Obese Epidemic: Political, Economic and Scientific

[Aractus]

I doubt that impressing you was the main objective of "The People who make us thin" but more an expose on just what us humans will do to "be thin" at the behest of the Medical/ Insurance fraternity. At least that was my take home message that I got.

No perhaps not, however it took extremes and was not very balanced. It wasn't at all on the same level as "men who made us fat" which actually did have a chronicle of historically important changes in dietary attitudes.

Another interesting thing they did point out that I forgot to mention was how in the "western" countries we blame ourselves for the obesity crisis, but in Mexico and other areas newly introduced to takeaway they actually blame takeaways more.

This "pre-determined weight" is a new concept for me though IF you think about it, it is not outside the realms of probability.

I'm not saying there isn't any truth to it, I'm saying they've leapt to hard conclusions that are highly questionable.

In the end Daniel, I think it comes down to just what you LIKE to eat (be it omnivorous, vegetarian or what ever) a rudimentary understanding of nutrition, followed by an understanding of your genetic history (via familial history) of ailments.

No I think it's more down to how we like to eat, than what. And this is because we know that people who have a tendency to snack can cut their calories from snacking by replacing existing snacks (savoury or sweet) with fruit. Those kids that were given chocolate snacks to eat, if they'd been given plates of fruit instead - it wouldn't have mattered how big the plates were, they would have consumed less than the 350 or whatever it was calories that was in each plate of those chocolate snacks.