Posted on 03/16/2005 7:16:40 PM PST by neverdem
Hey, look on the bright side. Social Security might not be in such bad shape in the future if we can up the early mortality rate. I think we should make people smoke too...
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Obsesity Threatens to Reverse Growth in U.S. Life SpansSo ya all stop Obsesing!
You'll just have to pay more taxes on X when we smokers get sent to the gulag.
Shorten lifespan by five years... that's what the alarming headline is all about?
Good catch! The Times doesn't have spellcheckers or proofreaders?
We're all going to check out someday. Alarming headlines or no.
OK, I don't think I should be on this thread as I dunk my chocolate chip cookies in 2% milk. :-)
The same people who think we consume too much and medical care is wasted on too many old people now bitch about us NOT living long enough to use more oil and raw materials? Shut up already and let us enjoy our fatter, shorter lives!
Rinsed my diabetes medication down with a cold beer, I'm ready to post now...
Shocking. We're going to die. Next generation is dumber, fatter, less healthy. More opportunities for my healthy, smart, thin son.
Then I started packing on the pounds like crazy.
It was unbelievable how unhealthy, disgusting and unfit being overweight made me feel.
I finally managed to lose most of weight I gained and at 50 feel healthier and stronger than I have for many years.
I have no doubt that being overweight cuts years off your life.
Hey, who am I to deny a family of worms a good meal because I wanted to be skinny.
oh there's no doubt this child generation will die younger than their parents. drug use? the same, but worse drugs. other drug use? prescription drugs? ridiclously high with severe side effects. no more physical activity. as the article said, worse diet. more fear, more danger. hey, we can't have everyone living forever!
My kids are running around all day and are skinny and hard as oak rails. There is not one packaged piece of crap in this house and the only cakes they ever see are homemade ones on birthdays.
It's all because of the Michael Moore wannabees.
I blame the more sedentary childhoods more kids are experiencing. Less exercise, more television.
I don't know that people have to change their behavior all that much. They just have to use some sense. I'm probably dating myself, but when I was a kid, we drank sodas fairly often. Except they came in 8 oz. bottles, and I had to share one with 2 siblings. Now, they're in 20 oz. servings, and everyone has their own.
Donuts, muffins, cookies, etc. were much less than 1/2 the size of the ones we get today.
A hamburger was more likely to be 3 oz. than the 8-12 oz. ones we see today.
And so on.
More is not better, but there really isn't that much wrong with what people really want to do.
And I'd wager they were better tasting, too. Smaller quantities, higher quality.
We're all going to die, this is true. More importantly, what's our quality of life going to be in our brief period here?
What's the cost to our society because of obesity? I dare say: plenty.
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