[Osx-nutters] *Big* government

[mmalc crawford]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Arden wrote:

> Haven't you heard about high-fructose corn syrup? Not news.
>
No, don't care.

> In the article you reference it is the poorest state, Mississippi,
> which leads in obesity. Any connections there?
>
No, *IIRC*, studies have shown that there's no direct correlation  
between income level and obesity.  Indeed, obesity seemed to be more a  
middle-class problem than anything.

But this is again ("don't care") beside the point.

The simple fact of the matter is that it's a case of eating less and  
exercising more.
A hundred years ago people didn't need government intervention.
As I think I noted on this list some time ago, in WWI the average  
daily calorie intake in the trenches was greater than it is today.   
But the lads did a lot more exercise.  When I notice I'm putting on a  
few too many pounds, I stop eating as much.  As I think Stephen Fry  
observed, when you look at photographs of starving villagers in  
Africa, you never see someone huge at the back saying, "I can't help  
it, it's just my genes".

mmalc