSE MOTHERS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DO THE CHILDREARING. The solution is for fathers to actually start parenting as well instead of expecting the mothers to be able to work as much as them AND do all the childrearing.
Computers and phones are. Simple.
Typically Red Top headline. 'Blame' is not a useful word. Ever. There may be, in some cases, some correlations to busy working households, so too poverty. But these are not stand alone causes. There are obese children with stay at home mums & in better off families.
Hello , the 1950’s called, they want their newsitem back.
,so tell me what type of Scientists have conducted this study?Ones with kids that work a full day then have a family to look after.The fact they've laid the blame at Mums,what about us Dads? I work in the fitness industry and work with kids alot,not as simple as that
Oh piss off
I've heard it all now...what a load of crap!
Gimme a break, blame the actual culprits. The overpriced housing and rent that cause mums to have to work to make ends meet. Meaning they don’t have time to cook from fresh. The cheap crap food manufacturers put in the food they sell to busy mums and dads. Plus many other reasons
Load of rubbish
Just the mums? Delete your account.
Not the profit chasing food manufacturers' fault? Course not.
I’m the ‘breadwinner’ in our family and my 6 year old is like a whippet. 90% of her meals are made by her Dad and I, not big food companies abd sge fets plenty of exercise. I’m her role model and I hope she’ll aim higher than domestic oblivion one day.
Blimey 🙄 anything else they are doing wrong?
I’d probably say austerity driving living costs up
What a load of S**T 😡 working mums deserve medals for supportin there families and keeping a home running at the same time 👏👏👏
Economists say the piss poor state of the UK means that everyone has to work for very little gain and has no time, energy or money left to exercise or feed children properly.
What a load of absolute bollocks
Take the article away!
Let’s shame women for wanting to work, be the best they can be! Let’s not blame any husbands if course, they’re too busy going out hunting and getting the wildebeest in from the plains. Reminds me, must go foraging for berries later...
Ok move along please, nothing to see here. Just a college using it’s research grant. The useless study season is just around the corner.
It’s probably due to lack of education about nutrition in lower working class families and the fact junk food is so cheap and well, addictive. How many times has The Food Industry fought against a sugar tax?
How very scientific of them!
Dreadful article ... Now how about breaking those figures down by social demographic and I'll bet you'll see another cause arriving That of poverty
Bollocks
They should become unemployed then, so they can get blamed for kids starving to death.
I blame working Dads entirely for children obesity. Does that sound unfair much? Oh sorry but we all know Dads have sole responsibility for childcare after all.
Sexist shit
None of these kid have dads, then?
Would it help if they were unemployed... would that help?
I thought bad diet was to blame 😋 Those evil working moms!
as long as it is the mums' fault, eh?
Don’t even know where to start with this...... 😡
You numpties, if they weren’t working I suppose they would be blamed for malnutrition as they couldn’t afford food !
Oh really?! What an appalling ‘news’ article.
If people were paid enough, one parent could stay at home, look after the kids properly and cook proper meals
everydaysexism
Scientists say suffers from nasty case of sexual stereotyping
dailymirror I am appalled by your POOR article writing! Where is the source of information? CANNOT make a sweeping statement in your headline when there are CLEARLY other aspects than a WOMAN who works! Is this including single parents? Kids who have lost a parent?
Only the Mums? What about the Dads? I have a feeling there might even be a law against this headline...Discrimination Act anyone?
Sounds to me like scientists are saying that our society's structure is to blame, not women
What a terrible title! I know few overweight kids who’s mum do not work.
Ya think Working Mums are physically and emotionally unable to be tgexstay at home prototype of yesteryear ... and there are a number of ways we pay the price for that.
Hi ho, hi ho, It's off to the 50's we go
That’s a disgraceful article. Shame on you.
'Sexism doesnt happen anymore'
Another diverse story to blame hardworking mums struggling to live on low wages Nothing to do with the government fucking the whole country up with brexit austerity Windrush foodbanks homelessness KnifeCrimeEpidemic crimewaveUK that's the real story unscrupulous journalism
Trump is fat and his mom wasn’t working
Good God. Any more fronts we can shame women on? Why aren't working dads part of the problem?
