<p>Why are we talking about health issues here? The fact is… the more meat you eat the faster the planet will heat up. If you think being 400lbs is healthy then that’s fine. But you don’t have to do that by eating four BigMacs per day… get more vegetables.</p>
<p>^ I wouldn’t call Big Macs “meat”. :P</p>
<p>^ Why not? Unless you live in India and they have veggie Big Macs or something…</p>
<p>It’s mostly meat except for some white bread and a ton of sauce.</p>
<p>^ If you think McDonalds is “food”, you might want to view this:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - The ultimate Mc Donald’s experience](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCfHA7AdjIY]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCfHA7AdjIY)</p>
<p>ha i cant deny the rampant fatness is suppose</p>
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<p>Actually, being slightly underweight is much healthier than being slightly overweight.</p>
<p>Keep believing that Shalashaska64</p>
<p>it’s da truff.</p>
<p>The point is that the definition of overweight and underweight are arbitrary, and based on old measurements done almost exclusively with white people. Some re-evaluation may be necessary.</p>
<p>Re:46-48… Caloric restriction is an interesting theory that seems to support longer lifespans. I don’t know if the drawbacks in terms of quality of life are worth it. You all can look it up if you’re curious.</p>
<p>not just that, but a bigger body requires a lot more energy to maintain…lean and cut is the way to go.</p>
<p>fat people only bother me when I’m on the subway.</p>
<p>I have a book bag, a textbook in hand, and a bag of track clothes…</p>
<p>The only available seat is the one next to the guy who is taking up not only his seat but either 1/3 or 1/2 of the seat next to him. I’m exhausted from running and fatty is exhausted from picking up the big mac and placing it in his mouth. The hand motion to do that must be over whelming.</p>
<p>Eliminating supersize as a menu option would greatly reduce the cost of health care in this country.</p>
<p>didn’t they already eliminate supersize?</p>
<p>Shalashaska64 - No, you are mistaken. Studies have shown that people who are somewhat overweight live longer than those who are underweight. </p>
<p>I’m honestly appalled by some of the attitudes here, to be honest. I’d be really interested to see if you people are as arrogant as you are acting about health in this thread as you are in other facets of your life. </p>
<p>The reality of the matter is that not all people have an equal ability to change. I’ll be the first to say that a upper-middle class person with no causal conditions has little excuse to be overweight. However, groups such as a the poor do not have the opportunities and circumstances to take care of their health. They cannot afford gym memberships, might live in areas where it is dangerous to be outside, and might be so busy trying to make ends meet that exercise simply isn’t an option. Secondly, poor areas tend to have limited access to supermarkets, where vegetables and fruits, due to their scarcity and as a function of their normal price, are prohibitively expensive. On the other hand, cheap and fattening processed foods high in fat and high fructose corn syrup can be purchased cheaply at most dollar/discount stores. </p>
<p>I don’t think that people in this country are necessarily fat because of a sedentary lifestyle. I think that contributes, but the biggest problem has been the shift toward highly processed “foods” that are created to trick our senses into believing that they have nutritional content when they do not. Instead, they have high calorie values and are pretty much nutritionally void, while the public is not educated either in school or elsewhere how to navigate a food environment where most items on the menu are not nutritionally sound. This just simply was not the case 50 or more years ago.</p>
<p>On a different note, I’d also like to add another fun fact, which is that people who tend to go up and down in weight within the range of normal (i.e. most health conscious people) are less healthy than people who are consistently a bit overweight. Now you know.</p>
<p>The study found lower all-cause mortality for slightly overweight people, not lower morbidity (sickness). If we want to define healthy as just not dying, then yeah, overweight is fine, but more chronic conditions affect heavier people. Again, 25 as a magic number for BMI is probably too simplistic to predict everything.</p>
<p>You’re right, Julie- poverty is one of the biggest factors. The cheapest food tends to be the least healthy. I think it would be a good idea if food stamps were worth more for healthy foods- fruits, vegetables, beans, greens, etc- than for unhealthy foods (soda, refined flour products and that type of thing.) Better public health in the form of more recent information, gleaned from studies not funded by the food industry, would also be helpful.</p>
<p>As for sedentary, I’m not sure how the amount of exercise people get compared to thirty years ago compares, but they sure didn’t have xbox or playstation.</p>
<p>^BMI is the dumbest stat ever created. BF % is a much better number. Over 25 for that is fail-worthy.</p>
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<p>There are studies for everything, legit or not. Caloric restriction is the only tried and true way to have a longer lifespan. Not sure how that works out if you’re overweight. You should really stop, you sound like a bitter/fat 17 year old. :/</p>
<p>Also, stop making excuses for poor people…they have this:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCxH88-9X8[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCxH88-9X8</a></p>
<p>It’s far from “tried and true” at this point. There is ongoing research on the topic, but only a few short-term trials have been performed on humans. Most of the data comes from animals, which means that we can’t translate the results directly to humans.</p>
<p>Ha all the fatties are getting p1ssed and defensive.</p>
<p>If you think being slightly overweight vs slightly underweight leads to a better/longer life, then you’re an idiot. End of story.</p>
<p>^Nothing is that simple…</p>
<p>“Not sure how that works out if you’re overweight. You should really stop, you sound like a bitter/fat 17 year old. :/”</p>
<p>I think you should really reconsider your own internet tactics. Ad hominem is the lowest form of argument and you’re making yourself seem really immature and light of having no real argument or refutation for what I’m saying. Ghetto workout? Give me a break.</p>
<p>Overweight? Yes. Bitter? No. I’m also 19 and a current health sciences major taking a class that talks about these exact issues. These aren’t “facts” that I’m pulling out of my rear to make me feel better about myself. I’ve learned them in a class that is required as part of the curriculum for many majors and minors in my current school. I recognize that being overweight myself is entirely my own fault, because I haven’t been responsible and owned up to the proper responsibilities and decisions that would make me healthier. However, there are so many people out there who simply do not have the choice, and that is who I am advocating for.</p>
<p>Reviling and ridiculing any group for something that is not mean spirited or intended to harm others, even if it is a choice in some cases, is entirely unacceptable. People are people, and I would hope that if some day you are forced to take steroids or cortisone for a chronic condition and it makes you overweight, that you will not have to face horrible discrimination and ridicule on a daily basis. It is simply not okay to view and treat people this way. </p>
<p>If you want to destroy my credibility, please attempt to provide some real, thoughtful criticism of my argument.</p>