Obese Epidemic: Political, Economic and Scientific

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@ Daniel
Did you follow those videos on "Men who make us Fat"?
Even for those people who 'appear normal weight' have twice the amount of visceral fat causing health issues.

All in all, it is a bit concerning that our food is so tampered with and marketed in such a way that we are encouraged to eat much more than we need of things that we don't need in great quantities.

We're encouraged to eat more than we want, not just more than we need. Yes I watched both series through. As for visceral fat, I already talked a bit about it in another thread and its link to diabetes, and the fact that it is the reason why Indians, south-east Asians and Africans are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes even if they're just a little bit overweight, and that's due to body type, and that's the same reason that someone like me who has a family history of diabetes is at risk (that and high blood sugar).

As a counter balance, the multi billion dollar Diet Industry.

And yet we ALL remain Fat!

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http://youtu.be/I-_LoAm_etU

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I haven't watched that series, but I can tell you a few facts of the diet industry off the top of my head. Number one - they make claims and promises that are untrue, number two many of the proponents of fad diets (30 Bananas a Day, Atkins, etc) have absolutely no idea of human nutrition and are not qualified (Atkins was a nutritionist, but certainly not a very good one), and yet people go to them and put their trust in these crazy cockamamie diets, and buy their books. Number 3, many of them are out there to rip-off customers - Gyms are a great example, they're not good value at all for most of their customers, if their customers only had to pay when they actually used the Gym then they'd actually have to do something to attract their customers to use their services more. There are plenty of other examples of overly expensive systems etc that are designed to keep you buying the product - Jenny Craig is one of the better ones because they do give you proper advice from a nutritionist for your specific diet, and you don't have to buy their meals if you don't want to, Weight Watchers is another one that is one of the better value systems.