OT – F as in Fat

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[quote=briansd1]

IMO, obesity is a national security issue. We need to fight it harder than we fight terrorism.[/quote]

except it is easier to fight terrorism, because at least the enemy is foreign and recognizable.

the enemy in regard to obesity is us. it is the massive food and service industry. it is cultural, it is personal attitude.

the first lady has pushed for better and healthier selections of food at walmart, pushed for family gardens, pushed for exercise and weight loss. sounds nice, right? nope, she is a Food Nazi.

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I am extremely pessimistic when it comes to our obesity crisis. I firmly believe the giant food industry has really learned well from the tobacco lobby and big pharma. They are truly in bed with the politicians and they will fly the flag of civil liberties whenever their interests are at risk. Best of all, they have cultivated a perfect scenario where they are able to sell absolute trash that gets people hooked and fat, yet be able to completely place the blame on the end consumer’s own gluttony.

Seriously, if you talk to any obese person, does a single obese person recognize half of the problem is the manipulative and powerful food industry? Nope. There is a lot of shame and self-loathing when you peel away the layers of defensiveness and avoidance. This overwhelming guilt that everything is their fault actually perpetuate the feeling of utter hopelessness in regard to their weight, which means a spiral into more severe obesity.

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=desmond]Is Xboxboy still around? If so did you keep the 38 lbs off?[/quote]

I’m still occasionally lurking. Not posting much. Yep, I’ve kept the weight off. I was at 205 lbs when I decided that I had to lose weight. I weighed 167 this morning. That’s actually up from my normal 165 due to a homemade blueberry cobbler, but I think I should be able to work back to 165 in a week.

It’s hard keeping in shape though. It’s a never ending struggle. I love to eat, and my body would be glad to balloon up.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=desmond]Is Xboxboy still around? If so did you keep the 38 lbs off?[/quote]

I’m still occasionally lurking. Not posting much. Yep, I’ve kept the weight off. I was at 205 lbs when I decided that I had to lose weight. I weighed 167 this morning. That’s actually up from my normal 165 due to a homemade blueberry cobbler, but I think I should be able to work back to 165 in a week.

It’s hard keeping in shape though. It’s a never ending struggle. I love to eat, and my body would be glad to balloon up.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=desmond]Is Xboxboy still around? If so did you keep the 38 lbs off?[/quote]

I’m still occasionally lurking. Not posting much. Yep, I’ve kept the weight off. I was at 205 lbs when I decided that I had to lose weight. I weighed 167 this morning. That’s actually up from my normal 165 due to a homemade blueberry cobbler, but I think I should be able to work back to 165 in a week.

It’s hard keeping in shape though. It’s a never ending struggle. I love to eat, and my body would be glad to balloon up.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=desmond]Is Xboxboy still around? If so did you keep the 38 lbs off?[/quote]

I’m still occasionally lurking. Not posting much. Yep, I’ve kept the weight off. I was at 205 lbs when I decided that I had to lose weight. I weighed 167 this morning. That’s actually up from my normal 165 due to a homemade blueberry cobbler, but I think I should be able to work back to 165 in a week.

It’s hard keeping in shape though. It’s a never ending struggle. I love to eat, and my body would be glad to balloon up.

XBoxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=desmond]Is Xboxboy still around? If so did you keep the 38 lbs off?[/quote]

I’m still occasionally lurking. Not posting much. Yep, I’ve kept the weight off. I was at 205 lbs when I decided that I had to lose weight. I weighed 167 this morning. That’s actually up from my normal 165 due to a homemade blueberry cobbler, but I think I should be able to work back to 165 in a week.

It’s hard keeping in shape though. It’s a never ending struggle. I love to eat, and my body would be glad to balloon up.

XBoxBoy

[blahblahblah]

We are almost 7 billion now up from just under 2 billion in 1900. The situation is clearly not under control. Unhealthy food, dangerous medical “treatments,” chemicals in the water, radiation, etc… will all do their part to reduce life expectancy and general health. The obesity is a nice benefit because it also serves to limit breeding (fat people don’t have the energy to do as much and have bad self images). Poor diets also reduces people’s strength and mobility, helping keep them docile and easy to control.

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.

[blahblahblah]

We are almost 7 billion now up from just under 2 billion in 1900. The situation is clearly not under control. Unhealthy food, dangerous medical “treatments,” chemicals in the water, radiation, etc… will all do their part to reduce life expectancy and general health. The obesity is a nice benefit because it also serves to limit breeding (fat people don’t have the energy to do as much and have bad self images). Poor diets also reduces people’s strength and mobility, helping keep them docile and easy to control.

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.

