This whole "blaming fast food for obesity" thing really needs to stop.
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Sir John the Net Knight said:
...Uhwat?
You're seriously saying that homework is more of a contributing factor to obesity than fast food places? ...I'm not sure what to say here other than that
1. I really want you to show me some sources on where you're getting this notion that homework loads have increased a significant amount.
2. I'd like to point out that the majority of my friends spend only around 2 to 3 hours a night on homework and studying. I'd like to highlight the word night there. The majority of teens seem to do homework on weeknights, when they are going to be pretty sedentary(not to be a grammar nazi, but people aren't turning in to sediment) anyway. Those who do spend more time on schoolwork than this tend to be the higher ranked kids in my class, and I'd like to point out not-a-one of them is overweight.
Really, I have seen no correlation between schoolwork and obesity, I have a feeling you're just saying this because you don't like doing your homework. I could be wrong, but honestly, homework makes us fat? Come now.
haters gonna hate, eaters gonna eat. i blame being lazy and eating too much for fat people.
"but some people have a gentical.."
"shut up, what 60% of america has genetics that make them fat? where did this come from? if it is genetics than america would have always been fat you n00b"
"but some people have a gentical.."
"shut up, what 60% of america has genetics that make them fat? where did this come from? if it is genetics than america would have always been fat you n00b"
I eat at mcdonalds everyday and weigh 100 pounds how I actually go outside and run or burn calories instead of complain
because the don't want to feel acountable, because they think it makes them feel stupid if they do. the trend nowadays seems to be people playing themselves off as the victim so people feel sorry for them instead of pointing out their flaws.lucky_sharm said:
I work at McD's and we do have quiet a few healthy options, Salads, Yogurt, and etc. However, we do hundreds of burgers a day and only about 12-14 Salads.TeeBs said:
What I'm getting at is, yeah fast food shouldn't be blamed for what people eat.
Two things. First, your cholesterol level is a very poor indicator of your overall health and risk for heart disease. Your homocystine levels are a better indicator of your risk for heart disease.Hero in a half shell said:
Second, I heard of a study where a guy ate nothing but snack chips (Doritos, Lays, etc.) and snack cakes for a month. He occasionally ate some vegetables, and took a multivitamin, but other than that, nothing but snack food. The only catch was that he had to stay under 2000 calories per day.
The weird part is he lost weight and his overall health improved.
I don't know what that means, but I find it odd that every time we think we know what's up with our dietary needs, there's something like that which is just inexplicable.
For my part, I seem to think that it's the amount of food we eat, not necessarily the type of food, that makes the biggest difference. It could be as simple a matter as when you overload your body with too much food, it starts to get fatigued just processing it all.
That said, I've often wondered why nobody's been able to succeed with a fast-food restaurant that serves healthy food. Maybe it's too expensive, or people just don't like to eat healthy enough for it to work.
I believe the argument is that, in particular in poor neighborhoods; fast food is readily available. Good food is not. Meaning, fresh produce isn't exactly readily available in most inner-city neighborhoods. Fast food IS always readily available. And, that is a problem.lucky_sharm said:
I'm a 5'9" 130lb male. I'm also a vegan. My cholesterol level is appx 120 every time I get it checked. What's yours? What is the average poor person's cholesterol who has to dine at McDonalds every day?
And what do cardiologists say about cholesterol levels above 150 in general?
Issue is; people DO hold themselves accountable for things. It's just much easier to hold yourself accountable if mom and dad have upper-upper/middle class jobs and can feed you fresh produce and/or get your health care provided for by an insurance company - wait, you are OVER 22 and pay for your own health insurance and health care costs, right?
If not... might want to go a bit easier on those people who don't have the same entitlements... er, I mean, advantages, that you have.
In my experience in life people do the best they can with what they're given. I was very, very fortunate to have upper-middle class white parents.
I'll bet you were, too.
And... your parents are upper-middle class white people who have health insurance for you, right?Stammer said:
Do you also tally up the costs of time=money and meal prep=time?Ken Sapp said:
I'm with you, bro - I'm an upper-middle class white person who has always had medical insurance. Now I live in an (upper middle class, white) family that also has health insurance and extra time to wash veggies for dinner. My wife (a vegan, we're all vegan) spent 2 hours making soup for the "family" tonight because .she.has.time. to do this.
Wouldn't be the case if we were poor and had a few kids.
Epic Meal Time is the most disgusting thing I have seen since I learned about the Holocaust in history class.gphjr14 said:gamerguy473 said:I agree, but it is the nature of humanity to blame someone else for your problems.
Also, WTF IS UP WITH THIS CAPTCHA?!?!?
Hey at least I can tell yours is Hebrew.
I don't know what thats suppose to be at the end.
On topic Fast food an ever growing sedentary lifestyle plus lack of nutritional education (how dare the govt try and tell us we're fat) is the cause of a lot of the obesity in the US.
Where there is excess there will be hedonism.
That said, I like how they tried to make and drink out of a cup made of bacon. It didn't work, but I still think it was cool how they tried.
It is partially to blame. Simply by existing and selling tasty junk food they make they are part of the problem. Much of the time it is (but isn't necessarily, there will always be self-defeating fat people) a mixture of clever marketing and weak-willed "victims". Stressed out parents go there to buy a quick meal for their kids with the marketed "healthy options" or other such excuses at the back of their mind to appease their conscience. Then they buy a meal with a diet coke and think "oh what the hell, I may as well have a sundae, I deserve it".
It's not just fast food. If someone regularly eats regular McDonalds meals and lets themselves get fat, the odds are that they buy shitty supermarket food too. You know, stocking their trolley with fat free noodles, sugary tomato sauce, coke, hormone-fed cage chickens, "lite" ice-cream, falling for every health-related marketing gimmick even when they half know it's probably BS, and maybe throwing in a bag of frozen vegetables to make themselves feel better.
There are fast food restaurants here that actually sell vegetables, but you actually have to go look for them because they're not shoved in front of your face via corporate marketing campaigns, and perhaps *gasp* even step out of your car to buy it and maybe even persuade your children to eat that unfamiliar food that doesn't even have a toy or a colorful box or a sugary drink with it. I didn't even like McDonalds at first when I was a kid. I ate the fries, kept the toy, had like two bites of the burger, and coke tasted gross to me.
It's not just fast food. If someone regularly eats regular McDonalds meals and lets themselves get fat, the odds are that they buy shitty supermarket food too. You know, stocking their trolley with fat free noodles, sugary tomato sauce, coke, hormone-fed cage chickens, "lite" ice-cream, falling for every health-related marketing gimmick even when they half know it's probably BS, and maybe throwing in a bag of frozen vegetables to make themselves feel better.
There are fast food restaurants here that actually sell vegetables, but you actually have to go look for them because they're not shoved in front of your face via corporate marketing campaigns, and perhaps *gasp* even step out of your car to buy it and maybe even persuade your children to eat that unfamiliar food that doesn't even have a toy or a colorful box or a sugary drink with it. I didn't even like McDonalds at first when I was a kid. I ate the fries, kept the toy, had like two bites of the burger, and coke tasted gross to me.