Study: Most Will Be Fat Over the Long Haul

ap on Yahoo ^ | 10/3/05 | Alex Dominguez - ap

[mplsconservative]

I'm a grazer too, that's why I don't like buffet places.

it's just not worth the money for the amount of food I can eat, not to mention the quality of steam table food.

I love my "leftover boxes" of entrees of moo-shi pork or spicy da-chin chicken from a good Chinese restaurant. I've got a snack for later and a couple of lunches.

I'm 45, and despite the eventual sag brought on by gravity (d'oh) I can still fit into a size 4 or 6. Nightly walks help too, post dinner. Our dogs wouldn't have it any other way, and believe me, that's not easy in Minnesota when it's below zero. Routine is key.

[speekinout]

I love buffets. I never get my money's worth, but I do like to have a bite or two of everything. I really like Brunch buffets, where I can eat fake eggs, bacon, potatoes, chipped beef, fruit and desserts. It's expensive for what I eat, but I love the stuff.

I get my moo-shi as carry-out. Double pancakes, and double sauce. Keeps me happy for at least two days. :-)

I really think that portion size is the secret to healthy weight. Buffets don't help.

[mplsconservative]

Oh, I've got my bottle of hoisin sauce in the fridge for my moo-shi, plus tortillas make a tasty substitue for the pancakes.

Kind of a pan-Asian/Hispanic fusion. It's not for everyone! LOL!

[Atlas Sneezed]

90% of the people that the medical establishment wish to describe as 'overweight' are not overweight. The medical establishment has sought to describe everything as a treatable malady, and the pharmaceutical poison manufacturers are goading them along to enrich themselves.

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We probably disagree on that 90% number.

I also wonder about the medical/pharm conspiracy when the solution is merely to get more exercise and to eat less of healthier food.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Few people live passed 80 who were not 'chubby' when they were 60. most of the skinnies die in their 60's and 70's (those who didn't have massive heart attacks in their 30's, 40's, and 50's)

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Where did you come up with these notions? This is the first I have ever heard of fattening up in your 60s as a strategy to survive your 80s!

And those who have heart problems young would seem to be the fatties, not the skinnies.

[FeliciaCat]

1. Sugar.
2. Corn Syrup.

Both of these are in so many food products its mind boggling.

[CheneyChick]

Yum! What time is dinner?

[editor-surveyor]

"And those who have heart problems young would seem to be the fatties, not the skinnies."

That is the politically correct point of view, but it is not born out by the facts. Most heart disease is suffered by very thin people. Most Alzheimers occurs in thin people. Most macular degeneration occurs in thin people.

The exception seems to be type 2 diabetes, which frequently finds those who gain weight after 40 after being thin in their youth among it's victims.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Most heart disease is suffered by very thin people.

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But we are talking about the health effects of being overweight, compared to normal weight, not "very thin" people.

Losing flab by eating moderately and healthy, and by exercising,provides a health benefit for virtually everyone who has flab.

[dfwgator]

Over the long haul we'll all be dead.

[Atlas Sneezed]

1. Sugar.
2. Corn Syrup.

Both of these are in so many food products its mind boggling.

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Indeed. They are especially common in "low fat" products that dieters are drawn to, and often worsen, not help, their overweight problems.