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Thu Aug-05-10 01:03 AM
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| 95. Please don't confuse losing some weight with becoming "unobese" |
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I know you aren't, but plenty on DU are.
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| -Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials |
depakid |
Aug-03-10 11:36 PM |
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it's so easy to get food that is cheap and tastes good but so unhealthy |
JI7 |
Aug-03-10 11:40 PM |
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+1 |
SocialistLez |
Aug-03-10 11:58 PM |
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Aug-04-10 03:02 AM |
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Sorry, I'll always support cheap food (guess I'm just not that much of an over-paid latte liberal) |
smalll |
Aug-04-10 04:26 AM |
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Apart from your last line, I agree pretty much with what you say. |
Nihil |
Aug-04-10 07:26 AM |
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You have a good point too... |
Dappleganger |
Aug-04-10 08:55 AM |
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You should cut down on your stereotypes. |
Demit |
Aug-04-10 07:40 AM |
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So according to you, the issue is not that they eat bad food but that they are lazy. |
Javaman |
Aug-04-10 08:16 AM |
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"without choice" |
Igel |
Aug-04-10 11:39 AM |
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I have no idea what point you are trying to make. nt |
Javaman |
Aug-04-10 01:15 PM |
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+1 |
burnsei sensei |
Aug-04-10 09:13 PM |
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Agree with cutting down on your stereotypes and also want to share my morbidly obese story with you |
tpsbmam |
Aug-04-10 10:16 AM |
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Applause! |
Ratty |
Aug-04-10 10:57 AM |
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"Latte liberal"? Now where did I hear THAT phraseology before? -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Aug-10-10 10:55 AM |
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Thats what happens when you actually eat according to the old 'food pyramid'. |
geckosfeet |
Aug-03-10 11:57 PM |
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I swear, this is by design... |
givemebackmycountry |
Aug-04-10 12:04 AM |
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It's people! |
mwb970 |
Aug-04-10 06:49 AM |
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I have thought that for a long time... |
Javaman |
Aug-04-10 08:18 AM |
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if a product is absolutely, harmful to health we only put a warning on the label |
KurtNYC |
Aug-04-10 12:03 PM |
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This planet and likely this nation are heading into food shortages. |
aquart |
Aug-04-10 12:04 AM |
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that's no reason to stay that way though |
shanti |
Aug-04-10 02:17 PM |
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Hormones and chemicals to fatten animals also fatten humans ...it's in our water . .. |
defendandprotect |
Aug-04-10 12:08 AM |
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Bingo. They don't call them "obesogens" for nothing |
Lorien |
Aug-04-10 12:50 AM |
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I am hypothyroid |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-04-10 02:08 AM |
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It's still calories-in/calories-out, even when hypothyroid. |
Igel |
Aug-04-10 11:59 AM |
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With all due respect |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-04-10 12:18 PM |
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Kudos Missy Vixen |
DebbieCDC |
Aug-04-10 05:15 PM |
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According to my calorie counting iPhone app I'm supposed to be losing weight but I'm not. |
dkf |
Aug-04-10 12:11 AM |
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.... |
Lorien |
Aug-04-10 12:53 AM |
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We don't all burn calories at the same rate. There's this thing called metabolism. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-04-10 04:33 AM |
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While I agree with you, I think something else is at work here. |
CTyankee |
Aug-04-10 08:37 AM |
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Lots of things. |
Igel |
Aug-04-10 12:16 PM |
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People who did hard physical labor could burn the calories in what |
JDPriestly |
Aug-04-10 02:25 PM |
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Animals were herbivores then . . . our capitalistic masters have changed them into cannibals .... |
defendandprotect |
Aug-04-10 02:51 PM |
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My salad dressing recipe: balsamic vinegar, a bit of tap water (filtered) |
JDPriestly |
Aug-05-10 02:19 AM |
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Weight Loss is nearly impossible with Hypothyroidism |
MsLizzy |
Aug-12-10 11:48 AM |
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If diets worked |
undergroundpanther |
Aug-04-10 01:21 AM |
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It's called The Capitalism Diet |
NJCher |
Aug-04-10 01:54 AM |
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Healthy eating and exercise do work |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 05:20 AM |
