Most disturbing US documentary I've seen: OBESITY

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"Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Biggest Threat"

I recommend everyone, especially the ones with children to watch this film. They banned junk food at schools in California and they showed footage of parents actually protesting against the ban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck? They were climbing fences to give their kids junk food.

There was also a part where some 12 year old girl got a liposuction.. 12 years old!!!!!!! The parents said "It's hereditary" for the reason why she's fat. Give me a break!!!!

It makes me cringe to see so many parents giving kids junk food and junk snacks. It also makes me cringe that parents allow their kids to get fatter and fatter and not do anything about it. If I ever have kids, they will never have fast food nor will they have junk food.

I love America but I agree that we do have an obesity problem. This is not ignorance; this is the fact and it's a national crisis.

"People want Osama Bin Laden dead; but the biggest terrorists are corn, fast food and pharmaceutical companies"

This documentary really opened my eyes about American obesity.
 
Please pass the pie...
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It's so sad eh?
 
The military is concerned about this also. If something very bad were to happen to our country and the military needed people right away, a growing portion of Americans will not be able to serve & defend our nation.

They view this as a matter of national security.
 
i was reading an article that pointed to the discovery of saturated fats causing heart disease being the reason for americas obesity. it claimed that the push to eliminate saturated fats left food bland, to counter act this more sugar and high fructose corn syrups have lead to huge weight gains. kind of makes since, people don't buy food that tastes bad but also don't want the fats.
 
I'm in the exercise science field, so my comments don't come lightly: this country has many more dangerous problems than obesity. This thread probably isn't the place to go into those problems.
 
Agreed, my kids will grow up without junk food in the house. I'll gladly spend money on outdoor toys they have to exert energy to use. My parents did that for me, I'll do that for my kids.

There's lots of blame to go around. I'll blame folks watching too much TV hyping crime, fatty foods, ever-longer commutes, and the latest "gotta have it" diet fad.
 
Originally Posted By: sciphi
Agreed, my kids will grow up without junk food in the house. I'll gladly spend money on outdoor toys they have to exert energy to use. My parents did that for me, I'll do that for my kids.

There's lots of blame to go around. I'll blame folks watching too much TV hyping crime, fatty foods, ever-longer commutes, and the latest "gotta have it" diet fad.


+1. You will have strong and athletic kids.
 
Originally Posted By: stranger706
The military is concerned about this also. If something very bad were to happen to our country and the military needed people right away, a growing portion of Americans will not be able to serve & defend our nation.

They view this as a matter of national security.


the military can change their entrance qualifications for the obese that want to serve the country. no discrimination against obese people bub
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Having the occasional snack or stop at Popeyes isn't the problem. Those around me eating Lean Cuisines for lunch at work trying to lose weight usually snack between meals and admit to having very large dinners. Others will eat well for a day, maybe two, but treat themselves to breakfast bowls and Wendy's on their "cheat" days. It's a little more than a cheat when it's a few days a week, though. :/

I'm thin, but not skinny, and love food of all shapes and flavors, and am really weak when it comes to ice cream and movie theater popcorn! Moderation! Older coworkers sometimes ask me how I can eat so little for meals. They ask, "that's it; that's all you're having? Does that even fill you up?" I think we've all forgotten that the point of eating is to sustain, not to fill our bellies to the brim. More and more it seems that you're not getting your money's worth or you're not getting a proper meal unless you're completely full. To be honest, getting used to smaller meals more often has shrunk my stomach to the point where I AM full after each small meal, though I'm usually hungry a couple of hours later.

I'm not here to preach to any one, but to express my opinion. Marketing and large, cheap chain restaurants have conditioned us to think that there's never enough, and, for $2.99 you should have Chain A's 2,000 calorie meal over Chain B's 1,500 calorie meal, because if you're not getting the absolute most to fill your belly, then you're getting ripped off. Don't forget about fourth meal! I used to feel bad about eating a bag full of tacosat 1am, until they came out with commercials telling me it was cool, that all the party people were doing it, too! haha
 
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Moderation! Just what you said!

I don't blame obesity on just fast food. It's also lifestyle.

Too easy for parents that work all day to just stop somewhere and get the kids a hamburger or whatever else they desire.

We don't eat fast food because of our health; my wife and I; but I am not going to deny my son a burger every so often. He eats a healthy, home cooked meal every night and just maybe on the weekend, he may get a burger or something.

Sadly, most parents don't sit at a dinner table anymore.
 
Here in Houston most restaurants offer meals so big, they're enough for 2. As Alice Cooper said in one of his songs "please clean your plate dear, the Lord above can see you, don't you know people are starving in Korea....."

This mentality was brought on by parents that remember the depression as kids. Back then you DID clean your plate mostly because there wasn't that much on it.

