KickChick Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 A friend and I were talking about just how many people nowadays are not only fat but truly obese. Now I know there are many reasons as to why ...(ex. genetics, special circumstances....) but for the most part the majority of the people I see (as I people watch at various functions) are just fat by their own choice and outta shape!! Who is to blame for this obesity epidemic? Society? ... and how do we solve this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 A good place to start would be the elimination of "super sized" fast food meals and products. Our ideas of proper portion sizes have gotten way out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuth Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 They are lazy, to much time on the pc, to easy to get faty foods, etc. There is no one answer but it all boils down to the obese person. Nobody makes them fat but them selves. BTW where abouts in CT are you located? I used to live/train there and my mom owned a gym there too. Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckdstudent Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I know people who have adhered to strict, balanced diets their entire lives and are still overweight. I know others (myself included) who don't even know the meaning of the word healthy as it applies to food (I'll eat whatever's put in front of me on a plate, and lots of it) but still maintain a decent, healthy figure. ---------Pil SungJimmy B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye of the Tiger Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I agree with Knuth. Its there own fault apart from some people with a bad metabalism where they absorb more food than others, but even them can do something about it. Advertising and media and the highly popular fast food meals such as Mc Donalds drive thoughs. Its all about the right frame of mind. If you dont have anything to do with your time you just eat, instead do exercise and eat well. I cant stand people that just keep on saying that there fat and want the whole world to feel sorry for them. Not me. Its there own fault. If you want to change CHANGE! Stop being negative and do something about it! At the end of the day the people that are fat are the people that give into temtation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withers M.A.A. Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I think a lot of it comes from stress at work. Nowadays work is so stressful and demanding that when people leave work they are just so wiped out they go home and crash. This causes them to be mostly inactive esp. if their job consists of sitting in front of a computer all day. Plus, with all the video games kids of this new generation don't go outside and play as much. Parents would rather their kids be inside and safe than being outside and doing activities. Exercise is something that needs to be done as a child so it becomes a way of life. Pete 2nd Degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do. 1997 NASKA competitor-2nd place Nationally in Blackbelt American Forms. Firearms activist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckdstudent Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 There is some involuntary basis behind it. Yes they could probably overcome that, but the question is why did they start eating so much in the first place? ---------Pil SungJimmy B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuth Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 You can diet all you want and not loose a pound. Cardio and weight training are both necisary in the weight loss game. Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I'll put it down to syndrome X, most people who are overweight have it. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4j4 S1n1s Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Fat = Lazy and/or greedy. It is that simple. Sure there are people who have genuine medical problems but they are a very small minority of the whales we see today. K4J4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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