ext_120524 ([identity profile] dianec42.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dianec42 2008-01-23 07:20 pm (UTC)

Re: not BACON!!!! Nooooooooooo!

I skimmed the article (still supposed to be working! apparently work is not engaging my brain enough though, as I keep thinking about this stuff instead :P).

What stuck out for me is this (and obviously I'm paraphrasing):
"Exercise is good for you, but it probably won't help you lose weight. We still want to encourage people to exercise..."

I have an idea forming in my head, which goes something like this:

We are a results-oriented society. If you tell people "Do this because it's good for you," some of them will do it, for a while. If you tell people "Do this and you will see a result," many more of them will do it... and then stop doing it if they don't see the expected result fairly quickly. (Insert rant here about gym overpopulation in January.)

I think this might be what was separating us from the French, and why they're closing the obesity gap at last.

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