Comments on: Study Shows World-Wide Obesity

By: Eating Disorder Treatment

Eating Disorder Treatment — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:49:49 +0000

Beeing overweight is one of the most common causes for heart disease and other health issues and, as it was said before, too much salt in our food is one of the causes of obesity. Anyway, all the eating disorder treatments should start by teaching people what and how much to eat.

By: Jack Payne

Jack Payne — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:29:41 +0000

I just recently wrote a blog piece on weight loss scams, really odd-ball stuff: caffeine patches, tights, and sunscreens; Slim Slippers (lose weight through reflexology and by walking on magnets); even weight loss earrings.

When I finished this piece I could only shake my head. Some of the worst scams I’ve ever seen. I’m amazed at the big numbers of people who actually fall for this stuff.

Nice to read this, get back to sensible approaches.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:09:00 +0000

Ha Anna - I guess I am not really a skinny person. I have a larger than average muscle mass and probably could lose 5 pounds of fat to be at an ideal weight. But my blood pressure and cholesterol are low, I am quite active, and I eat a very healthy diet. No guarantees, but all things considered, probably lowering my health risks about as well as anyone can.

A doctor I know told me that he could often tell more about weight with one look at a person than he could by calculating BMI. But he said he still used the BMI also because sometimes he was fooled. He says that some people just have a larger bone and muscle density than others. He also said that many overweight see themselves as big-boned. Often that is not the case, but a good physical exam tells him the truth.

Other things like blood tests and blood pressure tests are important. Many skinny people have heart attacks or strokes and some fat people do not. Someone once said “you are what you eat”. To that I would add, “no matter what you look like”. A skinny person can have a horrible diet. An moderately overweight person can sometimes have a healthy diet. Within reason, I don’t think absolute body weight or BMI are terribly important factors.

-Will

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:08:23 +0000

Hi Will, did you hear that expression about ’skinny fat people’, I think that is you, lol. I not sure where I stand, but I remember few years ago when I worked for large corp, the owner was very big on preventative medicine. We had heaven, however, he did not realize that he was killing us with demanding working hours etc. But one day they came up with this offer, that they will give us free day on top of our vacation days but in return we had to maintain our weight, eat healthy, and those who were overweigth by BMI standards, had to somehow bring it down in the certain period to get the one day off. We couldn’t believe how many people - skinny people, we had around with high BMI.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:12:44 +0000

Thanks JJ! I found your comment in the spam filter and got it out quick as you certainly don’t belong there! Filtering is not perfect I guess, but is necessary. I get hundreds of spam posts to comments every week!

I don’t know if all the salt in processed food contains iodine. I know you can buy it with or without at the grocery. Here is a link with some information about iodine in salt. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99535.htm

There is a lot of info online about the coddling moth. I found that by using traps, I can catch a bunch of the moths before they lay their eggs, but timing is critical there. However I still lose more than 1/2 of my apples to the moth larvae. I do get enough apples even with the damage and prefer this to regular spraying with chemicals.

-Will

By: JJ Loch

JJ Loch — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:06:24 +0000

Will,

Great blog!!!

It does sound like there is something wrong with the numbers.
I’ve always thought way too much sodium has been dumped into processed foods and feel this is one of the reasons for all the obesity.

I avoid salt as much as possible but realize I need some intake for the iodine.

Thanks so much for posting about the coddling moth larvae that could be the reason for my apple crop blight. Jeff and I will look into it.
We only had a bushel of good apples from six prolific trees.

Hugs, JJ