Perhaps if working mums were in a situation where a great many of them were going to out to work not because they want to but because they have to they might not get scapegoated so much with stupid things like this.
Oh do bore off.
Ffs, blame the mums, go on!
So the working fathers
BS I worked all my life and my kids went to school every day with a packed lunch and had a cooked meal in the evening. Nutrition education and basic cooking skills should be part of the school curriculum for all students
Ho do behave working mums do a bloody good job looking after there family well done to you all
Not working Dads then?
I read the original article. They really didn't.
Scientists, I see none. An educated one who has done her/his research well would not say this.
Aaaaaaaand, working dads? 🤨 There are great dads out there who work hard and care about their children’s health and nutrition. Who said that child care is solely a woman’s responsibility. Take Your Time Ooo
I blame the government for the hours ppl have to work just to survive, parents dont have to much time to parent these days and its wrong.
But not working dads, eh?
this week's instalment of 'What Can We Blame Women For Now'
So let me get this straight, if mum and dad both work full-time and kids watch 3 hours of TV and eat unhealthy stuff, that's the mum's fault? 🤔
This is extremely misogynistic... Is it the sole responsibility of the mother to feed the children? Is it the 1950s again?
Who paid those 'scientists'?
Blame the women. Interesting.
And don’t forget Brexit. Bloody working mums. You should be ashamed
Funk off!!
F*** OFF.
Single mums on the dole and ye’re not happy. Working mums and ye’re not happy. Wtf next
Dads No dads? I though the dads want recognition now
I wonder what working dads are blamed for? Oh yeah, nothing.
What about dads? Don’t they have responsibility in this?
What a load of horseshit.
Yep they should put the kids to work
Totally agree, about time women give up this nonsense equal rights shite and get back to looking after kids and keeping house clean.
Stop it.
Why did they bother doing any research? It’s obvious it’s the fault of women. I imagine they’re also to blame for the rise of the far right, the collapse of the NHS and the fact that Wagon Wheels are half the size they used to be.
Shame on you daily sun for this blasphemous title
jadeo09 😂😂😂
The perfect example of sexism doesn't exi...
What a shameful headline. Red top rags.
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Omg seriously!!! Put mums down for staying at home, and now it's working mums fault for this & that... make up your minds!! In fact stick your info... I'll do what i think is right! Keeping them alive, loved and safe is my priority... most of which is common sense!
Isn't parenting a shared thing? If both parents work, why is this the fault of working mums? Shouldn't sexism be extinct by now?
Bollox
What about the working dads? Next week some scientist will tell us that kids with working mums are happier and more ambitious in life. mumscantwin
Why, are the children eating them?
Pay the mums to stay at home. Problem fixed. what mum wouldn't prefer to stay at home and care for her children. These days there is no choice but to go to work to support your family.
Next week you’ll be telling us that kids of working mums are under fed & neglected. FFS 🤦🏻♀️
Damn those working mums. Those mums that have all had children through immaculate conception.
I really wonder: is this some form of cynical attention grabbing, or is the mirror actually this out-of-touch.
Pound sand, bigots.
Any mum not just the working mum
Please, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, stfu.
It's about time to boycott mums.
Yeah, of course, bound to be the women at fault
Ffs! As if working mums don’t have enough guilt pushed onto them already!
What do scientists blame for the huge increase in fatheads who work for the Daily Mail?
• Not aggressive advertising towards kids? • Not the addictive qualities of junk food? • Not the poverty that often makes junk food the only option for millions on the breadline? Nope: it’s the mothers who want to care for their kids. Are these scientists from the 50s’?
Research shows that the British media is responsible for the shit show this country is now.
The headline should read “men are generally more happy to be lazy parents who have no effect on their kids sedentary behaviour whether they’re there or not”
children have two biological parents. But somehow only the female one is responsible for their health? What century is this
Do scientists really say this?
Because the society has taken that(working dads not responsible for feeding children literally) for granted.
Now I am worried and I want to cry 😭
*Overworking. And dads as well.
No kidding. What about working dads? Give me a break!
'Thick' scientists.
What of working Dads? Nansens