tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post116453675783476790..comments2024-03-29T10:48:06.521+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Fat MythsKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1169114974545480292007-01-18T10:09:00.000+00:002007-01-18T10:09:00.000+00:00i feel obesity in children is usually the parents ...i feel obesity in children is usually the parents fault and if the parents feed there children fatty foods then the kids get in the habit of eating it and just feel its a routine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167857652425502532007-01-03T20:54:00.000+00:002007-01-03T20:54:00.000+00:00There is no point in having a DNA database as it i...There is no point in having a DNA database as it is clear that we must all be the same - identical - clones. If not how could Nanny expect the same solutions to work for everyone's apparent health problems?<BR/><BR/>My late aunt was very ill as a child having caught Scarlet Fever. It ruined her eyesight for one thing. Through life she was always generously proportioned though not especially overweight. However she had a very very low pulse rate and thus provied to be a challenge to the medical fraternity.<BR/><BR/>Latish in life she was diagnosed with some blood pressure problems and was advised that here diet was partly to blame. She ate little on a daily basis, rarely drank anything but water and the occasional cup of black coffee unless there were visitors or she was herself visiting others, when a normal intake was taken. It was just her way. It may have had something to do with suffering a lot from migraines through most of her adult life.<BR/><BR/>It was this lake of food that was blamed for her being over weight. So she was given a diet that provided greater food value and, sure enough, she lost about 3 stone. Stayed that way for a few years until she decided she was old enough that it did not matter any more. <BR/><BR/>The theory was that by under eating, through habit rather than intent, her metabolism had decided to retain all that it could all the time. So it let nothing go, storing it all as fat and water. By eating more, especially potatoes and carbohydrates, the body became less retentive and allowed her weight to fall.<BR/><BR/>Whether the theory was right or not I have no idea but it seemed to work as planned during the time the attention to diet was active.<BR/><BR/>Government action should be very much limited to offering good advice, making sure food products are of a reasonable health quality negotiating general standards with foreign suppliers.<BR/><BR/>Anything else should be left to the individual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167831591782220742007-01-03T13:39:00.000+00:002007-01-03T13:39:00.000+00:00my weight is weird. For a whole year I was eating ...my weight is weird. For a whole year I was eating nothing but pizza for dinner everyday and I stayed at 12 stone for the whole year. I thought it's about time I started to lose weight so I decided to have sandwiches for breakfast and sandwiches for dinner. Amazingly I wasn't hungry at tea time but I have been eating the sandwiches for 2 years and I have gained 1 and a half stone.<BR/><BR/>I usually don't eat cake or sweet either except in late december and january when I m still eating the cakes from christmas and the sweets as my present.<BR/><BR/>I plan on going to a gym this year.youdontknowmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671696083535500783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167829708362412752007-01-03T13:08:00.000+00:002007-01-03T13:08:00.000+00:00Andy, if they were going to look at the 'rich & fa...Andy, if they were going to look at the 'rich & famous' surely Kate Moss and various other known drug users would have had a visit from the Social Services by now.<BR/><BR/>I'm already on 'the list', as my health vistor 'dobbed me in' and told the SS my house was untidy (I hadn't done my ironing and it was in a bit pile in the corner) and we didn't eat at the table (we're scum who eat from plates on their laps,) My children are - if anything - under weight so I will be done for that... and once my autistic son starts school they'll be round to take them all off of me!<BR/>Home schooling is looking more and more like a real option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167828964916353672007-01-03T12:56:00.000+00:002007-01-03T12:56:00.000+00:00They are really determined to get this DNA databas...They are really determined to get this DNA database up and running, whatever they have to call it.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869446125647539607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167825055684908952007-01-03T11:50:00.000+00:002007-01-03T11:50:00.000+00:00On a serious note, will the children of the "rich ...On a serious note, will the children of the "rich and famous/policitians" be on this list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1167824920904007382007-01-03T11:48:00.000+00:002007-01-03T11:48:00.000+00:00In Septicland, the land that gave us WMD in Iraq, ...In Septicland, the land that gave us WMD in Iraq, no less a person that the US surgeon general has claimed that obesity is "a greater threat than weapons of mass destruction".<BR/><BR/>Does that mean they'll be ready for lunch in 45 minutes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com