Political correctness gone mad - childhood obesity - Page 8

On March 06 2012 21:17 Nallen wrote:
Anyone with even the slightest confusion about why there is such a large scale obesity problem in the States needs to put an American restaurant portion next to a European one. The veil should be lifted. Also you should perhaps try stocking some fresh fruit and veg in your super markets.

On March 07 2012 00:23 13_Doomblaze_37 wrote:
There is absolutely no evolutionary reason to be fat, unless you need to survive in a blizzard with minimal food.

On March 07 2012 00:23 13_Doomblaze_37 wrote:



This is so true. Not just European though. A japanese large sized meal is roughly the size of an american small, and a japanese large drink is smaller than an american small one.

Human's aren't meant to be fat. There is absolutely no evolutionary reason to be fat, unless you need to survive in a blizzard with minimal food.

The biggest problem is fast food and soda. We as a nation drink and eat so much shitty food that we got fat. Yes, some people have genetic disposition to be fat, but never obese. I have some big friends, some who are genetically big and some who are naturally big, but never huge. One of my friends made a conscious effort to cut bad food out of his diet and exercise, and in like 6 months he looked great. His brother is still fat because all he does is play WoW, but hes not obese because he doesn't eat fast food often.

Many americans drink multiple cokes every day, and eat fast food multiple times each week. It's cheap, tasty and addictive, but most importantly its terrible for you. If america cut out a majority of its fast food restaurants, it would almost fix the problem of childhood obesity.

I like what happened with disney, since it gets the idea out into the open, but the "attraction" never went through. I can't see it doing well, since it goes against a lot of what disney is, which is a place to have fun.

On March 07 2012 00:23 13_Doomblaze_37 wrote:
Human's aren't meant to be fat. There is absolutely no evolutionary reason to be fat, unless you need to survive in a blizzard with minimal food.

On March 06 2012 16:21 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Everything seems to be politicized in the U.S. and I think that is greatly harming the country. How someone can view Obesity in a positive light or think that such displays hurts people feelings and shouldn't be acceptable I can't understand. Reality is harsh and sometimes tough love is called for. It is a major major problem in the U.S. and is only getting worse it needs to be dealt with.

On March 07 2012 01:17 hongo wrote:
Getting fat is the result of a complete lack of self control. People "want" to lose the weight, but they don't want to change how they eat/live. It's ridiculous. (I have a 350 lb roommate so I get to observe this phenomena every day. And then he complains all the time.)

On March 07 2012 01:22 Nallen wrote:
Why don't many areas in the States have fresh fruit and veg?

My Dad moved from the UK to the US a few years back. He's put on about 60lb (and he's 5'8"). Now he was inactive before, being in his late 50's and is still inactive now. What's changed is the size of the meals and the quality of the food.

He asked us what size T-shirts my brother and I wear for Christmas present buying last year. We told him medium. The shirts we got were fucking huge.

On March 07 2012 01:22 liberal wrote:
It has nothing to do with "self-control," it's simply that his brain more frequently values the pleasure of eating/relaxing over the desire to be thinner. Your brain has been programmed to judge differently (and your genes/metabolism surely plays a factor as well), it doesn't mean your "self-control" is superior.

On March 07 2012 01:25 liberal wrote:

Oh jesus christ, here we go again, get the government involved and punish innocent people under atrocious reasoning...

Please people, please realize that there is no "unhealthy food," only unhealthy quantities of consumption of certain food.

There is nothing "unhealthy" about sugar, it's fundamental to survival... If I take a few sips of soda, it won't be unhealthy. If I drink a liter in a day, it will be unhealthy.

On March 07 2012 01:32 hongo wrote:


But that's what self-control is defined as, "self-denial: the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses." So by your own response, it has everything to do with self-control and denying himself the pleasure of eating pizza and wings 3 times a week. And you can "program" your brain, it's all about developing habits. It's not like he was a baby in the womb who was programmed to love food and love sitting in his char for 10 hours a day, it's a habit he developed. Of course it's hard to break habits and develop new ones, but it's not like it's out of his control.

On March 07 2012 01:34 vandelayindustries wrote:


Clearly some degree of regulation is necessary as the American people—on average—have proven they are incapable of taking care of their bodies.

The proportion of people who die in this country due to weight-related heart failure or prescription drug is overwhelming, I don't think it's enough anymore to say that people, due to constitutional right to free dominion over their body, should be exempt from criticism or punishment for their unhealthy and anti-social behaviors.

If you think over-eating to the point of obesity or poor health is not anti-social behavior but purely self-destructive you are very wrong.

On March 07 2012 01:35 liberal wrote:

Hmmm.... would you say he can also control his self-control, using... self-control? And so on, ad infinitum? I think I'm beginning to understand this type of thinking.