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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:25 PM Original message |
Ok folks for the obesity crisis to become clear |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree. Too bad it's impossible for people to control what their hand puts in their mouth... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I think I'm misinterpreting your post -- |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Whichever sounds best to those with this terribly debilitating condition. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. In addition to the great stuff nadinbrzezinski posted, I gotta say it's been |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. It gets worst, sometimes getting the apple is not possible |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. It's horrifying, and we, as a people, have just been too clueless for too long. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Obviously the answer is to put sin taxes on those foods. eom |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
67. Yes the corporations bear the lion's share of the blame for the obesity crisis. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #67 |
145. Which is really odd when you think about it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I have argued in the past, after readying a lot on it |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Also, artificial sweeteners make you hungry all the time! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That is why I have switched to Stevia |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Stevia. Another victim of Corporate America (and, most likely, Rumsfeld when |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
113. If food really were heroin, I'd be all with you. Unfortunately, teh crazy here is getting a bit much |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. So, in other words, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
116. My remarks concerned quantity, not quality. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Okay, one more question |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I gave this answer to somebody bellow |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. (a) Everybody (literally) is different. What's too much for me may not be too much for you... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you want the Obesity crisis to be clear |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I know that... As I keep an eye on trends |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
135. & poverty. they go together. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bring back smoking and people will lose weight. eom |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And how about changing the national cheap food policy started by Nixon? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What you are proposing is focusing on one area, weight, and excluding a lot of other things |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. We are not talking of overweight people, we are talking of obese people |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. BMI is bullshit. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. BMI is not bullshit, it is an average number |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Fuck yourself with your "but I am sure you did not know that" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Fine, if you want to discuss this be an adult if not |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. This is rich coming from someone who wrote a hyperbolic and threatening OP |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Ah the libertarian in DU... I see |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Ah the authoritarian in DU. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
146. And notice how you become a libertarian if you don't agree with the OP? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Does this thread make my ass look fat? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. Ha! I think I read that book. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
139. Not really. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. BTW, the study did look at obese people. It looked at people of all weights. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The riisk of being underweight has been known for a long time |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. So what sort of public policies do you propose to help those endangered skinny people? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Eating disorders are also treated as a health concern |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Most skinny people do not have eating disorders but nice try. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
70. Meh. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Count me out. I don't eat that much as it is and I'll be damned if I drop to 1000 calories. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
97. Heh. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Welcome to DU |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #99 |
129. ty! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Formerly fat people tend to be the most judgmental |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Truthfully this is what I suspect about the OP. A "reformed" fatty who now targets others. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #115 |
128. Reformed fatty? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Ah the PRC going at it with you? I was wondering when the F |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Not you, the original poster who put Hello Kitty on "ignore" now because she can't tolerate dissent |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Absolutely |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
134. Amen, Missy Vixen. Picking on the vulnerable has become a trend in the U.S. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Good one! Almost splattered my monitor reading that! nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Fuck off, asshole. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, actually this man is... |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. And here is the face of the lacking mental health crisis: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Now that is one loon that needs to be put on a 51-50 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes lets have... it is called public health |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hey if that trend continues for another century or so |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. A good start would be to get rid of the fucking soda and |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. A few districts are moving there |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
77. Hear, hear! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Meh - tired of others mapping what one person does in their to everyone else |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Look at the NATIONAL HEALTH CARE STATISTICS |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. Hey sell your freedoms in the name of health care (aka money), just don't as me to join ya |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. So we should keep this system where the corps are free to do whatever |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. meh, I usually don't eat out anyway, I have that choice (for now) and exercise it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. The problem is that nobody has ever even suggested to take your choice |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
80. Exactly. Weird control freak stuff. I really hate the food police. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
104. I hate nanny liberals* in general. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. IMHO judgments and moralizing are fine. Everyone does it. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #104 |
131. I agree. And this poster has a somewhat bizarre urge to post things about fat people |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #131 |
