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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 05:59 PM Original message |
Does anyone beside my mother and me believe that |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's a sizeable factor (pardon the pun) |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
102. I believe this is a contributing factor |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think whatever the answer is... |
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bananarepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Perhaps it's all that cement cattle are allowed to be fed before going to market? I kid you not! n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just throwing a quick take on this out there |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. While people may have differing metabolic rates |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. but |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. At my gym they told me it is 80% diet and 20% exercise |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Your gym wouldn't have an interest |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. Weight Does Not = Fat. Muscle Weighs More Than Fat |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #73 |
80. A pound of fat will take up about 18% more space than a pound of muscle. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. That's What I Meant, I Didn't Say That A Pound of Fat Weighed More Than A Pound of Mucle |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #87 |
94. Good thought! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #73 |
93. I figure it still has cardiovascular results |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
104. I agree with that..... 80% diet......... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Exactly. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Precisely. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
85. No, it's not. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
97. AFAIK, there really isn't any other way |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. The bottom line is that |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. not exactly |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. i guess it's possible but not in my case. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Good for you! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. back at you! I'm actually running my first 10k in November, i did a 6k last year |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have recently been thinking that it's one of the reason that |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. 60 years ago you weren't sitting around watching tv and playing video games |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. This is why a scientific study is needed. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. it's not the hormones or the video games |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. True. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
58. Unfortunately it's not safe to let your kids go out unsupervised anymore |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
82. It really is no more dangerous now than in 1966. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
59. No I wasn't out playing in the afternoon. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
99. I'm sure there are plenty of undiagnosed, or wrongly diagnosed |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
100. Interesting Link Perragrande! n/t |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Kids are driven *everywhere* today. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
68. Also, you said it yourself: Mom cooked most of our meals |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think lots of people believe that. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Actually, I think it's the amount of food we eat. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Calories in Vs. calories out for most people. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. For everybody... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I think it is the amount people eat. Most now do not get anything like the exercise |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. i know more people that do not exercise than do. I was one of them for a long time |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I know that last summer I ate less and exercised more and lost 30 lbs in 3 months, |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. the one big benefit about losing weight that i didn't appreciate until i did was dealing |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oh yeah. It never occured to me how much more comfortable I'd be, silly as it may sound. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. thanks, i'm actually looking forward to it, it's kind of a milestone. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Indeed. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
62. Yeah, it is. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's the high processing |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Agree wholeheartedly! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. "growth hormones" in part make a cow hungry and want to/do eat more. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. It might be making babies bigger |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's not the three meals they ate |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. hight fructose corn syrup is a major factor.. google; 'high fructose corn syrup obesity' |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yep. I stay as far away from that crap as possible. |
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Alacrat (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I agree with HFCS, along with |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. there is also a relationship with Diabetes and HFCS |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Agreed! High fructose corn syrup is the biggest culprit at the moment. |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. HFCS is in freaking everything. |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. I found it in my pickles, of all things. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. I can vouch that the overweight people in my office eat way too much food |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. . |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. No popcorn necessary, I'm just talking about my office. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Honestly, |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Animal Growth hormones ... |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Huh? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. That's the 'scientific' version of a non-denial denial. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. I avoid growth hormones, but I think it's a combination of factors |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. I agree w/you & your mother. But there are also other factors |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think it |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. hormones and high fructuse corn syrup |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
81. Avoid high fructose corn syrup like the freakin' plague! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. Could be, along with anti-depressants |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think it matters how much food we eat. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. Maybe. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'd sooner blame the automobile, and with better reason |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. I think there's a connection between hormones and cancer |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. Lack of exercise in everyday life is a huge factor |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Yeah... |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
56. It's probably |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. Don't growth hormones just make you eat more? |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
65. There are numerous articles linking plastic and obesity |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
66. When I'm fat it's because I have a slow thyroid... |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
69. This is a very interesting conversation, and many good links thruout the thread! |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
70. I think this is true in an indirect way |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
72. I Agree & I Think We All Need To Give Up the Processed BullShit They Try To Feed Us |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
74. It's the size factor. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
75. It's the kind of food and the amount of food. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
76. Maybe. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
77. No, you certainly aren't a scientist. |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
78. People used to eat like farmers |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. You got it- portion size. |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
79. I think the invention of the remote control was the downfall of |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
83. I've long had a theory that it accounts for the rise in breast cancer. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
84. Growth hormones aren't given to vegetables. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
86. High fructose corn syrup. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. YES!! |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
88. People still eat like they are doing physical labor all day. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
90. All you can eat buffet's is the cause of obesity! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
92. My girlfriend looses 20 pounds everytime she goes home to Mexico for more than a week. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
95. It's at least possible and worth considering |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
96. I've been thinking this is why kids are growing so tall today. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
101. how about our young girls, that look like 20 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
103. No, it's not just you. |
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