Separating Fact from Fiction in the Age of Obesity

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/52196

On 28 May 2007 00:29:32 -0700, "
wrote:

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/52196

So what is your age when you don't respect the charter of a news
group?

Alarmist propaganda bull****.

LV

"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."

---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
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"A fanatic cannot change his mind and will not
change the subject."

---Winston Churchill
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Lady Veteran wrote:

On 28 May 2007 00:29:32 -0700, "
wrote:

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/52196

So what is your age when you don't respect the charter of a news
group?

Alarmist propaganda bull****.

We agree on something.

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Robin King wrote:

"Lady Veteran" wrote in message
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On 28 May 2007 00:29:32 -0700, "
wrote:

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/52196

So what is your age when you don't respect the charter of a news
group?

LV

Actually, it seems like one of the rare non-alarmist articles
posted to this group. Some sample quotes:

1) J. Eric Oliver, a political scientist at the University of
Chicago, asserts that the advent of the obesity epidemic story was
less about fact and more about funding. In "Obesity: The Making of an
American Epidemic," he explains that the hullabaloo was the result of
"a relatively small group of scientists and doctors, many directly
funded by the weight-loss industry, [who] have created an arbitrary
and unscientific definition of overweight and obesity. They have
inflated claims and distorted statistics on the consequences of our
growing weights, and they have largely ignored the complicated health
realities associated with being fat."

and

2) The study confirms what many researchers have already
postulated -- that rapid weight loss and gain is actually more
unhealthy than simply being overweight. Yo-yo dieting puts women at
risk for a range of scary side effects -- like heart attack, stroke,
diabetes and eating disorders.

Notice that these medical conditions are usually blamed on being
fat, without controlling for dieting history.

3) Dr. Susan Albers, author of "Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless
Eating & Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food," explains:
"According to the 'set point' theory ... your body has a genetically
predetermined weight range. Your body tries to keep your weight within
that range and will automatically adjust your metabolism and food
storage capacity to keep you from losing or gaining weight outside of
that range or set point."
The set point theory was thought to be just that -- a theory -- until
now. Too many studies prove its legitimacy.

So take another look LV, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

And Simple_Language, thank you for posting this to this
newsgroup.

Robin

No, LV was actually correct for a change.

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wrote:

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/52196

Thank you for posting this. The diet industry is the scourge of the
Earth.

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