tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3447364918316368609..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Anti-Bullying Programs Do Not Apply to the ObeseSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39849353381684641052013-02-07T14:04:29.566-05:002013-02-07T14:04:29.566-05:00Obesity is genetic. If you see someone at a red l...Obesity is genetic. If you see someone at a red light eating and they are obese this is not a science based "aha" moment. One of my sons had to gain weight to enter the Army, he was 5'9" and 115 lbs. Today he is 27 out of the army and he is 5'9" and 115 lbs. He eats everything in sight. He can consume 4 tacos and a 32 oz cola from Taco Bell in the time it takes me to eat one taco. I have a sister in law who weighs over 350 lbs. Her sister is obese, here children are obese and she tries to lose weight and the best she can achieve is a yoyo weight over time. Go to fast food outlets near a high school at lunch time and you will see skinny girls and boys eating fast food. The very same food some like to blame for obesity. Is it making them skinny and the fat people obese? Is that even possible? In fact the answer is so much easier to understand; you get the propensity to be obese from your parents and if you have those genes you cannot effectively fight it. If you don't have those genes you probably couldn't become obese no matter what you eat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60275734567051556282013-01-30T00:07:14.072-05:002013-01-30T00:07:14.072-05:00I think that just as with art, we know obesity whe...I think that just as with art, we know obesity when we see it. It's definition may/may not reside within a mathematical formula - but occasionally so.<br /><br />Just this morning on campus i found myself wondering about the likelihood of obesity - it seemed that if someone were walking about while consuming food or drink the overwhelming likelihood was that they were obese. I've noticed the same thing watching drivers at red light intersections - eating or drinking while driving - very likely to be obese.<br /><br />Just my observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-78121243259191743992013-01-29T20:01:11.266-05:002013-01-29T20:01:11.266-05:00I'm thinking the majority of parents with youn...I'm thinking the majority of parents with young kids couldn't cook a healthy meal even if they wanted to. They never learned how to cook from scratch. If it's more advanced than opening a package, they're lost. <br /><br />Which is really sad. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27647729087917619502013-01-29T19:56:24.144-05:002013-01-29T19:56:24.144-05:00I have a special distaste for BMI. It takes the s...I have a special distaste for BMI. It takes the same information as the old height/weight tables of the '50s, but now it's somehow more <b>scientific</b> since you use metric units and divide two numbers. Wow. <br /><br />The guys who wrote the original BMI paper said not to use BMI on muscular, fit people - which I'll bet you are - because it will give false results. But nobody pays attention to the authors. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-8231437735600014912013-01-29T16:43:13.777-05:002013-01-29T16:43:13.777-05:00Probably has nothing to do with the fact that the ...Probably has nothing to do with the fact that the majority of parents out there are too busy in their lifestyle to cook a healthy meal for their child. Throw in the video games and a mixture of FDA preservatives and WHA-LA! Instant obesity cocktail. I am a firm believer that all the garbage in foods these days are not helping with the issue. Parents of these children are another issue as well. My heart and prayers go to these children as it will only be a matter of time before they snap and either lash out or fall into a depression that leads to suicide.<br /><br />Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket comes to mind.<br /><br />In Liberty,<br />Israel<br />IIIThe Steel Ibeamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330511200059696935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-78944858086095955192013-01-29T10:36:39.257-05:002013-01-29T10:36:39.257-05:00They've been using the same bullying technique...They've been using the same bullying techniques on smokers for years, and recently, on gun owners as well. <br />Nothing new.<br />Cheesynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88826508052501305592013-01-29T10:13:01.432-05:002013-01-29T10:13:01.432-05:00I have been declared borderline obese by my reserv...I have been declared borderline obese by my reserve unit, and it is based on my BMI. I weight 160 lbs, am 65.5 inches tall, and have a 32 inch waist. The BMI works out to 28.5 percent body fat, but it doesn't take muscle into account, and is a very inaccurate scale. Using the BMI as a standard has allowed critics to declare most adults borderline obese, even the physically active, and panic about an epidemic that doesn't exsist to enact controls on behavior which are more about control, and revenue generation than about health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com