[Osx-nutters] *Big* government

[Lawrence Sica]

On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:29 PM, mmalc crawford wrote:

>
> 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".
>


You cannot compare men in a war with your average person in  
peacetime.   Have you looked at ingredients in most things you get  
today?  It's all HFCS and various sugars and sweeteners.  Combine  
that with fast food and the fact most people do less manual labor  
type jobs and you will see that it's not as simple as "eat less you  
fatty".

I'd love to see the studies you allude to.


--Larry