Oh GAWD! You had to bring up FAT TED! ugh!
Posted on 09/03/2006 5:56:04 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
Obesity has reached pandemic proportions throughout the world and is now the greatest single contributor to chronic disease, an international conference was told here.
"This insidious, creeping pandemic of obesity is now engulfing the entire world," Australia's Monash University professor Paul Zimmet, chair of the 10th International Congress on Obesity, said on the opening day of the conference.
The spread of the problem was "led by affluent western nations, whose physical activity and dietary habits are regrettably being adopted by developing nations," Zimmet told more than 2,000 delegates.
The world now has more fat people than hungry ones, according to World Health Organisation figures, with more than a billion overweight people compared to 800 million who are undernourished.
The congress on obesity is held every four years, with the last three staged in Toronto (1994), Paris (1998) and Sao Paulo (2002).
"The conference will treat obesity as the keystone of all health priorities because it is the single greatest contributor to chronic disease throughout the world," said University of Sydney professor Ian Caterson, the event co-chair.
"There are now more overweight people in the world than undernourished and we are seeing the double burden of the extremes of malnutrition -- undernutrition and overnutrition -- in many developing countries.
"We know this is not about gluttony -- it is the interaction of heredity and environment. We know that small changes can make a big difference in peoples weight and health."
Zimmet said the problem needed urgent solutions -- not just widespread changes to diet and exercise but the rethinking of national policies on urban and social planning, agriculture policy, education, transport and other areas.
He also warned in an opening address that the growth of obesity-related diabetes, or so-called "diabesity", was set to bankrupt health budgets all over the world.
Around 370 speakers and presenters at the six-day congress will discuss a range of issues, including scientific research on how the brain regulates energy and advances in the prevention and clinical management of obesity.
The conference is being attended by academics and health professionals from Australia, Japan, the United States, Britain, Canada, Sweden, Indonesia and New Zealand.
As a recovering alcoholic I can attest to the fact that I have had plenty of disgust thrown at me. :^}
The Doritos Pandemic...one of the great tragedies of the century. ;)
I also have 30 year old clothing I still wear that are 7-8. But when I buy clothing recently, The 7-8s all seem too large: eased seams and Lycra. I admit the 4s are rare for me,although I have a couple pairs of chinos in that size, but I have recently bought several 5-6s. I go to shops that specialize in riding clothes for jeans that are still slim cut with no stretch and then I still fit a 7-8.
Oh GAWD! You had to bring up FAT TED! ugh!
I'd drink to that!!!!
Ridiculous. A can of beans is less than $1.00. Chicken pieces can easily be found for under $2.00/pound. Eggs are $1.00/dozen. And the poor can't afford a high-protein diet?
As for exercise, how many of these poor have cable television, and how many hours do they spend watching it?
No, the poor are fat for the same reason they are poor: they put instant gratification above their long-term good.
Yep!
First, sorry about the loss of your cat. I know pets can be a source of great affection and love.
Now, in reply. I agree. That's why I peddle an exercise bike as I Freep.
lol
Oh yes! LOL And people wonder why they are charged for two seats on an airplane....
Why?
Because we don't cowtow to their BS and we don't believe in the same $hit as they do....
Oh I doubt it. I've known smokers who live well into their 80's and 90's!
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Yep. More Dumbing Down Of Americans!
If you do not see the nanny-state hands in this I feel for you. I believe I proved my point in commenting regarding your analogy with smoking and cancer.....look where that "information" has brought us.
The lawsuits against the fast food industry have already begun based on this hype about an obesity "pandemic." And many of the same people who iniated the lawsuits agains the tobacco industry are behind the fast food lawsuits, and even brag about how they will use the arguments they honed on big tobacco to bring down fast food.
Walmart shopping is an adventure in freak shows. I recently saw a young woman.....she had so many rolls of fat on the front of her it was spellbinding. I finally realized she was bra-less and those bulges went all the way to her waist......I have not ventured into walmart since. Who can grocery shop....and to top it all off........she had a bare midriff. Enough to make a sane person fast for a week.
But if you smoke--we will ban your nasty "habit" because we have rights. We will force you to partake in your bad habit only in your home (until we can ban that too).
What goes around comes around. I think we need supervised government intervention and exercise for the fatties. Shut down the fast food places and make 'em the next money boon for the states. Make 'em pay and make the tubby's suffer by banning all fast food and forcing them to cook in their own home.
It is only for THEIR good we do this.
I think that there is where the difference between us may be....7/8, 5/6, 9/10 are Junior sizes. I can't wear them, I have to wear Misses; 8 or 10. There is a difference in the cut. I'm 5'10 and weigh 120-125, with long legs and long arms.
Excellent points.....it is actually far cheaper to eat well balanced meals than it is to eat junk food/prepackaged foods.
Fresh produce can get a bit pricey when it's out of season in someone's particular area, but frozen is just as good and often less expensive.
Watching for sales is the ticket. Unless I'm splurging and getting boneless chicken breasts, I never pay more than 59cents/pound for chicken parts........and generally even lower than that. For less than $20 dollars I can fix at least 10 dinners for my family of 3.
you want a real nightmare, shop at a PX.
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