Harvard Study: Snack Foods And Soda Not Linked To Obesity

The Center for Consumer Freedom ^ | September 21, 2004 | The Center for Consumer Freedom

[BattleFlag]

Please, don't confuse the trial lawyers with logic and fact.

[Mears]

Ignore all studies. Ignore all polls.

This has been my mantra for many years.

[harrycarey]

snack foods and soda are actually not a cause of childhood obesity.

Is this from Scrappleface, The Onion or DEBKA?

[null and void]

My [very wide] ass!

[Mike Bates]

Finally, some good news!

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Asclepius]

Harvard Study: Snack Foods And Soda Not Linked To Obesity

My massively-swollen butt and cottage-cheese thighs argue otherwise! My enormous girth takes issue with that claim! My plaqued-out arteries all testify against the researchers of Harvard! Every quivering, sweating, jelly-like inch of me balks at their so-called study! I shall eat ten sticks of butter like snickers bars and wash them down with six Red Bulls to express my indignation!

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

The truth is that is is simply a balance between calories taken in and calories burned. A kid who is on the cross country track team and who runs a good number of miles a day can eat all the junk food he wants and not gain an ounce..... but the kid who sits in front of a TV will not burn off those junk food calories fast enough.

[BattleFlag]

The truth is that is is simply a balance between calories taken in and calories burned. A kid who is on the cross country track team and who runs a good number of miles a day can eat all the junk food he wants and not gain an ounce..... but the kid who sits in front of a TV will not burn off those junk food calories fast enough.

I think you get the point of the article that it's a lack of activity that is the biggest contributor to obesity in children and adults. If one is sedentary and take in too many calories (which can come exclusively from non "junk" foods), they will gain weight. So it appears that it's a behavioral thing.

Unfortunately for the litigious, there is little money in suing yourself.

[Old Professer]

It always comes down to "asstime."

[BattleFlag]

"It always comes down to "asstime."

LOL! Spoken like a true professor!

[Pres Raygun]

A study that does not find a statistically significant link between two factors does not prove that one factor does not cause the other. It simply means that the study failed to find a link if a link actually exists. Now if a study cannot find a statistically significant link it is probable that in reality the link does not exist, but it is still possible that the a real link was masked by other factors that the study could not control. I'm not taking sides in this particular debate. I'm just pointing out that a statistically insignificant result, doesn't prove a thing. Researchers tend to gloss over this fact, because they don't want to admit that their study was a waste of time and taxpayer's money.

[luckystarmom]

I have 3 kids. My twin daughters are much more active than my son. They swim almost every day in the summer. They play outside more than he does. He is a computer geek kid.

My son is very skinny. One of my twin daughters is a good weight. My other daughter is heavy. My daughters eat a lot more than my son. They always have. They want seconds on almost every meal.

My heavy daughter really put on weight one summer when she was about 3 or 4. She was just old enough to open the refrigerator, and I didn't figure out until later that she was going in and getting juice boxes drinking them and throwing them away. After a few months and a few pounds later, I found out and started keeping juice boxes in the garage.

I won't let my daughters eat seconds on high calorie food now. I tell them they can have seconds on vegetables and fruits.

My girls are both big. One of them is almost 8 and weighs 76 pounds. She's tall, and I hope she grows into her weight. I don't believe in a little girl dieting. I do think she eats too much candy and junk from parties, holidays, etc.

[mewzilla]

Insufficient vigorous activity? There isn't enough time in the day for kids to work off the fat and calories from a lot of this stuff. Better answer: if you can't/won't work it off, don't eat it.

[jonrick46]

Most kids do not have access to the types of recreation that was available to children of earlier generations. Things like climbing tree, riding horses, and walking through the woods are replaced with safe activities. TV watching is an activity that has less risk than playing hopscotch on a sidewalk full of child molesters. We are raising a generation of safe, indoctrinated, and fat children.

[Nov3]

I shall eat ten sticks of butter like snickers bars and wash them down with six Red Bulls to express my indignation!

Bleeeeeck!!!!

Drink the sugar free Monster energy drink! They rock and TASTE GOOD something the Red Bulls don't.

[snakeoil]

Ignore all studies. Ignore all polls.



You are one smart and I'll bet happy individual. It is a wonder only half the US population is crazy. One week they are told this- the next week - nope this and blah bla bla.
I guess many Americans don't have much of a life except following polls and studies.
Oh well to each his own.
I hope you converted a few tonight.

[A Navy Vet]

High fructose corn syrup(a low-cost sugar substitute) is in almost everything that tastes sweet. It is a main cause of obesity. Check your labels...you'll even find it in spaghetti sauce. Contrary to old nutritionist beliefs, it's no longer a matter of equal calories being burned to those taken in. Not all calories are equal.

[chilepepper]

Sex doesn't cause pregnancy either! (not)

[BattleFlag]

I think it's not debatable that so called junk food can certainly contribute to obesity as can any food product that contains calories. I had always heard "eat fruit, eat fruit" and I discovered that my love of grapes was an impediment to my weight loss program because of the fructose content.

But for purposes of litigation a single culprit must be defined. Simply being one of many possible causes doesn't do the plaintiff's case any good.

[dougherty]

I'd say it's a combination of junk food and video games.