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Work to do what? |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 06:55 AM |
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When did I mention anything about a so-called "ideal weight"? |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 07:27 AM |
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The two statments you made are logically equivalent, |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 07:25 PM |
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Don't you think that is a hell of a good start? |
Nihil |
Aug-04-10 07:28 AM |
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Sure it's good start. And a perfectly acceptable end point as well |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 07:24 PM |
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To point is to get yourself "unobese" -- that's what we are saying |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 09:00 PM |
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and who died and made "you" king shit? |
Scout |
Aug-04-10 10:24 PM |
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Only if you are willing to not have a life |
eridani |
Aug-05-10 12:59 AM |
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Did you see the YouTube of Jillian Michaels' outtakes? |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-04-10 12:08 PM |
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hey health officials, been to the grocery store lately? Checked out the prices lately? |
flyarm |
Aug-04-10 02:36 AM |
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While that's a problem, it doesn't help explain the anomaly researchers noted in Washington, DC |
depakid |
Aug-04-10 02:55 AM |
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Aug-04-10 03:05 AM |
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saigon68, these photos are unbelievable. Are they photoshopped? |
JDPriestly |
Aug-04-10 04:36 AM |
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They are (were) real |
saigon68 |
Aug-04-10 03:42 PM |
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I Do Hope You Realize That Publishing People's Images |
Demeter |
Aug-04-10 05:29 AM |
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I Do Hope You Realize That Censoring People's Images Does Not Make The Problem Go Away. |
Nihil |
Aug-04-10 07:49 AM |
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The photos apparently broke DU rules |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 07:54 AM |
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Without wishing to wind up the mods ... |
Nihil |
Aug-04-10 08:21 AM |
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ah -- gotcha |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 08:22 AM |
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Very overweight people, some of whom were wearing skimpy clothing. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-04-10 02:27 PM |
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depakid, you hit the nail on the head. Walking regularly is the secret. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-04-10 04:35 AM |
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Bullshit. I've been precinct walking and doing census work since March |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 06:53 AM |
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You might find that it's affected your lean body mass ratio |
depakid |
Aug-04-10 05:08 PM |
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Yes, this is very true. I'm sure my body composition has changed |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 06:51 PM |
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The thing is, cheap health IS healthy food |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 05:22 AM |
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The biggest problem with cheap, healthy food seems to be that most of it requires cooking. |
Arkansas Granny |
Aug-04-10 08:48 AM |
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"I raised 4 kids on cheap, healthy food" |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 11:14 AM |
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I heard somebody saying that on NPR. If people cooked their meals more |
CTyankee |
Aug-04-10 02:37 PM |
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Processed food costs more than buying from scratch.. |
snooper2 |
Aug-05-10 09:36 AM |
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And McDonald's Keep Popping Up Every Few City Blocks..... |
Anakin Skywalker |
Aug-04-10 04:15 AM |
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Portion size is a huge problem (forgive the unintended pun) |
Lightning Count |
Aug-04-10 10:01 AM |
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Yep, people are too lazy to cook is a big part of it... |
snooper2 |
Aug-05-10 09:38 AM |
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Always wondered if there's a link to hopeful future |
Marthe48 |
Aug-04-10 05:44 AM |
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That's always a possibility ... |
Nihil |
Aug-04-10 07:42 AM |
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and if we can't do it for ourselves, try to think of loved ones! |
Marthe48 |
Aug-04-10 07:48 PM |
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That's true enough! |
Nihil |
Aug-05-10 08:56 AM |
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There are no complications of obesity unless you are too fat to move |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 06:58 AM |
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I would like to see a link to that, because I don't believe it for one second |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 07:30 AM |