138. Many people who complain about others being fat..... |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. I'll never understand that one. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #141 |
143. I've had my own weight issues |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #138 |
151. Who is the woman in your sig line? |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Shirley Manson |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #131 |
148. Having been "saved," the "saved" often proselytize. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because thin people never have hypertension, bulimia, anorexia, diabetes, cancer, ...... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. In lower percentages, and bulimia and anorexia are eating disorders |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Wow. If you're fat you're on death's door and if you're skinny you must have an eating disorder. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. ... and again. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. What percent of ANY people make it to 100? |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Point taken. Sorry to hear... |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. Before you claim you are an expert on all matters of obesity, go to obesitymyths.com please. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Self delete |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. What? Your post makes no sense. But it figures that you aren't willing to do any additional reading |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #93 |
111. I did the due dilligence on your "source" - including pulling the IRS form 990 |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Take the time to read the studies quoted on the website. All perfectly respectable medical journals |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #112 |
126. Reading from an IRS Form 990 is hardly "poisoning the well" |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #126 |
132. Then I would suggest reading the articles referenced. Many reseachers are funded by the diet |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. We spend more on health care than on food |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. This is what is wild |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. The BMI is horseshit. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I know the BMI is horse shit according to some |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. No, I want them to get actual data. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well the best way to asses this would be to actually do the weigh in |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. It sucks if you're just an endomorph. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. agree with you, it is far worst |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I agree. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. You want to hear something crazy? |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Wow, I feel lucky. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. Good example |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Health program or not, I already have a say in what happens to your body |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. Doesn't that justify their concerns? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. And the thing is, you can't tell how someone eats just by looking at them. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. We already do that, as a matter of public policy |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #72 |
147. My initial post was saying |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Oh boy where to start? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. ? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Once again, since you are having a hell of a time understanding |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. Thanks to you I ordered The End of Overeating from Barnes & Noble, $15... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. You welcome and I did enjoy the book |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
74. How can a call to action against the second biggest killer (after tobacco) get LESS THAN ZERO? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Quite simple |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. It is also time to stop disguising moral/aesthetic issues as concerns for health. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Amen, Hello Kitty. I am surprised that other posters don't see this for the offensive rant |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Thank you. The libertarian accusation is a howler. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
75. It is extremely hard to get to your right body mass index if you've been above 30 for a long time. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Trust me I understand |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Do you realize that your posts sound obnoxious? "I am so perfect; I maintain a perfect weight" |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. She whined and put me on ignore because I refused to pay homage to her virtue |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #95 |
110. An article from The American Journal of Public Health |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
144. It's hormone imbalances. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
79. What's cheaper, crappy food or healthy food? Ramen noodles aren't good for you, you know. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. That is the NATIONAL FOOD POLICY that needs changing, and badly |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
85. This thread has brought out the Libertarians and Anecdotalists. I don't know which is worse. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. I think the libertarians actually |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. It's also brought out the authoritarians. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I find the op's desire to control fat people a bit peculiar. The op read one book from amazon and is |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. I know! |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
88. "and if I have to start taxing your shit" |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
90. I for one am so tired of the tirades against fat people. Ethnicity is also a |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
101. Crisis? Everything is a crisis these days. No one has any sense of scale anymore. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Actually it falls in the category of a health care crisis |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Thus, sort of by definition, it is not a crisis. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. It is like the use of the term pandemic by the WHO... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
109. America is fatter than ever, and lives longer than ever. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
114. quit subsidizing HFCS |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. absolutely, that goes back to Nixon |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
118. A woman has the right what to do with their bodies |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. And the government has the absolute right to take out |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. This OP started out saying she wanted to tax people and now it's come to this. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #124 |
136. Wasn't there a thread yesterday about the fact that Americans ridicule the obese? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
122. Wait, aren't you yourself obese? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Former fatties - former anything for that matter - tend to be insufferable. eom |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Aw. |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #127 |
142. Whoops. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #122 |
137. Figures. As I suspected. Notice that everyone is on "ignore" who dared to disagree with the rant. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #122 |
140. Really? |
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