Obesity: Why are we getting fat? :epizza:

[CerebralEcstasy]

Has anyone stated the obvious?

We all know that one pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories.

Each person requires a set amount of nutrients/vitamins/minerals for the metabolic processes of the body.

A person with a requirement of 2200 calories per day will gain on average 1 lb per week by simply consuming 500 more calories than their daily limit.

This is the main reason why we're getting fat.

When you think about it, the process of getting slimmer isn't as daunting a task as one would think. Small changes over a number of months produce awesome results.

For instance, if you were to remove 500 calories each day for a week, you would lose 1 lb per week. This over the course of a month equals 4lbs, multiply that by 12 and voila you have 48lbs gone.

When you break it down to its simplest form, there is no reason as to why we should be obese. Not withstanding some of the other reasons mentioned prior - ie thyroid problems, medications and so forth.

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by CerebralEcstasy

Has anyone stated the obvious?

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Yes but staing the obvious, the generally accepted truth, often does not take us far in science.
Thats why I have been stating the not-so-obvious.
SEE
http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=119
for a connection between obesity and celiac disease.

[pgrmdave]

Does anybody know if there are any credible studies done on the eating habits of people 100 years ago, 50 years ago, and today? Perhaps comparing them would help. I do also think that the easy access to cheap, good tasting, caloric food is partially to blame.

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by pgrmdave

Does anybody know if there are any credible studies done on the eating habits of people 100 years ago, 50 years ago, and today? Perhaps comparing them would help. I do also think that the easy access to cheap, good tasting, caloric food is partially to blame.

While it is no doubt true
The problem with the "food is making us fat" hypothesis is

1) obesity is also a problem in third world countries where little food is available
2)The incrediblely rapid speed of the increase of obesity over the last 10 years. (When many "bad" food habits have been changed.)

It would be nice to know some history of eating. Have you googled it?
I suspect we know more about what Neanderthals ate!

[Michaelangelica]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...7/s1686610.htm

Researchers link asthma to obesity

A Sydney-based medical research institute has discovered a link between asthma and obesity.

Researchers at the Garvan Institute have found that the same fatty acid binding protein that is already known for its role in obesity and diabetes is also present in the lung.

Dr Michael Rolph says it is an important discovery.

"AP2 is a fatty acid binding protein that is already being looked at for the treatment of obesity and diabetes," he said.

"For the first time we have found that aP2 is also active in the lung and is crucial for controlling inflammation in asthma."

[HydrogenBond]

It still has to do with lifestyle and energy input being more than energy output. Here is a example. In some of the northeastern cites of the US there is a thriving oriental population, many from Viet Nam, Cambodia, Loas, Thailand, etc.. The older adults, like most orientals are thin, while the younger adults and children are getting heavier. One generation of American style eating is all it has taken. In some cultures, being large is a sign of prosperity.

As an experiment, have two groups, one given $20 a week to eat and the other given $200/week to eat. Both are required to spend and eat their alottment of resources each week. Who will stay slim and who will pack on the pounds? It would come down to input/output. The first group will be forced to eat light by practical necessity. The second group will have to use self control and creative eating to avoid putting on weight.

[Michaelangelica]

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth and
populated Earth with broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and green,
yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ice Cream, Custard and
Cream donuts. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And they
both gained 5 kilos. And Satan smiled.

So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented
Thousand Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the
side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the meal.

God then created a light, fluffy white cake and named it "Angel
Cake" And said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake
and named It "Devil's Food."

Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and
brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled the healthful skin and
sliced the starchy centre into chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained
more kilos.

God then gave them lean beef so that Man might consume fewer
calories and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created the
double cheeseburger.

Then said, "You want fries with that?" and Man replied, "Yes! And
supersize them."

And Satan said, "It is good." And Man went into Cardiac Arrest.

God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.

Then Satan created the NSW Health Department...

[Michaelangelica]

Another piece of research for those that know everything about obesity.

In 1976, G P Ravelli, Z.A. Stein and M.W. Susser reported the results of a study of 300,000 men born to women who were pregnant during the Dutch Hungerwinter. These researchers discovered that adult men born to women malnourished during the first two trimesters of their pregnancies where more likely to be obese than were men in the general population.

Given that the offspring of mothers who were underfed for the entire duration of their pregnancies are known to be permanently underweight this finding is remarkable indeed.

Alan Jones and M. I. Friedman from Pitzer college tested this Hungerwinter on animals.
In their initial studies they fed pregnant rats 50% of their normal rations for the first 2/3ds of their pregnancies and then allowed them to eat freely for the final trimester.
These rats ultimately gave birth to pups that had body weights that were the same as those born to normally fed mothers.

However, weeks later, after weaning on to a high fat diet, the male-but not the female- offspring of the malnourished mothers ate more and gained more weight than did the offspring of the normally fed mothers.
(even though the offspring of the normally fed mothers were weaned onto the same high fat diet.)

The fat cells of the obese males were larger and there fat pads weighed two to three times the fat pads of the normal males.
FROM:
P118-119
The Dependent Gene"
Prof. David S. Moore, Times BooksNYNY 2001
(For, why this may be so? read p 119-121)

[medicography]

we r getting fat because we have money which talks..we wanna buy, we wanna feel free, we wanna party!!

while some parents do not cook for their children because of lack of time for work, so the children just aslk the money to buy food, or the parents buy fast food/junk food for theirchildren. negligence? or publicity? media doing it all? or just greediness of people?

[Michaelangelica]

some people believe that environmental and personal "allergy' toxins are wrapped in fat by the body and stored out of harms way.
Therefore we are getting fat because of the increasing number of toxins in the environment and the sensitivity of some people's immune system to these toxins
Check this out:
Yo-yo Diet Redistributes Toxins In Body Tissue; Olestra Plus Caloric Cut Boosts Toxic Excretion
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1219134759.htm

It wouldn't be the first time that the "fake fat" product was used as an emergency agent to flush out dioxin, one of a group of chlorinated hydrocarbons that are toxic, lipophilic (attracted to fat) and persistent in the environment and animal tissues.
About five years ago, two Austrian women suffering from dioxin poisoning were given olestra snacks, which resulted in removal of dioxin at 10 times the normal rate, according to some reports.

In an as-yet-unpublished study, researchers at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, along with Trevor Redgrave at the University of Western Australia, treated a patient with PCB toxicity over a two-year period with olestra in the form of fat-free Pringles.
The patient's chloracne disappeared and the PCB level in fat tissue dropped dramatically.