Obesity in America

I miss jungle gyms.. :( They use to have a ton of these things all over the playgrounds and such.. until one day a kid fell off and snapped his neck.. now you can't even find one where I live!

msg^^sorry mate, bit overcomplicated there
try this copied off my MMA site, not just for MMA fighters though, a healthy diet is for everyoneUnder-eating and overeating both have to be avoided, the ideal is to have a balanced nutritious diet that gives you the energy you need to train. Unfortunately this is not an ideal everyone is able to attain, although it should be an easy matter if you understand what goes to make up a balanced diet. All food has a calorific value. A calorie in physics is the amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water through one degree centigrade.However, a food calorie is the equivalent of 1000 'physics' calories. The number of food calories you consume together with the number of calories you burn up in daily activity determines your body weight. Water has no calories, but is vital for the proper functioning of the body, especially when training hard or living in hot climates.The human thirst mechanism is generally regarded as being inefficient and to prevent dehydration it is advisable to drink up to three liters of water per day. Water helps the kidneys to flush toxins out of the body. Attempting to reduce body weight by dehydrating the body is foolish and potentially harmful. Weight lost by sweating in training must be replaced by drinking sufficient fresh water.There are six classes of nutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and water. Carbohydrates such as fruit, vegetables, pasta, rice, potatoes and grain products like bread should provide about 50-60 per cent of your calories and provide easily assimilated energy for your training efforts. If carbohydrates are the fuel for the engine, proteins are the oil. Protein is what the body uses to replenish and repair its tissues, and to build up muscle after it has been broken down in training; it should provide 20 per cent of the calories in an athlete's diet.Meats, particularly fish and poultry, along with eggs and dairy products provide complete proteins. Fats should provide the other 30 per cent of the calories in a balanced diet, but wide variations in the amount of dietary fat seem to be compatible with good health. Animal fat should be avoided, while vegetable oils such as sunflower oil or olive oil are good sources of essential fatty acids which must be consumed on a regular basis. Because fat is easy for the body to store, excess calories, particularly if consumed in the form of fats, will increase your body fat levels.Cutting down on calories consumed in the form of fats will, if combined with daily aerobic exercise to raise the body's base metabolic rate and burn up excess calories, lead to a reduction in body fat levels. Losing fat is the right way to lose weight and a much better approach than crash dieting which is potentially dangerous and leads to a loss of lean muscle tissue mass that weakens the athlete. If the athlete has a balanced diet it will contain the necessary vitamins and minerals and supplements should not be needed.

Sadly your not getting the point FAT is protein the people who researched it didn't thing that way they thought if your Fat your disgusting, but it is Protein basically no different than carrying crackers in your purse

BeaverDonoHey..I'm American and I'm also a heavy set guy.. let me throw my two cents in..Just because your fat, overweight, or obese doesn't mean your not active.. I am pretty active for a person of my weight. I work retail, so I am always on my feet and running around the store.. I have a dirty secret hobby of fishing (and fishing season over in Washington started a few days ago.. fun times) so I'm always outside when I get the chance to and I am a video game fanatic nonetheless.Do I blame video games for making me fat? No, I take responsibility for my actions and how I "look" to other people.I don't know why everyone outside the US is so fixated on how big Americans get... it is rather creepy though when you think about it, more than half the world hate the US but they care about how fat we are? But my major gripe about everything in general is this.. with all this negative light on the subject of being obese, its almost like people are trying to separate us from the rest of the world. We're human too, not some statistic on the daily news.

Dude what I say is that your Fat is like carrying weights, but to your body its a fridge so imagine me not having any fat carrying around weights would it not make exercising difficult, but its not like you can't
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BeaverDonoHey..I'm American and I'm also a heavy set guy.. let me throw my two cents in..Just because your fat, overweight, or obese doesn't mean your not active.. I am pretty active for a person of my weight. I work retail, so I am always on my feet and running around the store.. I have a dirty secret hobby of fishing (and fishing season over in Washington started a few days ago.. fun times) so I'm always outside when I get the chance to and I am a video game fanatic nonetheless.Do I blame video games for making me fat? No, I take responsibility for my actions and how I "look" to other people.I don't know why everyone outside the US is so fixated on how big Americans get... it is rather creepy though when you think about it, more than half the world hate the US but they care about how fat we are? But my major gripe about everything in general is this.. with all this negative light on the subject of being obese, its almost like people are trying to separate us from the rest of the world. We're human too, not some statistic on the daily news.

Also I am not fixated I know my history and that is why me as a Canadian respect the Americans and I am tired of how people talk about them
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LoonylionWhile americans are stereotypically obese, its a growing problem in the UK as well, particularly childhood obesity. There are a number of reasons for this. firstly, I think people's diets are deteriorating in terms of nutritional value. fast food and chinese/indian/mexican/etc/etc take aways and 'ready meals' are becoming more and more prevailant, and they arent healthy. Home cooked food is becoming less common in part due to people having less time. Also in single parent families and families where both parents work they don't feel up to cooking after they just got in from work. I also think laziness plays a part here.Activity levels are declining among children, partly because of having nowhere to play (all open land gets built on) as well as increased crime (or increased fear of crime) means parents are not as willing to let their kids play outside. then of course there is the litigation culture and the dreaded 'health and safety' brigade that has meant a lot of the games kids used to play at school are now banned in case someone gets hurt (and the parent subsequently sues the school). In some cases poor parenting is a factor, with kids being 'brought up' by the TV/video games that meas they have little interest in doing anything else.

