Comments on: OBESITY A DISEASE, II http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Director Mitch http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7824 Director Mitch Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3804#comment-7824 Just another move to take away personal responsibility. Overweight? It's a medical condition and a part of my genes. Smoke? It's an addiction and I can't stop. Homicidal maniac? I was born that way and it's not my fault. Nothing anybody does is their own fault any more, is it? Just another move to take away personal responsibility. Overweight? It's a medical condition and a part of my genes. Smoke? It's an addiction and I can't stop. Homicidal maniac? I was born that way and it's not my fault.

Nothing anybody does is their own fault any more, is it?

]]> By: hln http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7825 hln Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3804#comment-7825 Diet and exercise blog? Got one of those. No, wait, I have a NUTRITION and exercise blog. That word diet - die with a t. Biggest piece of advice I give? Don't take anything you read as gospel. Research any advice, "even mine." That last sentence of the article you quoted - "Those who stuck it out for a full year lost, on average, 5 percent of their body weight - or about 10 to 12 pounds" So? What's that mean? Is that muscle loss? Are they exercising? Where's that weight in a year? Obesity CAN be a medical condition - a disease - but those cases are rare...where something in the body isn't functioning as it should, much like other diseases that inhibit or accelerate something. If obesity is "destigmatized" with the disease label, it will not help rid the world of the problem. And it'll never happen, anyway. The media will ensure that. And society'll keep yapping about body image. For those who want to give advice about diet/nutrition/exercise, start posting your credentials. And join me in St. Louis in April for some nice long bike rides. That's one good thing the urban/suburban sprawl is good for. We'll go easy, say 40 or 50 miles the first day. Oops, James, sorry - I get a bit passionate about this stuff - so much so I'd best get dressed for the gym so I can torture my poor spouse's arms and shoulders as well as my own. A girl's gotta watch her figure. Ciao. hln hln Diet and exercise blog? Got one of those. No, wait, I have a NUTRITION and exercise blog. That word diet - die with a t.

Biggest piece of advice I give? Don't take anything you read as gospel. Research any advice, "even mine."

That last sentence of the article you quoted - "Those who stuck it out for a full year lost, on average, 5 percent of their body weight - or about 10 to 12 pounds"

So? What's that mean? Is that muscle loss? Are they exercising? Where's that weight in a year?

Obesity CAN be a medical condition - a disease - but those cases are rare...where something in the body isn't functioning as it should, much like other diseases that inhibit or accelerate something. If obesity is "destigmatized" with the disease label, it will not help rid the world of the problem. And it'll never happen, anyway. The media will ensure that. And society'll keep yapping about body image.

For those who want to give advice about diet/nutrition/exercise, start posting your credentials. And join me in St. Louis in April for some nice long bike rides. That's one good thing the urban/suburban sprawl is good for. We'll go easy, say 40 or 50 miles the first day.

Oops, James, sorry - I get a bit passionate about this stuff - so much so I'd best get dressed for the gym so I can torture my poor spouse's arms and shoulders as well as my own. A girl's gotta watch her figure.

Ciao.

hln

hln

]]> By: hln http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7826 hln Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3804#comment-7826 Scrabble makes me this passionate, too. Really. hln Scrabble makes me this passionate, too. Really.

hln

]]> By: jeff http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7827 jeff Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3804#comment-7827 Hey man - How can I be a victim unless we all proceed with the myth that my behavior and actions are utterly out of my control? Hey man - How can I be a victim unless we all proceed with the myth that my behavior and actions are utterly out of my control?

]]> By: Bob and Heather's Pages o' Fun http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/obesity_a_disease_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-7828 Bob and Heather's Pages o' Fun Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3804#comment-7828 <strong>Obesity as a Disease</strong> So here's what happens when I try to think something through before posting in an effort to reduce the number of people I offend—James of Outside the Beltway has such an eloquent post that I won't even try to top... --- Obesity as a Disease
So here's what happens when I try to think something through before posting in an effort to reduce the number of people I offend—James of Outside the Beltway has such an eloquent post that I won't even try to top...

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