Posted on 05/08/2012 7:02:05 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday.
In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part of individuals. Instead, it embraces policy proposals that have met with stiff resistance from the food industry and lawmakers, arguing that multiple strategies will be needed to make the U.S. environment less "obesogenic."
The IOM, part of the National Academies, offers advice to the government and others on health issues. Its report was released at the Weight of the Nation conference, a three-day meeting hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cable channel HBO will air a documentary of the same name next week.
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Come on back after the Karo syrup. We’ll talk.
Run away now.
>>Pretty much you’re the only one out there saying it’s simple with no other stuff, out here in reality where people actually USE IT to successfully remove and keep gone 70 pounds (me) we understand that’s the quick way to say it but there’s a lot more to it.<<
Read the thread, lots of people are saying the same. And others in the Health industry that don’t have big lobbying groups.
You may think, calorie in/calorie out is shorthand. Talk to anorexics and bulimics. To them it’s set in stone. Sorry, I worked Psych. Unless one is seeing a nutritionist, “calorie in/calorie out” can be dangerous. Especially for young women.
I’ll be right here on FR.
You can ping me back to the thread.
>>Exercise IS NOT the only thing<<
I never said “the only”
I said “the key”.
Great. When you can discuss the magic calories that come in, don’t leave and don’t cause weight gain, ping me.
I’ve read the thread. You’re the only one saying it. Everybody understands there’s nutrition and metabolism and all that stuff.
I KNOW calories in/ out is a shorthand. Anorexics and bulimics are insane, so yes their integration with reality is flawed, and even they aren’t all calories in/ out, their problem lies in what they’re willing to do to not be fat and they’re thinking they are fat at all. I work out of psych with sane people that are frequently trying to drop pounds, they understand it’s a shorthand.
Weight Watchers?
Prove me wrong, ball is in your court.
Until you take in all your calories in Karo Syrup, you won’t know.
See ya later!
Weight Watchers doesn’t push calorie in/ out without thought of nutrition. They’re one of the organizations that pushes for average weight loss of no more than 2 pounds a week. They’re very much about healthy smart weight loss that revolves around dietary education.
No need to worry about it. If I know anything, I know this...Americans will continue to get fatter and fatter until they waddle off this mortal coil. Nothing’s going to change that. Our food supply is what it is, tailor made for wide-bodies.
You want me to prove the laws of thermodynamics?
Until you take in all your calories in Karo Syrup, you won’t know.
Is Karo Syrup somehow magic? I can eat 2400 calories, burn 2000 calories and never gain weight? Wow!
You should write a paper. You'll be famous.
OMG, you are Weight Watchers!
I knew it.
My grandparents and great grandparents did NOT exercise...they worked....they ate headcheese, and butter...and unless something else didn’t get them, ie murder...they lived long lives....so, sorry, as much as I believe in exercise (I’m a power walker)....I think other things are involved.
One of the numerous facts that you are assuming but is not true: all the calories that enter the mouth enters the blood stream. Actually, absorption from the intestines to the blood stream is not constant from one person to another.
Yeah...didn’t have food stamps either....and look now at the average weight of a food stamp recipient.....
I’m not assuming that at all.
If you want to claim that you can eat 2400 calories, burn 2000 calories, excrete 400 calories, and not gain weight, why do you think I would disagree?
>>I think other things are involved.<<
wait, did you read the rest of the thread?
So do I.
I was talking about losing weight with the exercise comments, btw.
Genetics are very important. I also brought that up, upthread.
Back up to 77
“Here is an easy experiment for you. Live for two weeks on Karo Syrup and a OneaDay vitamin. Forty TBSP (2.5 cups) will give you 2400 calories. By your theory, you should gain weight.”
GAIN.
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