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Stress on systems is good for you. Otherwise why bother with weight training? |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 07:20 PM |
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WTF are you talking about??? |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 09:31 PM |
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If you are fat and move regularly, you are a "weightlifter" |
eridani |
Aug-05-10 01:01 AM |
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exactly right. i had my bone density scan at 50 years old.... |
Scout |
Aug-05-10 08:34 AM |
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I'll add a big ditto to that |
eridani |
Aug-06-10 01:57 AM |
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And yet our life expectancy continues to rise... |
Imajika |
Aug-04-10 07:23 AM |
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Not if the goals are stupid |
eridani |
Aug-04-10 07:36 PM |
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I don't disagree with that... |
Imajika |
Aug-04-10 10:11 PM |
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Please don't confuse losing some weight with becoming "unobese" |
eridani |
Aug-05-10 01:03 AM |
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Why are red states so overweight? |
tabasco |
Aug-04-10 07:30 AM |
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Perhaps if there were a study showing what the rise in poverty is in relation to the rate of obesity |
Javaman |
Aug-04-10 08:09 AM |
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i think there's a lot of wisdom in your comments (anger too :) |
roscoeroscoe |
Aug-05-10 08:36 PM |
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No mention of corn subsidies or HFCS. |
BadgerKid |
Aug-04-10 09:14 AM |
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If we ban food in bars, and inside restaurants, and then tax the hell out of food |
The Straight Story |
Aug-04-10 09:23 AM |
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I don't think making food more expensive is going to help anyone. |
superconnected |
Aug-04-10 11:21 AM |
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I was being sarcastic :) |
The Straight Story |
Aug-04-10 11:36 AM |
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I didn't even think of that as applying to cigarettes which it totally is written for. |
superconnected |
Aug-04-10 11:39 AM |
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More activity is the key. Does anyone remember the old 50's diet???? |
Lightning Count |
Aug-04-10 09:39 AM |
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But |
RaRa |
Aug-04-10 01:57 PM |
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Exactly right. |
Lightning Count |
Aug-04-10 06:35 PM |
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.... |
woo me with science |
Aug-04-10 10:14 AM |
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Wall-E's world is our future. Kind of creepy, isn't it? |
Jennicut |
Aug-04-10 09:36 PM |
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The only difference is |
woo me with science |
Aug-05-10 06:21 AM |
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It's time to enact an obisity fee. It will at least help pay for costs they inflict on the public. |
Xenotime |
Aug-04-10 11:25 AM |
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How about a stupidity fee? |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-04-10 11:57 AM |
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Christ what an asshole. |
zzapatista |
Aug-04-10 11:37 AM |
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Look, you can't attack people in food deserts for being lazy. |
alp227 |
Aug-04-10 03:37 PM |
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We aren't n/t |
LostinVA |
Aug-04-10 09:02 PM |
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I've recently learned from my doc that my weight problem is from a deficiency in a metabolite... |
Odin2005 |
Aug-05-10 08:28 AM |
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how did you and your doctor discover the carnitine deficiency? if i may ask. n/t |
Scout |
Aug-05-10 08:30 AM |
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My dietician noted that I fit the symptoms exactly and then told my GP to... |
Odin2005 |
Aug-05-10 03:18 PM |
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is this over the counter |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Aug-05-10 09:22 AM |
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No, prescription. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-05-10 03:15 PM |
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Our culture accepts obesity as a natural part of aging as losing your teeth and smoking were |
pampango |
Aug-05-10 09:10 AM |
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fast foods should have the number of calories in big numbers on the front |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Aug-05-10 09:20 AM |
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There are many factors but the sedentary lives of people in the US is a big factor |
dugaresa |
Aug-05-10 09:31 AM |
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Yep. |
krabigirl |
Aug-12-10 04:16 PM |
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Four words |
Prisoner_Number_Six |
Aug-12-10 12:12 PM |
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... |
SLCLiberal |
Aug-12-10 01:33 PM |
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The 1950's diet was much healthier |
MoonGlow |
Aug-12-10 09:22 PM |
#117 |
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