How should we cut obesity?

[suityou01]

Had a BLT baguette and crisps for lunch yesterday. Bit of an indulgence. And two pints of IPA (4 units limit). Yet still managed to lose a pound.

Mind you I'm also walking like a constipated crab after those kettle bell swings

[d000hg]

Had a BLT baguette and crisps for lunch yesterday. Bit of an indulgence. And two pints of IPA (4 units limit). Yet still managed to lose a pound.

Daily weighings are daft. I got into this routine - exercise, strip, weigh, shower - and even though I weigh at the same time each day in the same conditions it can vary up to 3lb in consecutive days. Which is massive considering I only weigh 11st. I don't think I even consume 3lb of fluid and and food in any day so quite how that happens I have no idea!

[suityou01]

Agree doogie. I don't normally.

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Obesity 'costing same as smoking'

[The Spartan]

BBC News - Obesity 'costing same as smoking'

Makes me laugh when they say it should rely less on the individual, FFS no one is forcing them to eat Krispy Kreme's daily take some responsibility for your life.

[mudskipper]

Makes me laugh when they say it should rely less on the individual, FFS no one is forcing them to eat Krispy Kreme's daily take some responsibility for your life.

Stuffing ones face with crap can be an addiction like any other. So yes, individuals do need to take responsibility, but that's only part of the answer.

[vetran]

Makes me laugh when they say it should rely less on the individual, FFS no one is forcing them to eat Krispy Kreme's daily take some responsibility for your life.

maybe if the only food you can buy were healthy and unadulterated then maybe it would be easier for people to avoid?

Lets be honest most of the food on sale has been modified to increase profit not to enhance health.

[The Spartan]

maybe if the only food you can buy were healthy and unadulterated then maybe it would be easier for people to avoid?

Lets be honest most of the food on sale has been modified to increase profit not to enhance health.

It has I agree, but no one should have to nannied

People smoke and people drink, perhaps more than they should but that's down to them of course there are consequences but it's all rather well publicised these days through various media so there are no excuses though I agree there are exceptions.

[vetran]

It has I agree, but no one should have to nannied

People smoke and people drink, perhaps more than they should but that's down to them of course there are consequences but it's all rather well publicised these days through various media so there are no excuses though I agree there are exceptions.

Agree there is an element of nannying but if you look at

1.foods specifically designed to be addictive (Burger & Doughnut shops you know who you are)
2.the lack of correct information about dieting.
3.the dubious system of calorific value - my stomach isn't a furnace so why measure food that way?
4.cheap bad food and expensive good food.

you have to admit most people have the odds stacked against them.

[d000hg]

maybe if the only food you can buy were healthy and unadulterated then maybe it would be easier for people to avoid?

What a horrible idea. No Mars bars, no booze, no crisps, no greasy fry ups, no roast potatoes in goose fat, ...