[BattleFlag]

Please, don't confuse the trial lawyers with logic and fact.

[Mears]

Ignore all studies. Ignore all polls.

This has been my mantra for many years.

[harrycarey]

snack foods and soda are actually not a cause of childhood obesity.

Is this from Scrappleface, The Onion or DEBKA?

[null and void]

My [very wide] ass!

[Mike Bates]

Finally, some good news!

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Asclepius]

Harvard Study: Snack Foods And Soda Not Linked To Obesity

My massively-swollen butt and cottage-cheese thighs argue otherwise! My enormous girth takes issue with that claim! My plaqued-out arteries all testify against the researchers of Harvard! Every quivering, sweating, jelly-like inch of me balks at their so-called study! I shall eat ten sticks of butter like snickers bars and wash them down with six Red Bulls to express my indignation!

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

The truth is that is is simply a balance between calories taken in and calories burned. A kid who is on the cross country track team and who runs a good number of miles a day can eat all the junk food he wants and not gain an ounce..... but the kid who sits in front of a TV will not burn off those junk food calories fast enough.

[Old Professer]

It always comes down to "asstime."

[Pres Raygun]

A study that does not find a statistically significant link between two factors does not prove that one factor does not cause the other. It simply means that the study failed to find a link if a link actually exists. Now if a study cannot find a statistically significant link it is probable that in reality the link does not exist, but it is still possible that the a real link was masked by other factors that the study could not control. I'm not taking sides in this particular debate. I'm just pointing out that a statistically insignificant result, doesn't prove a thing. Researchers tend to gloss over this fact, because they don't want to admit that their study was a waste of time and taxpayer's money.

[mewzilla]

Insufficient vigorous activity? There isn't enough time in the day for kids to work off the fat and calories from a lot of this stuff. Better answer: if you can't/won't work it off, don't eat it.

[jonrick46]

Most kids do not have access to the types of recreation that was available to children of earlier generations. Things like climbing tree, riding horses, and walking through the woods are replaced with safe activities. TV watching is an activity that has less risk than playing hopscotch on a sidewalk full of child molesters. We are raising a generation of safe, indoctrinated, and fat children.

[A Navy Vet]

High fructose corn syrup(a low-cost sugar substitute) is in almost everything that tastes sweet. It is a main cause of obesity. Check your labels...you'll even find it in spaghetti sauce. Contrary to old nutritionist beliefs, it's no longer a matter of equal calories being burned to those taken in. Not all calories are equal.

[chilepepper]

Sex doesn't cause pregnancy either! (not)

[dougherty]

I'd say it's a combination of junk food and video games.

[cyborg]

Eating too much of these are linked to obesity, eating too much of anything without exercise will get you fat.

[Ptarmigan]

I always thought obesity is more lifestyle related then eating. Like 30 years ago, people ate more and also they had more active lifestyle.