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If the goal is to increase the average level of health in the world, an easy way of decreasing obesity would be a godsend. Does this bother you? If so, why?

by pjscott 13y ago

Ygg2 13y ago
Sedentary lifestyle is a probably a worse offender than obesity. Being obese with active habits is probably better than slim with sedentary lifestyle.
- sgift 13y ago
  Sedentary Lifestyle? Like ... working 60-80 hours for someone else company, because we are so great at this startup and we will change the world? And I thought, after reading all the usual comments to this topic, that we should all life like this. (As I've been asked to mark it: YES, that's sarcasm)
  - eru 13y ago
    Working long hours doesn't make you sedentary. Use standing desk, if nothing else.
    - sgift 13y ago
      The last time I asked my doc said using a standing desk will probably ruin my back and/or knees. At least if I do it for any significant period of time (I usually use mine only if I work together with a collegue on one machine. Space is a bit cramped for two chairs then).
      - eru 13y ago
        Does your doc stay current on research?
alan_cx 13y ago
Because it's a lazy get out for lazy people. Perhaps if the face stuffers ate less and exercised more, there might be more food to go round. But no, carry on being greedy, cost money and resources, then use more money and resources for some sort of lazy, likely over priced, medical solution. Such a scheme is a disgusting indictment of modern humanity. Too damn lazy to do the obvious, while many people cant get enough food to survive, and pop a pill, or whatever. Bothered? No, it makes me very damn angry. Que the usual excuses..........
- cromulent 13y ago
  Well, the other side of this research is that you can help people with malnutrition. See this article for example. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bacteria-linked-to-severe-malnutrition.html#.UimUwxa9-f4 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bac...
- DanBC 13y ago
  This is a peculiar reaction. This research does not mean "take a pill, become slim". It means "Take some pills, and eat less and move more". Some people have gut flora that help them stay slim. Some people have gut flora that help them stay fat. You can see that not having the slim flora, and having the fat flora, is the worst combination and would make "eating less, moving more" harder. Taking a pill to modify the gut flora would support the attempts of those people to eat less move more.
- gnaffle 13y ago
  You do realize that these "face stuffers" are usually (as in statistically) among the poorest in our society? The ones with lots of money have time to cook proper meals, buy lots of veggies at Whole Foods or whatever, and pay for their gym memberships with personal trainers. I realize that you're angry. My tip to you would be to go to some weight losers meetings and meet these greedy face-stuffing bastards. I bet that would learn a lot from that and gain a different perspective about what they're dealing with. But, I guess you won't, because it's a bit more comfortable to just hack away at your keyboard writing smug comments on HN.
- flumbaps 13y ago

If the goal is to increase the average level of health in the world, an easy way of decreasing obesity would be a godsend. Does this bother you? If so, why?

by pjscott 13y ago

If the goal is to increase the average level of health in the world, an easy way of decreasing obesity would be a godsend. Does this bother you? If so, why?

Ygg2 13y ago

Sedentary lifestyle is a probably a worse offender than obesity. Being obese with active habits is probably better than slim with sedentary lifestyle.

sgift 13y ago
Sedentary Lifestyle? Like ... working 60-80 hours for someone else company, because we are so great at this startup and we will change the world? And I thought, after reading all the usual comments to this topic, that we should all life like this. (As I've been asked to mark it: YES, that's sarcasm)
- eru 13y ago
  Working long hours doesn't make you sedentary. Use standing desk, if nothing else.
  - sgift 13y ago
    The last time I asked my doc said using a standing desk will probably ruin my back and/or knees. At least if I do it for any significant period of time (I usually use mine only if I work together with a collegue on one machine. Space is a bit cramped for two chairs then).
    - eru 13y ago
      Does your doc stay current on research?

alan_cx 13y ago

Because it's a lazy get out for lazy people. Perhaps if the face stuffers ate less and exercised more, there might be more food to go round. But no, carry on being greedy, cost money and resources, then use more money and resources for some sort of lazy, likely over priced, medical solution. Such a scheme is a disgusting indictment of modern humanity. Too damn lazy to do the obvious, while many people cant get enough food to survive, and pop a pill, or whatever. Bothered? No, it makes me very damn angry. Que the usual excuses..........

cromulent 13y ago
Well, the other side of this research is that you can help people with malnutrition. See this article for example. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bacteria-linked-to-severe-malnutrition.html#.UimUwxa9-f4 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bac...
DanBC 13y ago
This is a peculiar reaction. This research does not mean "take a pill, become slim". It means "Take some pills, and eat less and move more". Some people have gut flora that help them stay slim. Some people have gut flora that help them stay fat. You can see that not having the slim flora, and having the fat flora, is the worst combination and would make "eating less, moving more" harder. Taking a pill to modify the gut flora would support the attempts of those people to eat less move more.
gnaffle 13y ago
You do realize that these "face stuffers" are usually (as in statistically) among the poorest in our society? The ones with lots of money have time to cook proper meals, buy lots of veggies at Whole Foods or whatever, and pay for their gym memberships with personal trainers. I realize that you're angry. My tip to you would be to go to some weight losers meetings and meet these greedy face-stuffing bastards. I bet that would learn a lot from that and gain a different perspective about what they're dealing with. But, I guess you won't, because it's a bit more comfortable to just hack away at your keyboard writing smug comments on HN.
flumbaps 13y ago