Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Weighty Matters
I continue to grind my axe on the issue of obesity. I started out with a post about the fact that the is no evidence of a link between obesity and mortality. Then I pointed out that fact was not stopping those with a weight related political agenda.
This is the best news I have heard on the subject in a long time.
Unfortunately, that's all the good news. If simple fact will not stop the agenda, maybe the next two items will. First this.
Reason has to come to this discussion and very soon.
This is the best news I have heard on the subject in a long time.
Dieters looking for another edge might want to consider exercising their sense of humor ? scientists have found that a good laugh is a calorie burner not to be ignored.I'd sure as you know what rather laugh than jog any day.
Unfortunately, that's all the good news. If simple fact will not stop the agenda, maybe the next two items will. First this.
Suicidal impulses and attempts are much more common in teenagers who think they are too fat or too thin, regardless of how much they actually weigh, a study found.Then there is this.
Such sites are the public face of a movement that goes beyond the denial that often accompanies addictive behaviors like alcoholism and gambling, into something more like defiance.Do you really need more evidence that the issue of body weight in this nation is not a health issue, but some sort of group obsession? Here it is , why reason and fact matter. This is hysteria and it will result in far more and far more immediate deaths than the death at 75 years of age instead of 90 that might (but all we do is suspect -- remember, there is NO DATA) befall someone who is carrying some extra poundage.
Many of the sites dispute that anorexia and bulimia are diseases, portraying them instead as philosophies of life. They offer tips on how to lose weight - by purging, among other methods - and how to hide eating disorders from family members or friends.
Reason has to come to this discussion and very soon.
