I’ve been writing quite a bit about the “carbs make you fat” argument recently and I have a lot more coming. I’m just trying to figure out the best way to organize the information to ensure maximum understandability. Ironically, I came across a “low carb” versus “calories in/calories out” debate on the internet. One guy [...]
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If you believe the title of this post, then you are making a concerted effort to ignore reality. Consider the findings from a recent study: – Obesity has risen 400% in the Caribbean Islands over the past two decades. – Caloric availability has gone from around 2,000 calories per person in 1961 to over 2,700 [...]
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The U.S. military has declared a new national security threat that is insidiously working its way through the fabric of American life. Spies? Terrorist groups? Mexican drug cartels? Nope. Obesity. The U.S. military recently stated that 27% of young Americans ages 17-24 are too fat to serve in the military. “When you get kids who [...]
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This South Park clip makes me recall watching a friend of mine in college play a game called Final Fantasy. I think he won the game after roughly 94 hours of almost non-stop playing. I didn’t have video games growing up, so my options were to read or go outside and play. Although I resented [...]
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The childhood obesity epidemic is not getting so bad that children are getting their stomachs clamped. ….At that moment, she was in the Campbell Middle School cafeteria, sitting down to her usual lunch: two cheeseburgers, two orders of fries and a Coke. She knew she weighed too much. Her whole family weighed too much. But [...]
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