Obesity

[cookelad]

One thing I see on a daily basis when walking to the station is people standing waiting at bus stops who are then seen at the train station, if the bus stop was a "good" walk from the station I could understand but I'm talking 3-4 minutes walk!

When I used to catch the bus from the city I would see people get on the bus for 1 stop, again the bus stops on the route can be as little as 200 yards apart, you can actually see the next stop and could probably describe what people are wearing stood waiting at the next stop, so basically people would prefer to pay £1.45 (or whatever it is now) than walk 200 yards!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

One thing I see on a daily basis when walking to the station is people standing waiting at bus stops who are then seen at the train station, if the bus stop was a "good" walk from the station I could understand but I'm talking 3-4 minutes walk!

I see the same thing. It' s about a 15 minute walk from the hospital to the station and nice and flat yet people would rather wait for a bus and then sit in traffic.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not sure how you educate people though. Many are on low incomes and will go for the lowest denominator (chips, burgers etc) and not the more expensive items like fresh fruit and veg. How do you break that cycle?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Bad miss from Wilshere

Whilst trying to get obese ?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Whilst trying to get obese ?

Keep up! Changed and moved.

 

[SocketRocket]

How strange I am 25 my missus is 24, we both think that we are a stone overweight but according to the chart we are below world average.

I have this vision of the UK in 25 years time which involves millions of stoney broke, homeless, obese pensioners sitting for days in hospital detention centers.

Hospital detention centers?

 

[Rumpokid]

Not sure how you educate people though. Many are on low incomes and will go for the lowest denominator (chips, burgers etc) and not the more expensive items like fresh fruit and veg. How do you break that cycle?

Homer...Veg and fruit are not luxury items...Nowt to do with low incomes..It is morelike people would sooner have a couple of mars bars and a twix or bag of crisps..You will not break that cycle because there are too many people that think this is ok and quite acceptable to eat crap..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Homer...Veg and fruit are not luxury items...Nowt to do with low incomes..It is morelike people would sooner have a couple of mars bars and a twix or bag of crisps..You will not break that cycle because there are too many people that think this is ok and quite acceptable to eat crap..

And as I said, how do you educate and break that cycle?

 

[Rumpokid]

And as I said, how do you educate and break that cycle?

Education is for schools not adults who eat to much..Maths ,English and other learning subjects, not what you should or shouldn't put in your mouth, just like theother biggest 'education ' failure, which is sex education..They just do not work

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Education is for schools not adults who eat to much..Maths ,English and other learning subjects, not what you should or shouldn't put in your mouth, just like theother biggest 'education ' failure, which is sex education..They just do not work

Sex education a failure ? How so ?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Education is for schools not adults who eat to much..Maths ,English and other learning subjects, not what you should or shouldn't put in your mouth, just like theother biggest 'education ' failure, which is sex education..They just do not work

But the issue is the parents educate their kids and indoctrinate their own habits and so the problem repeats. I agree it isn't down to schools but how do you get parents to break the cycle and feed their kids better from an early age, and educate them on the dangers of a crap diet.

 

[SocketRocket]

Its true many people dont get enough exercise but its not directly related to obesity. If you carry on eating the wrong diet then walking a few miles will not make you thin, OK people need to take exercise but its a fallacy that exercise without an improved diet will loose large amounts of weight.

 

[Tashyboy]

Saw a piece on photos from liverpool from the 60's to the early 70's Scottie road I think it was. Anyway all the kids in the photos were as poor as anything. But they were all skinny and smiling. So where has has poor and skinny eating correctly. Gone to poor and eating rubbish and getting fat. When we were kids in Rochdale and Rennuth. You did not dare miss a meal or else you went hungry.

 

[Rumpokid]

Saw a piece on photos from liverpool from the 60's to the early 70's Scottie road I think it was. Anyway all the kids in the photos were as poor as anything. But they were all skinny and smiling. So where has has poor and skinny eating correctly. Gone to poor and eating rubbish and getting fat. When we were kids in Rochdale and Rennuth. You did not dare miss a meal or else you went hungry.

Well said

 

[SocketRocket]

There seem to be a great number of very lard arsed Mothers with babies these days! has eating for two become eating for six?

 

[Paul_Stewart]

Maybe a ban on stuffing pies into your mouth in public places is in order?

That would seriously reduce the numbers at the next Golf Monthly Forum event

 

[Foxholer]

There seem to be a great number of very lard arsed Mothers with babies these days! has eating for two become eating for six?

Evidence? They'll certainly be more 'evident' though, so maybe just an impression.

Perhaps it's down to IVF treatment!

 

[Khamelion]

Well at 5' 11" and 15stone 7lbs I'm classed as obese, what a crock, I know I could do with losing a few pound, probably one stone, but even if I did, that would still put me 2 stone above what the sliders say is my ideal weight.

Hell if I was to lose 3 stone I wouldn't be healthy and I know I would be miserable.

BMI is a crock.

 

[SocketRocket]

Evidence? They'll certainly be more 'evident' though, so maybe just an impression.

Perhaps it's down to IVF treatment!

I dont understand a word of that

And! is it possible for you to complete a sentence without inserting one of these

 

[Slime]

Well at 5' 11" and 15stone 7lbs I'm classed as obese, what a crock, I know I could do with losing a few pound, probably one stone, but even if I did, that would still put me 2 stone above what the sliders say is my ideal weight.

Hell if I was to lose 3 stone I wouldn't be healthy and I know I would be miserable.

BMI is a crock.

Really?



Slime.