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[Rteacher]

Unnecessarily killing about ten billion animals a year (mostly chickens) as the U.S. does - spending over a billion annually on advertising meat products - will do the trick.

All the foods that humans need to be healthy - grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, milk products - can be obtained with practically no violence (and more economically and ecologically than raising animals for slaughter...)

It is not hard to figure out why the fast food industry has such a strangle hold on the stomachs of America when one looks at the money spent by the industry in advertising. Below is a list of the money spent on direct media advertising by some of the major fast food corporations:


McDonald�s 627.2 million dollars
Burger King 403.6 million dollars
Taco Bell 206.5 million dollars
Coke & Diet Coke 174.4 million dollars
Wrigley�s Gum 117 million dollars
M&M Candies 80 million dollars6

Seventy percent of food advertising is for convenience food, candy, snacks, soft drinks and desserts. Only 2.2% is spent on advertising for fruits and vegetables, grains or beans.7
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2002/5/02.05.07.x.html

[igotthisguitar]

[stevemcgarrett]

Once again Plig hits the nail on the head:

We are living a more sedentary existence. My great grandfather, a farmer, ate like a horse but burned it off in the fields. He was never overweight and only cut back a little on helpings after retiring and lived to be 94.

It's the video culture, bruddah.

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[Junior]

[stevemcgarrett]

Uh, Junior:

First, let me say your username is appropo. Second, the last time I checked China wasn't considered "a first world" country. Third, I think I implied disdain when I talked about using our fat people as a secret weapon.

[ddeubel]

First let me say McGarette that you are dead wrong.... It is not about our "sedentary" culture. In fact, studies have shown that the modern person does indeed burn comparable calories to anyone of ages ago........ you are totally off base and scientifically in the dog house. I won't pull the old, "authoritarian" position , nor quote credentials but I will shout you down.

Fact is, despite how I don't agree much with anything Rteacher writes, he/she has hit the nail on the head here....abundance. Calorie laden foods, too much calorie intake. That is the issue, not activity. I will state again, it is all about how many calories you take in. As you get fit, you must take in LESS calories to remain at the same weight. Unfit people do burn more calories and need more calories but NOT ANYTHING like they consume, thus they balloon. The issue is calorie intake.

Many studies show repeatedly that exercise, activity, is a great way to maintain current physiological stasis but not a way to lose any weight. The way to lose weight is through caloric restriction and the way to gain weight is through caloric intake.......America has too much corn starch based food intake, too much meat in its diet and too much on its plate

IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING SEDENTARY...though to be healthy in the full sense, one shouldn't be sedentary. So many benefits from this...... But this is another issue and not what keeps people fat......

I recommend Martin Collis' speakwell site for a lot of great articles and background on the obesity issue.

Here is the last issue .... http://www.speakwell.com/well/2006autumn/index.php


DD

[madcap]

No question we kill more animals than we actually need to and Americans eat eay too much meat in their daily diet (hell, I'm as guilty of that as the next person), but to suggest that the killing of animals for food purposes is not only unnecessary, but immoral is way off the mark. Human beings are omnivores, we need a certain amount of protein and vitamins/minerals that are present in meat to be healthy. Granted, you can take supliments to compensate and if you are a vegetarien, more power to you, but lets get real here. We are animals, just like anything else on the planet and to say that we can't/shouldn't eat meat just because we have a conscience is just asinine. I don't want to rely on pills to keep me as fit as I should be. Did you ever wonder why the healthiest food for cats and dogs has lamb or poultry as one of the first ingredients? Maybe we should start giving them pita and hummus. Would it make a difference to you if we had to hunt for our food?

[stevemcgarrett]

DD:

Dodo, it's the combination of exercise and calorie restriction that brings on sustainable weight loss. Once again you're talking out of your azz.

And if you really believe Americans today are more active in their daily lives than our forebears I've got some oceanfront property in Utah to sell you.

Now run along and find the rest of your marbles.

[Neil]

[ddeubel]

Mcgarette,

[newton kabiddles]

[ddeubel]