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I don't get it.
So there seems to be some sort of "obesity epidemic" going on, or so the news outlets shriek at us daily. I've seen recent articles on the Beeb and in the LA Times about how it's not our fault: the nasty-bad corporations and "food manufacturers" and so forth are saturating our environment with cues to overeat. This one in the LA Times (Cue the gluttony) goes so far as to say that we need to change the environment of our daily lives; apparently this means LAWS "regulating portion size, labeling or the places where food can be sold or eaten."
First and foremost: Good god, spare me. If you criminalise bacon, I'm on the next plane to New Zealand and not coming back.
Second, spare a thought to wonder what the hell ever happened to personal responsibility. How on earth they'd ever enforce such BS comes in at a distant third.
Here's the thing I don't get though. Why is everyone so certain that overeating is the problem, as opposed to (say) lack of exercise? Or the shift to manufactured, chemicalized foods? Or the increased stress and reduced sleep of modern life? Or some combination of the above?
There is more going on here than too many trips to Dunkin' Donuts, people. We've had Dunkin' Donuts for 60 years, and we've had ice cream a hell of a lot longer than that. Is this just a media plot to distract us from world events, or is there something sinister happening?
First and foremost: Good god, spare me. If you criminalise bacon, I'm on the next plane to New Zealand and not coming back.
Second, spare a thought to wonder what the hell ever happened to personal responsibility. How on earth they'd ever enforce such BS comes in at a distant third.
Here's the thing I don't get though. Why is everyone so certain that overeating is the problem, as opposed to (say) lack of exercise? Or the shift to manufactured, chemicalized foods? Or the increased stress and reduced sleep of modern life? Or some combination of the above?
There is more going on here than too many trips to Dunkin' Donuts, people. We've had Dunkin' Donuts for 60 years, and we've had ice cream a hell of a lot longer than that. Is this just a media plot to distract us from world events, or is there something sinister happening?
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Or most to the point, when one person is trying to tell you to be moderate, and five others are trying to sell you cheeseburgers, treadmills etc, which one are you going to listen to?
People, feh. (Thanks for the ray of sunshine.)
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trend are out there wouldn't be happy ones.
I'm convinced that the solution, if there is one, will involve someone
coming up with a way to keep people healthy that is easier to
implement and makes significantly more money than the current
binge/purge cycle that makes money, so to speak, coming and going.
Any attempts to engineer it from a behavioral level will fail, as long
as people are exposed to advertising. Irresponsible people are easier
to exploit; no industry is EVER going to support encouraging people to
act responsibly.