Comments on: If you don’t think obesity is on the rise, read this! http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/ A critical look at nutritional science and anything else that strikes my fancy. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AD http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3298 AD Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:39:28 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3298 Wow, those are some big guys. Certainly a lot bigger than kids when i was in school. However i dont think that you can soley place blame on HFCS or fast food. Parents need to be making sure their kids have healthy diets and regular exercise habits. Looks like those boys just need to do a little more running on the football field during practice. Hi AD-- A little more running?  Maybe three or four hours per day of running might help a little, but it would also cause pretty horrendous damage to their knees and hips.  No, this kind of overweight doesn't come and isn't maintained by lack of exercise (and I'm sure they get plenty), it's dietary. Best-- MRE Wow, those are some big guys. Certainly a lot bigger than kids when i was in school. However i dont think that you can soley place blame on HFCS or fast food. Parents need to be making sure their kids have healthy diets and regular exercise habits. Looks like those boys just need to do a little more running on the football field during practice.

Hi AD–

A little more running?  Maybe three or four hours per day of running might help a little, but it would also cause pretty horrendous damage to their knees and hips.  No, this kind of overweight doesn’t come and isn’t maintained by lack of exercise (and I’m sure they get plenty), it’s dietary.

Best–

MRE

]]> By: Mary Titus http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3259 Mary Titus Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:26:23 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3259 I was visiting a high school, to encourage my son academically. What amazes me was the many times that these kids are served food. When I was a kid, I did not have a snack time. During snack time, kids are offered enough food to be considered as a regular meal. About an hour or so later, they are offered lunch. I just could not fathom how often these kids were fed. BTW, I live near Mater Dei, high school. Hi Mary-- Yes, it's pretty pathetic.  Like you, when I went to school we had lunch and that was it.  There weren't snack times.  In fact, if we were caught eating in class or in the halls, there was a consequence, although I don't remember what it was.  And there was one fat kid in every class whereas now the majority, it seems, are overweight. Best-- MRE I was visiting a high school, to encourage my son academically. What amazes me was the many times that these kids are served food. When I was a kid, I did not have a snack time. During snack time, kids are offered enough food to be considered as a regular meal. About an hour or so later, they are offered lunch. I just could not fathom how often these kids were fed.

BTW, I live near Mater Dei, high school.

Hi Mary–

Yes, it’s pretty pathetic.  Like you, when I went to school we had lunch and that was it.  There weren’t snack times.  In fact, if we were caught eating in class or in the halls, there was a consequence, although I don’t remember what it was.  And there was one fat kid in every class whereas now the majority, it seems, are overweight.

Best–

MRE

]]> By: James Hickman http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3255 James Hickman Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:34:28 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3255 MRE "My strategy worked perfectly" -- that's the playful schemer that I know and love. Your blog's mix of information and entertainment is absolute brilliance and has me trying to figure out a way to show my appreciation. I'll let you know when I come up with something. James-- Tasteful gifts are always appreciated.  Maybe several dozen Pro V1*s. Cheers-- M MRE
“My strategy worked perfectly” — that’s the playful schemer that I know and love.

Your blog’s mix of information and entertainment is absolute brilliance and has me trying to figure out a way to show my appreciation. I’ll let you know when I come up with something.

James–

Tasteful gifts are always appreciated.  Maybe several dozen Pro V1*s.

Cheers–

M

]]> By: Scott Kustes http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3181 Scott Kustes Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:41:19 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3181 Great post Dr. Eades! My previous job had me traveling weekly and it was obvious that obesity was on the rise...all I had to do was look around me in the security line and see that 70% of the people around me had bellies lapping over their belts. I would then walk past Starbucks and some other cafe on the way to my gate and see people shoveling in their chocolate chocolate-chip muffins (probably low-fat) as fast as their chubby hands could push while downing a sugar- and cream-laden latte between chews. I love how every article that mentions obesity comes to the fallback "high fat diet." I've read articles that were worded similar to "if people would stop eating so much sugar and refined carbohydrates, they'd lose weight. We have to stop eating such a high-fat diet." Excuse me? It's like they have to throw that incendiary "high fat" in somewhere to get the article published. Hi Scott-- You're right, they always have to add the  "high-fat" part.  I don't think it's to get the article published, although it may be; I think that the idea that "high fat" is bad is just a part of the national psyche put there by the likes of Michael Jacobson, Dean Ornish, Ancel Keys, and others. Cheers-- MRE Great post Dr. Eades! My previous job had me traveling weekly and it was obvious that obesity was on the rise…all I had to do was look around me in the security line and see that 70% of the people around me had bellies lapping over their belts. I would then walk past Starbucks and some other cafe on the way to my gate and see people shoveling in their chocolate chocolate-chip muffins (probably low-fat) as fast as their chubby hands could push while downing a sugar- and cream-laden latte between chews.

I love how every article that mentions obesity comes to the fallback “high fat diet.” I’ve read articles that were worded similar to “if people would stop eating so much sugar and refined carbohydrates, they’d lose weight. We have to stop eating such a high-fat diet.” Excuse me? It’s like they have to throw that incendiary “high fat” in somewhere to get the article published.

Hi Scott–

You’re right, they always have to add the  “high-fat” part.  I don’t think it’s to get the article published, although it may be; I think that the idea that “high fat” is bad is just a part of the national psyche put there by the likes of Michael Jacobson, Dean Ornish, Ancel Keys, and others.

Cheers–

MRE

]]> By: Michael http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3161 Michael Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:41:30 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3161 I got to a decent weight in high school, and unfortunately it was for no reason, even for sports. Luckily, with low-carb's help, it's gotten a lot better! On a side note, I just recently purchased an HDTV and am now getting the HD programming. Our local PBS channel (KQED in San Francisco) will only be broadcasting your show on their HD channel, so I'm so excited that I'll be able to watch again in January!! Hi Michael-- I hope you enjoy the show. Best-- MRE I got to a decent weight in high school, and unfortunately it was for no reason, even for sports. Luckily, with low-carb’s help, it’s gotten a lot better!

On a side note, I just recently purchased an HDTV and am now getting the HD programming. Our local PBS channel (KQED in San Francisco) will only be broadcasting your show on their HD channel, so I’m so excited that I’ll be able to watch again in January!!

Hi Michael–

I hope you enjoy the show.

Best–

MRE

]]> By: kevin dill http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/fast-food/if-you-dont-think-obesity-is-on-the-rise-read-this/#comment-3155 kevin dill Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:17:47 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=391#comment-3155 There is an old saying in the weightlifting community, and I suppose it applies to other sports as well, - Health ends where competetion begins. Hi Kevin-- It's not only an old saying (which I had never heard before), but a true statement.  Thanks for passing it along. Best-- MRE There is an old saying in the weightlifting community, and I suppose it applies to other sports as well, – Health ends where competetion begins.

Hi Kevin–

It’s not only an old saying (which I had never heard before), but a true statement.  Thanks for passing it along.

Best–

MRE

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