obesity

Imagine being told your child will be removed from your home because s/he is morbidly obese and you are a neglectful and abusive parent for allowing this to happen. I know that I have watched several tv programs about obesity and when I see an obese child I can't help but wonder what the...

"Lincoln U. Requires Its Students to Step on the Scale At Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, students who are deemed too heavy must pass a physical-fitness course. As part of the university's core curriculum, campus health educators weigh and measure all freshmen during the fall semester...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/04/obese-man-on-american-air_n_379979.html All right, I am not a particularly svelt person...I could stand to lose 30 pounds. But am I wrong to worry that if I were on the plane with this guy and an emergency happend...say landing in the Hudson, I might...

http://www.wellsphere.com/triathlon-article/the-cost-of-being-a-fat-american-147-billion-to-treat-obesity-in-2008-says-the-fed/754133 This is quite astonishing. More attention should be paid to this issue in the healthcare debate. Is it my responsibility to pay for my neighbor's obesity...

I have recently been reading a lot of The Equality Trust's material and was wondering what other people thought of them. Their basic idea is that most social problems (physical and mental health, obesity, violence, teenage pregnancies drug abuse etc) in developed countries vary closely with the...

I came across an alarming report concerning the rise in obesity in the United States: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8129184.stm Obesity for the purpose of the study is defined as a BMI of 30 or higher. A few statistics: Obesity rates rose from the previous year in 23 of 50 states, and...

No not video games, hate radio, SUVs, atheists, gays, or liberals. Believe it or not .... Increased Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity In United States, Study Finds Science Daily :eek:

The Chawners, haven't worked in 11 years, claim their weight is a hereditary condition and the money they receive is insufficient to live on. Mr Chawner said: "What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more."...

http://www.theroot.com/id/48533?GT1=38002 It seems that Alabama will start making state employees who don't take advantage of health screenings pay an extra $25. At first I thought this was about making big people pay more for health care, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It says nothing...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Health/Murder-Obese-Texan-Mayra-Lizbeth-Rosales-Texas-Charged-Over-Death/Article/200808415084609?lpos=Health_9&lid=ARTICLE_15084609_Murder%253A%2BObese%2BTexan%2BMayra%2BLizbeth%2BRosales%2BTexas%2BCharged%2BOver%2BDeath 1000 pound woman accused of killing her a...

Link I did some quick math. Per above, obese people need 2,960 calories per day; people with stable BMI need only 2,508 (2,960 = 2,508 + 18%). Therefore, each obese person needs 452 extra calories per day. Four hundred million obese people therefore gobble down an extra 180,800,000,000 (180.8...

Hi, I am generally do NOT trust the general media about reports on this sort of thing, and instead of sifting through thousands of web pages that may or may not be credible, I decided to come here and ask a question of the many intelligent forum readers here at JREF. Is there really anything...

You'll have to suffer through Nancy Grace to hear the story: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/03/27/ng.killer.too.obese.for.jail.cnn WTF?

My best highschool friend who became a long haul trucker died back in 2000 from sleep apnea. He was fat and he smoked. Sitting down driving all day meant that he had no exercise. My last words to him went something like "How about you get a job closer to home and me and you lose some weight...

A new study shows that more fat is correlated with lower wages As one might have guessed, but now it's been scientifically proven. And this is not based on BMI, either, but on body composition. (BMI does not consider body composition, only height and weight). (In case you are wondering, I...

It's just the fattest large country in the world. Fattest Countries in the World The top 7 are all Pacific Islands. It seems like that can't just be a coincidence. It could be genetic, but I wonder if it is possible that there might be some kind of microbe or other environmental factor in the...

I am wondering if anyone is familiar with the Junkfood science blog by Sandy Swzarc. She is a great writer and I have read some terrific stuff on there, but I am starting to question some of it and would like other readers' feedback. A recent issue of Scientific American contradicts her views...

Ok, in this thread I will not advocate my "tax" solution to the obesity problem in the U.S., since many of you didn't care for it. But new studies out today show that childhood obesity is a major problem and educational programs are not working. Taking from an MSNBC article...

Frequently we are faced with statistics which don't conform to our normal expectation of what should or shouldn't be. In the case of a recent study on dying from heart disease this seems to be the case. There are unknown factors which may impact on these stats including genetics, life style...

Snipped from the article: ================================================================== A daily menu consisting of e.g. 15 burges with fried, several kilos of chocolate and 5 liters of cola has resulted in her weigth exploding. Breakfast consists of white bread, chips and a couple of liters...

This is a bit of an older article, but still one close to my heart. I did a search to see if this had come up before and didn't find anything, so I decided to bring this up. I'm in the middle of organizing an election to remove the local school board members for a number of reasons. One of them...

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21635542-5012769,00.html I wonder exactly how it is that a scientist comes to the decision that the best way he can make a contribution to human understanding is by studying obesity in lesbians?

Article ETA: This is a priceless remark from the comment section below the article. Ignore the science, trust your bible! Surely these obese scientists are just lazy!

Burger buns, that is. This is a rant. Prince Charles, the stupidest, most out-of-touch moron on the planet, has suggested to health officials in Abu Dhabi that "banning McDonalds" is the key to improving the health of the nation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6401223.stm HOW DARE HE? And...

Can a morbidly obese person starve to death before they hit a normal weight? 1. If they were just provided with water and vitamins. 2. If they were just provided with water 3. If they were provided with nothing. Why would they even dehydrate until they hit a normal weight? Isn't excess fat...

I recognize that obesity is a huge (no pun intended) public health issue and that I should appreciate anything that might help. But there's just something that bugs me about a potential solution being vaccinations that allow people to eat whatever they want and not gain weight...

THE US obesity problem might be more serious than previously believed and most adults in the United States were at risk of becoming overweight or obese, US researchers said today. In a government study that followed 4000 participants over 30 years, researchers found that 90 per cent of men...

The link between fast food and obesity has been studied and according to this, eating fast food in your youth will increase your risk of getting diabetes in middle age. http://meatprocess.com/news/ng.asp?id=57043&n=wh1&c=nbbgbvsktuxtxwj 04/01/2005 - Young adults who eat frequently at...

Diabetes in Hispanic Americans is a serious health challenge because of the increased prevalence of diabetes in this population, the greater number of risk factors for diabetes in Hispanics, the greater incidence of several diabetes complications, and the growing number of people of Hispanic...

The thread on Mickey Ds reminded me of this article: Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic?