Posted on 03/07/2023 2:22:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
This would seem to support my argument that the current obesity problem in children and youth is primarily caused by a largely sedentary lifestyle in which very few calories are burned by exercise. When I was growing up in the 1960’s, there were very few really obese kids in school. We had actual PE classes and almost all the kids would engage in various physical activities for a couple hours after school and all day in the summer. Most of us were skinny and couldn’t gain much weight if we tried. The parents didn’t even want the kids in the house until dinner time.
And when those street lights went on...the dash for home began.
Stop the soda and chips. Sometimes...but not often when I was a kid...but I’m 79.
“according to a new study at Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa.”
...and paid for by the Israeli Carbohydrate Society.
It’s sugar. But that’s what carbs become.
I don’t believe it’s because of a lack of exercise. Exercise, while beneficial for other things, doesn’t burn enough calories to really affect weight gain or loss materially unless you’re an olympic athlete. The old saying that ounces are lost in the gym and pounds lost at the table applies. It’s something to do with the food, whether that’s because of all the processed crap we eat now or we’re just overeating because of too large portion sizes.
LOL. Love it!
I saw a video of Mama Cass from back in the sixties and she wasn’t nearly as fat as I remember her being A lot of women walking down any given street today are as fat and many a hell of a lot fatter.
“LOL. Love it!”
I have no clue in this case*, but very often that is what happens.
*I have to deal with a bunch of stalkers over Ukraine, so they’ll probably pick this up too.
Oh boy!!
The sketti/tater diet is back!!
Trying to put my thoughts in coherent order ....
Yes, calories increase weight when consumed in large, excess numbers no matter the source. 2000 calories of chips, pickles, or chicken is the same amount of calories but it’s what happens while that source is in the body that is of more interest. Sugar and carbs - especially the “bad” ones are what cause most diseases according to sources I have read extensively and agree with. Bad, sticky oils, too.
Those of us who have tried and appreciate Keto, fasting, and lower carb eating in general appreciate the feeling of more energy, less brain fog, less inflammation, better gut health, fewer prescriptions.
This study is a big “duh”. No kidding. Quel surprise. Eating excess calories is a bigger factor than eating carbs.
research brought to you by
hostess twinkies
One can dream.
I’ve always thought a lot of it was genetics.
I was 180 or so in college, now starting my 3rd score of age I’m about 205. Probably have not varied much more by 10 pounds up or down on that gradually increasing linear line. That’s no matter what I’m eating or drinking, intermittent fasting or not.
Then there is my wife’s unfortunate in law. She was a slim 130 or so when she got married at about 19 and I swear in the first year of marriage slapped on 25 pounds. She has been 300 plus pounds now for decades. She is immune to diets, fasting etc. (exercise is difficult as she has ankle and knee problems not surprisingly) She simply stays huge.
Heyyyy. Lot a good falafels in Haifa.
How about simple carbs being less filling, leading to more overeating?
Her obesity was immortalized in song: "And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass"
Maybe seed oils?
In general I would say overeating is the cause.
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