You know what the weirdest thing is that people say that women eat lot due to depression so why can't that happen in children and men. I don't know why people thing its all "cause its the future, we have it better" sometimes there is that one person trying to make our lives a living hell

LukongYou know what the weirdest thing is that people say that women eat lot due to depression so why can't that happen in children. I don't know why people thing its all "cause its the future, we have it better" sometimes there is that one person trying to make our lives a living hell

It can but its an extremely small number of cases. that in itself cannot explain an obsesity epidemic.

BeaverDonoDodge ball NERD RAGE!!!!!
But that is seriously messed up.. Dodge ball = PE.. they can't have PE without dodge ball!
/derailed

Dude and Dudess they banned us from playing Red A** [Throw the ball against the wall, if the person who didn't catch it gets the ball, the thrower gets wiped with the ball until they touch the wall]
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Actually you can if you read what I said. things like Chocolate bars and Ice cream make you fat from the protein you gain from it, same thing with meat and that means those granola bars and peanut butter sandwiches is supplying your Protein Storage "system"

Lukong · #22Sadly your not getting the point FAT is protein the people who researched it didn't thing that way they thought if your Fat your disgusting, but it is Protein basically no different than carrying crackers in your purse

i think if you read my post it explains perfectly a balanced diet

I'm just gonna say this...Australia had the title for the FATTEST country for a short time (and with the way i eat I'm surprised I'm not a hippo, or eaten one for that matter....)Now, from what I seen, sadly it seems something is in the water, everywhere I go all I see is FAT people with FAT kids!Something in our foods seems to making genetically fat people, sure I like to (like my father) blame fast food and shops making it easier and cheaper to buy fatty foods...but when the kids have the width of their parents it's really disturbing...Though it seems to be random, one family in mind, the father is FAT, the mother is a bit bigger than she should, and the child is the splitting image of a hippo...Yet their eldest son is a twig despite downing beers like a bottomless pit, he managed to beat his own fat problems...lots of exercise, and I mean a hell of alot!But no diet changes...so I guess he was genetically lucky :PAnd some fat families I knew, they would (hard to believe) hardly eat anything, while they be full 3 quarters of their meal, I'd be on my 5th serving.Sadly it seems some people are just born fat...it could be beaten but when your born fat it's a tad hard to beat.

when i stop training i put 14kg on in a couple of weeks, i have 2 sets of jeans, one lot 28" waist one lot 32"

40kg, 160cm, 8th grade... own....

msg2009 · #25i think if you read my post it explains perfectly a balanced diet

I did and sadly your not understanding that FAT isn't that bad as everyone thinks it is and that the balance diet like eating vegetables, fruits and nuts that maybe apart of a balance diet, but for people who want to shed some pounds are just gaining back that fat because FAT is protein and protein is in some vegetables, fruits and definitely in nuts so your Calories post doesn't really get that.The reason for the first post was because I am tired of how people take Obesity like its the end of world [Literally] and pointing it at America [As a Canadian I know my history and see more than what they teach us]. There are people in this world like lazy activist just hanging up signs and expecting the gov't to do everything and they couldn't spread the news around community cause its to much work, but its not to much work to get pass government security.

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Actually fat is not protein, they're distinct food groups.

What turns to fat fastest in your body is unused sugar and wheat starch, so wheat products (even wholegrain) can contribute to putting on weight.

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CELIACS, GET.

Lukong · #29I did and sadly your not understanding that FAT isn't that bad as everyone thinks it is and that the balance diet like eating vegetables, fruits and nuts that maybe apart of a balance diet, but for people who want to shed some pounds are just gaining back that fat because FAT is protein and protein is in some vegetables, fruits and definitely in nuts so your Calories post doesn't really get that.

read my post again.
ive been to uni studying to be a PE teacher, i have been bodybuilding for 16 years and i am an amateur cagefighter and get my diet from a top nutritionist. I kinda know a little bit about diets.there are 6 different classes of nutrients fat and protein are nutrients they are NOT the same thing. My post EXPLAINS calories as part of a diet, it is not just a calorie post.
proteins can turn to fats as can EVERYTHING ELSE, this is why in my post it says overeating should be avoided and you should exercise. is this what your on about? because protein is certainly not classed as a fat in any books ive read or diets ive seen.
and you say people wanting to shed pounds gain it all back by protein? the body starts burning fat after 30-40 mins of exercise so if thats the case, people are not exercising enough and eating too much.and you say i dont understand FAT isn't that bad as everyone thinks it is.
when did i say that? did i say fat was bad?
fat is needed in a balanced diet, some body fat percentage is healthy, even more so for women

msgFats should provide the other 30 per cent of the calories in a balanced diet, but wide variations in the amount of dietary fat seem to be compatible with good health

I'm taking Foods right now, and I can tell you that fat is definitely not a protein. Also, water is a nutrient.I think the biggest problem where I live is that there's nowhere for people to exercise. No trees to climb, stuff like that. The only reason I haven't ended up like my family is because I have OCD and possibly a form of body dysmorphic disorder which makes me conscious of what I eat and also makes me exercise.Hurrah for paranoia! Excuse me while I do some squats...You know... people should start lifting weights while using the computer, maybe? It's easy to type with one hand.

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i covered that one but some people dont read or dont understand posts:

msgThere are six classes of nutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and water.

but i cant take seriously anyone that says: How does Anorexia happen basically when your body isn't getting anything to eat [Protein most likely] it feeds off the body's protein which is your Muscles and stored FAT[quote author=MessoMesso's link]
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BeaverDono · #21I miss jungle gyms.. :( They use to have a ton of these things all over the playgrounds and such.. until one day a kid fell off and snapped his neck.. now you can't even find one where I live!

Those things were fun, but, by god they were dangerous. Even loose bark "padding" and a thick woollen jersey could not stop me breaking my wrist when I was five, and fell off.

with too much M's....

Body fat percentile is a much more accurate weigh of measuring things.