Obesity

[vashti]

I advise You to read something about Aspartame (E951) , it's used instead of sugar in those 'light' products...

IMO, We should eat as few chemistry as it's possible... And to be honest all those 'light' products aren't real. They are full of chemistry. I just prefer to cook normal food:meat,fish,vegetables...With a 'diet' like this, You can't be wrong

Don't watch "Food Inc.".

[Petit Papillon]

Don't watch "Food Inc.".

Ok I won't

No but really, I wonder why it is so ... In Poland we cook a lot of meat and on a fat and we actually don't have problems with obesity. We also eat a lot of sweet cakes etc. I use 3-4 spoons of sugar to my coffee or tea ,when I cook I always use a lot of butter and oil and still I'm not a fatty and to be honest I don't know nobody who is really fat...

[vashti]

The US has a higher percentage of minorities, and minorities are overweight in higher percentages (and also suffer from diabetes in greater numbers). That movie Food Inc. said the number one predictor for obesity was poverty. Cheap food is also the kind that makes you fat.

Anyway, I think you are just being kind, papi. There are plenty of overweight Europeans, too. Your rates are rising steadily. Even *I* know some heavy Germans.

[url]http://www.seekwellness.com/wellness/reports/2003-11-07.htm[/url]

[Petit Papillon]

The US has a higher percentage of minorities, and minorities are overweight in higher percentages (and also suffer from diabetes in greater numbers). That movie Food Inc. said the number one predictor for obesity was poverty.

Anyway, I think you are just being kind, papi. There are plenty of overweight Europeans, too. Your rates are rising steadily. Even *I* know some heavy Germans.

[url]http://www.seekwellness.com/wellness/reports/2003-11-07.htm[/url]

Haha of course I know some overweight people, but really just few My stepfather is overweight lol (and German).But for example in Poland I don't remind me of nobody who is really overweight and if those are my old aunts hehehe. I'm talking mostly of young people. I know that in some age Your body isn't that fit anymore,no matter what you do

[Illusional]

I advise You to read something about Aspartame (E951) , it's used instead of sugar in those 'light' products...

IMO, We should eat as few chemistry as it's possible... And to be honest all those 'light' products aren't real. They are full of chemistry. I just prefer to cook normal food:meat,fish,vegetables...With a 'diet' like this, You can't be wrong

Diet soda doesn't contain any sugar.

shit you beat me to the punch...

if you look up the molecular break down of aspartame, it's all about starches. all starches get stored in your body if you don't burn them off.

raverboy

[Lipp]

Well, Im no expert, but aren't most disabilities thus far either genetic anomalies, psychological disorders or accidental injuries? What they have in common, I think, is that they are involuntary, too sudden, and often irreversible.

Obesity is pretty damn obvious when it comes to identifying the "symptoms", so can definitely be acted upon at an early stage, might be genetic in some cases but still think that it's possible to counter that in time (unless your parents are fat slobs who only feed their kids at mackeys), and far more deliberate than accidental.

Infrastructure for obese people is already available (same ramps and elevators that wheelchairs use), and I don't find it to warrant special benefits.

I work with assisting disabled students here at uni, and a blind or deaf person sure as shit deserves the help more than someone who's obese.

[cmacattack1]

I work with assisting disabled students here at uni, and a blind or deaf person sure as shit deserves the help more than someone who's obese.

They definately deserve more. Doesn't a fat person just need a fishing pole for a hat with a Twinkie on the end of it?

[Coco]

Wow cmac. That's not cool.

[Petit Papillon]

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[Illusional]

Wow cmac. That's not cool.

that was nice.. the cools guys are never nice.

raverboy

[DarkNeko]

Personally, I don't think it should be. People who are obese are the way they are because they chose to be fat. I'm sure some might have "thyroid problems" that make them overweight, and I do feel bad for the ones who can't help their weight. But a vast majority of the fat people in America are fat because they eat shit food and sit on their asses day and night; they indirectly choose to be huge by not eating a little healthier and by not getting up and moving around. It's the same for those stupid women who think pregnancy is a disability - they brought it on themselves and chose to put themselves through hell, and it's not a disability if you choose to do it to yourself. It's not like someone who got hit by a car and is paralyzed from the waist down...odds are quite good someone like that didn't choose to become a road waffle. IMHO, treating obesity like a disability will just make the fat people go, "Bawww, I'm disabled. Lookit mee!" and thus encourage the ass-sitting and overeating.

I'm not trying to be mean...I'm personallyhuge and I understand I have a tank ass because I don't exercise a lot and my diet isn't perfect. I try to change that, though. I'd be horrified if someone considered me to be disabled because my ass is size 15. I do think, though, that cosmetic weight-loss surgery should be covered by insurance for people who are overweight or obese. Yeah, it's sort of the easy way out as far as weight loss, but if it's clear the person isn't going to bother making an effort to lose weight, I think getting surgery involved is the best option to save these people from eating themselves to death.