[blahblahblah]

We are almost 7 billion now up from just under 2 billion in 1900. The situation is clearly not under control. Unhealthy food, dangerous medical “treatments,” chemicals in the water, radiation, etc… will all do their part to reduce life expectancy and general health. The obesity is a nice benefit because it also serves to limit breeding (fat people don’t have the energy to do as much and have bad self images). Poor diets also reduces people’s strength and mobility, helping keep them docile and easy to control.

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.

[blahblahblah]

We are almost 7 billion now up from just under 2 billion in 1900. The situation is clearly not under control. Unhealthy food, dangerous medical “treatments,” chemicals in the water, radiation, etc… will all do their part to reduce life expectancy and general health. The obesity is a nice benefit because it also serves to limit breeding (fat people don’t have the energy to do as much and have bad self images). Poor diets also reduces people’s strength and mobility, helping keep them docile and easy to control.

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.

[blahblahblah]

We are almost 7 billion now up from just under 2 billion in 1900. The situation is clearly not under control. Unhealthy food, dangerous medical “treatments,” chemicals in the water, radiation, etc… will all do their part to reduce life expectancy and general health. The obesity is a nice benefit because it also serves to limit breeding (fat people don’t have the energy to do as much and have bad self images). Poor diets also reduces people’s strength and mobility, helping keep them docile and easy to control.

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.

[Arraya]

[quote=CONCHO]

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.[/quote]

Population growth is curbing itself. It started in the late 60s when the growth rate started to reverse. It topped off at 2.2% per year and now has dipped to under 1% globally. This trend is accelerating with some regions going negative. The world will top off at about 9 billion or just below then go into slow decline.

The population explosion of the 19th and 20th century was mainly due to public health measures and better nutritional understanding. People also used to have a lot of children because there was a very high infant mortality rate. This actually plummeted when doctors started washing their hands before delivering children. The first guy to suggest this, Ignaz Semmelweis, was met with scorn and ridicule for being unscientific. He ended up dying in a mental institute.

The US’s mental and physical health started to decline about 50 years ago. Besides the obesity epidemic there is also depression and addiction epidemics. Which the UK is experiencing as well. I assume these are all interrelated and have the similar causal mechanisms. They all have to do with dopamine stimulation.

[Arraya]

[quote=CONCHO]

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.[/quote]

Population growth is curbing itself. It started in the late 60s when the growth rate started to reverse. It topped off at 2.2% per year and now has dipped to under 1% globally. This trend is accelerating with some regions going negative. The world will top off at about 9 billion or just below then go into slow decline.

The population explosion of the 19th and 20th century was mainly due to public health measures and better nutritional understanding. People also used to have a lot of children because there was a very high infant mortality rate. This actually plummeted when doctors started washing their hands before delivering children. The first guy to suggest this, Ignaz Semmelweis, was met with scorn and ridicule for being unscientific. He ended up dying in a mental institute.

The US’s mental and physical health started to decline about 50 years ago. Besides the obesity epidemic there is also depression and addiction epidemics. Which the UK is experiencing as well. I assume these are all interrelated and have the similar causal mechanisms. They all have to do with dopamine stimulation.

[Arraya]

[quote=CONCHO]

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.[/quote]

Population growth is curbing itself. It started in the late 60s when the growth rate started to reverse. It topped off at 2.2% per year and now has dipped to under 1% globally. This trend is accelerating with some regions going negative. The world will top off at about 9 billion or just below then go into slow decline.

The population explosion of the 19th and 20th century was mainly due to public health measures and better nutritional understanding. People also used to have a lot of children because there was a very high infant mortality rate. This actually plummeted when doctors started washing their hands before delivering children. The first guy to suggest this, Ignaz Semmelweis, was met with scorn and ridicule for being unscientific. He ended up dying in a mental institute.

The US’s mental and physical health started to decline about 50 years ago. Besides the obesity epidemic there is also depression and addiction epidemics. Which the UK is experiencing as well. I assume these are all interrelated and have the similar causal mechanisms. They all have to do with dopamine stimulation.

[Arraya]

[quote=CONCHO]

If the numbers don’t start coming down quickly enough to curb population growth, some “unexpected” highly contagious diseases will appear soon.[/quote]

Population growth is curbing itself. It started in the late 60s when the growth rate started to reverse. It topped off at 2.2% per year and now has dipped to under 1% globally. This trend is accelerating with some regions going negative. The world will top off at about 9 billion or just below then go into slow decline.

The population explosion of the 19th and 20th century was mainly due to public health measures and better nutritional understanding. People also used to have a lot of children because there was a very high infant mortality rate. This actually plummeted when doctors started washing their hands before delivering children. The first guy to suggest this, Ignaz Semmelweis, was met with scorn and ridicule for being unscientific. He ended up dying in a mental institute.

The US’s mental and physical health started to decline about 50 years ago. Besides the obesity epidemic there is also depression and addiction epidemics. Which the UK is experiencing as well. I assume these are all interrelated and have the similar causal mechanisms. They all have to do with dopamine stimulation.

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