I agree. It's smoking that keeps / kept people thin and since smoking has been vilified in the U.S. a lot of people are now overweight as a result.
I've said this for a long time. Tell our kids to stop eating instead of having them eat to compensate for lack of affection, THINGS, etc. They'll soon be diseased with diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.
I agree. It is rare to see kids on bikes. I am on the bike path or the adjacent hiking path every day of the week. I rarely see kids. Occasionally one or two with a parent who is into biking. During the school year, a high school biking class. What I do see the most? - competitive bikers getting their training miles in. Also, dog walkers (mostly seniors) on the nature trails. A few joggers. On the weekend, many recreational bikers, mostly younger professional types 25-45. All told, considering this is a metro area of one million people, it’s not that crowded.Yea, I never see any kids in public, do they still make them?
The only bike riders around here are mostly meth-tweakers riding a stolen bike...
here where I live, the kids are out playing every day.. on bikes, scooters, roller skates just as we did when we were kids. The very small ones have their parents with them and walk to the park, but kids from about 9 upwards are out playing alone or with friends..Yea, I never see any kids in public, do they still make them?
The only bike riders around here are mostly meth-tweakers riding a stolen bike...
Probably some truth to that, which do you think is worse for one's health?I agree. It's smoking that keeps / kept people thin and since smoking has been vilified in the U.S. a lot of people are now overweight as a result.
I went with obesity as worse since it leads to so many otther health issues including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, risk of heart attack or heart disease etc ….
Thanks, that is interesting... kind of depressing actually.
It is. I think I’ll take up smoking!
Same in Canada! I'm no "starvin' Marvin" either but I am concerned about so many young people in their late teens early twenties looking obese! Watch the average street scene and you see way too many "waddlers!" One of my guilty pleasures was Egg McMuffins until I read on their menu they were over 560 calories each! I no longer treat myself to them, despite the fact that I no longer watch my diet, but 1100 calories for breakfast? No way, no longer!
Funny you should mention that. A nurse measured my height recently and I told her I used to be 5'9" she just laughed, "no longer!"
Ultimately, the loss of freedom to eat what one wants or smoke a cigarette is worse for someone's health. We can't know what another person is dealing with in life, what pain they suffer. We've all been through difficult times when we felt oppressed and powerless. If someone derives some comfort or at least a little control over their life by eating a burger with fries or smoking a cigarette then let them do so without judgment. They may be hanging on to sanity by a thread and staring at them in judgment as the OP suggested is more than they can take.
Yes, and if you eat fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight -- and then you'll need fewer calories because you'll be smaller, and later you'll need even fewer calories because your metabolism will have slowed down to help you live through the perceived famine. After a year or so you won't be able to eat more than about 600-800 hundred calories a day without gaining. Meanwhile your leptin levels will have doubled (leptin being the hunger producing hormone) so you'll be ravenously hungry all the time even though your body is starting to gain back weight on about 600 calories a day.
This is so old school and actually incorrect.
Interesting perspective, and I would agree that people should be free to make their own choices about food and other lifestyle things so long as they don't hurt anyone else. Doesn't mean the government and others shouldn't try to provide guidance and help in making healthier choices, but I don't believe it should be forced or anyone criticized for their choices. I have lots of obese and/or smoking friends and family, I think no less of them for it.
Allowing personal choice is the obvious answer, ever without the shooting threat. Do you think our anti-smoking or anti-obesity programs have lead to some of the mass shootings?
Very unfortunate... but true fact.
McD's has seemed to downsize everything as they nearly doubled some of their prices. My daughter had a McMuffin last week and that darn thing was tiny compared to what it used to be! I looked up the stats, and it seems that they now have 310 calories which makes sense since they're so much smaller. Now that doesn't mean they're healthy, Salty
because they still have 30g total carbs and a shocking 770mg of that evil sodium. @Old Salt
Yes, but the 11 above us are mostly small Pacific Island nations, none are what we'd consider Western...