Nowadays, value is based on quantity or size of the meal, not it's nutritional attributes. I grew up in an Italian household so you can imagine what the meals were like there (huge, mostly pasta).

As Walt Disney once said in a Goofy cartoon about obesity, "to loose weight, simply put your hands on the dinner table and push"; that's part of it but also America needs to demand foods sweetened with natural sugar, cut the salt content WAY back, and whack the amount of saturated fat in the diet. Get some exercise of some sort.

That, and 'ol Walts' advice and America could get back on track.
 
I can tell you as a District Manager working on the road every day it's very easy to grab and go. Not because I work in the Food Service Industry but because my days are so crazy and can change by the hour at times and the signs I see driving by and the grease fryer smell I sometimes smell is enough to hook me.

Well since I had to change diets for a health related problem and have been packing things like rice/beans, lean cooked chicken breasts and vegetables, salads with hard boiled eggs, Rapini & Potatoes I have never felt better and have lost over 30 lbs. I feel much better.

It's amazing how things that taste so good can be sooo bad and how quickly things that are healthy for you like fruits/vegetables can become the norm and the things you crave instead of this junk!
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We need more of this in todays world...
 
Originally Posted By: stranger706
The military is concerned about this also. If something very bad were to happen to our country and the military needed people right away, a growing portion of Americans will not be able to serve & defend our nation.

They view this as a matter of national security.
Really because I am thinking I would want a fat person to get behind and give me cover, I imagine they could absorb alot of lead. I walking shield.
 
Actually, my 2 year old makes us eat better.


We've already been improving our diet before that, but our little guy loves fresh fruits and veggies. And drinks milk, juice and water (no Coke/Pepsi pop of any kind).

Oh, and he's getting us in shape too.
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(the kid can run)


His only vices are pizza and chicken nuggets (which he does get once in a while)
 
Originally Posted By: double vanos
Here in Houston most restaurants offer meals so big, they're enough for 2. As Alice Cooper said in one of his songs "please clean your plate dear, the Lord above can see you, don't you know people are starving in Korea....."

This mentality was brought on by parents that remember the depression as kids. Back then you DID clean your plate mostly because there wasn't that much on it.

Nowadays, value is based on quantity or size of the meal, not it's nutritional attributes. I grew up in an Italian household so you can imagine what the meals were like there (huge, mostly pasta).

As Walt Disney once said in a Goofy cartoon about obesity, "to loose weight, simply put your hands on the dinner table and push"; that's part of it but also America needs to demand foods sweetened with natural sugar, cut the salt content WAY back, and whack the amount of saturated fat in the diet. Get some exercise of some sort.

That, and 'ol Walts' advice and America could get back on track.


Like me, you probably grew up in a household that kicked your butt out of the house between meals in the summer to go run around the neighborhood. My parents weren't health-conscious; they just wanted us out of the house for a few hours, and we were all too happy to oblige!

The biggest part, to me at least, is exercise. I'm eating less than I usually do, but since I had surgery last year I haven't been nearly as active as I was previously and it shows. I'd have to cut out all of the tasty things I snack on during the weak and nights out with the gf on the weekends to get back into the shape I was before. OR, I could get off my lazy bum and work out a few days a week and keep enjoying what I enjoy. All it takes is a few months of doing something active before it becomes habit. After a while it'll slowly evolve into a harder to break routine. The hardest part is getting through the first few months, especially after so much time just going through the motions.
 
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Like me, you probably grew up in a household that kicked your butt out of the house between meals in the summer to go run around the neighborhood. My parents weren't health-conscious; they just wanted us out of the house for a few hours, and we were all too happy to oblige!

They had a part in the documentary about the USA using Shrek (an obese character) to tell kids to play outside an hour a day in commercials. In the same time, Shrek was shown on every junk food packaging LOL
 
On our little sojourn into the States, one of the first things that hit me was that wandering around the place (and wander we did, over 30 miles in the 5 days), we didn't really see many seriously overweight people in our normal travels.

Some tourists, some security personnel.

Everyone was walking, and walking like their life depended on it rather than being parked in a yellow cab.

San Francisco had more overweight people, which I can only sort of attribute to the fact that SF was way more car friendly than NY.

The cost of food (low), and portion size (huge) were also eye openers. Resteraunteurs were, in general, not very hospitable to us returning 1/3 to 1/2 of our meal, demanding to know "what's wrong with our food".

Simply telling them that it was lovely, but too much didn't wash in most of the cases
 
Originally Posted By: Shannow

Resteraunteurs were, in general, not very hospitable to us returning 1/3 to 1/2 of our meal, demanding to know "what's wrong with our food".

Simply telling them that it was lovely, but too much didn't wash in most of the cases


I've only recently gotten over the feeling of being cheap and started sharing meals with my S.O. Luckily, she's as frugal (with some things) as I am. Unfortunately, that usually just means there's more room for dessert at the end of the night!
 
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