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10-11-2013, 03:01 AM
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10-11-2013, 07:51 AM
That was a pretty interesting read. Nice find placer.
55 stone is like 770 lbs. How does that happen? To a teenager?
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10-11-2013, 08:16 AM
excellent article, right wing magazine of course
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10-11-2013, 08:39 AM
Good article, had just read it. Some points:
Fat acceptance is always going to be a losing battle.
Even with the majority being fat, and everyone saying fat is not bad, no one truly believes it.
Wishful thinking will not prevent their early deaths.
And hopeful prayers will not make them sexually attractive.
The desire for [s]fitness[/i] has increased as a reaction to obesity.
In times of famine, we want curves. In times of global fatness, we want skinny girls and ripped men.
In other words: Despite the fat acceptance movements, being fit will become increasingly valuable.
Genes, nutrition and lifestyle: What factors changed?
People got fat. And are getting fatter.
Genes (allele frequencies in the population) change across many generations as a result from differential reproductive fitness.
The obesity spike has happened in such a short timeframe that evolution is not a factor.
Your great grandparents were not fat.
We do see genetic differences between peoples: For example, many races should not drink milk because they evolved differently.
That took many generations. Obesity did not.
Nutrition did change alongside our expanding waist lines. We started eating shit. Less meat and veggies, more cakes and pasta.
Lifestyle did change as well. We sit and sit and sit. Watching television, working on the computer, driving to everything.
Conclusion: Genes have been the same. Obesity emerged as we changed our food intake and reduced our daily energy expenditure.
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