tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post113447125366295234..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Obese weansChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1137624572060912742006-01-18T22:49:00.000+00:002006-01-18T22:49:00.000+00:00Sorry, I think I was rude thereand I apologizeSorry, I think I was rude there<BR/>and I apologizeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1137621655183327572006-01-18T22:00:00.000+00:002006-01-18T22:00:00.000+00:00Jimmy, you have *no* idea how long it took me to p...Jimmy, you have *no* idea how long it took me to puzzle out what you were responidng to!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1137615120413721442006-01-18T20:12:00.000+00:002006-01-18T20:12:00.000+00:00Todays Banquet Tomorrows Excrementmeeting a very f...Todays Banquet Tomorrows Excrement<BR/><BR/>meeting a very fat Christian couple<BR/>in Fort William (many years ago)who were welcoming and kind to me<BR/>left me a bit sceptical about lentils Matt 15:10-11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1134638972120633802005-12-15T09:29:00.000+00:002005-12-15T09:29:00.000+00:00I think it's partly to do with our affluent times....I think it's partly to do with our affluent times. Not so much affluence of money, although that plays a part, but the fact that there is so much of everything available. People are overwhemed with choices.<BR/><BR/>Let's take crisps as an example. In days of yore when we were kids, crisps appeared and we were excited by the new snack with its little blue twist of salt. We didn't buy it ourselves because our mothers dealt with feeding the family, but we got them as a treat, maybe with a picnic. Now, there are a huge number of choices of flavour and what's more the crisps are cheap. Instead of the mothers being in charge of providing the food, the kids have the money given to them to buy their meals, so naturally they might want to buy several of the myriad flavours and then eat them all at one sitting. And that's lunch. Not very nourishing and not very filling but quick and easy and available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1134589877072699462005-12-14T19:51:00.000+00:002005-12-14T19:51:00.000+00:00Mmmm. Interesting info, Neil - though I did start ...Mmmm. Interesting info, Neil - though I did start off thinking about obese kids. And yes, there are more sedentary pursuits for them too - no more running barefoot through the streets till it's dark and going home for bread and dripping, eh?<BR/>I'd still rather eat my fingernails.Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1134545500988202942005-12-14T07:31:00.000+00:002005-12-14T07:31:00.000+00:00John - I think if you ask overweight children if t...John - I think if you ask overweight children if their fellow pupils are reticent about commenting on their size you'd find political correctness hasn't hit home too hard in the playground yet. The richest form of abuse among kids around where I live still appears to be reserved for the fat kids.<BR/><BR/>Chris – will and perception? You'll be telling the unemployed to get on their bike soon. Research consistently points to obesity being heavily influenced by socio-economic factors; poverty, housing conditions and work among them. To suggest it’s down to laziness is like suggesting single parent families caused by loose mums - and even the Tories gave up on that line a while ago.<BR/><BR/>We live in a society where processed foods and ready meals are frequently cheaper – not just easier to fix – than “real” food, and are also easier to buy. Local corner shops often don’t stock fresh veg and, if they do, it’s hugely expensive. If you’re working 12 hour shifts and/or odd hours, balancing work with childcare, it’s not necessarily cooking the food that’s the problem – it’s getting hold of it fresh.<BR/><BR/>Other environmental problems explaining some adult obesity: more desk-bound, rather than manual, work, means fewer calories burned. As does, even, higher ambient temperature in workplaces. It’s all on Google. <BR/><BR/>So: I'd suggest, between bites of bacon roll, that this is a complex problem that can’t be solved with a stiff upper lip and spicy lentils. Let's stop pretending things are otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1134494425757147582005-12-13T17:20:00.000+00:002005-12-13T17:20:00.000+00:00Sitting here drinking cup of fruit tea after your ...Sitting here drinking cup of fruit tea after your phone call today and decided to look at your site. Agree wholeheartedly (or wholemealedly?) with your assessment and would add in the suggestion that perhaps all the Political Correctness of recent years is a contributory factor to obesity too. It became improper to comment on size and so fatness just became an accepted factor with consequent epidemic now. Stand back and await eruption of righteous responses...<BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1134485395573454022005-12-13T14:49:00.000+00:002005-12-13T14:49:00.000+00:00Hmm. Reading Glasgow University's News Review I fi...Hmm. Reading Glasgow University's News Review I find two interestingly related articles on research. One analysed info from more than 2,000 11- year-olds and their parents and found that, on balance, working mothers gave their children more fruit, veg and cereals and fewer high-fat foods than mothers who did not work.<BR/>Another piece of research found that one contributory factor leading to adult obesity - along with a high birth weight and parental obsesity - was sleeping for less than 10.5 hours a night at age three. (Study results published in BMA journal)Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.com