As I heard this study I turned to look at Soren, who is still a rail after 16 years of spit swapping close association with me. He must be made of Teflon or something, because all my fat rays just bounce right off him. The part about this study that most registered on my "DUH"-o-meter was the part where the scientists "discover" that if you have overweight family members, you have a much greater incidence of being overweight yourself. YA THINK?? The news report I watched then tied this study to yetanotherstudy about childhood obesity and how that's on the rise in this country and with that rise, type 2 Diabetes in children is rising and OH NOO what shall we do sorts of hand wringing. At the end of these segments the exhortation was that everyone with fat friends or fat children or fat family -really- need to eat a diet low in fat and sugar with a lot of vegetables and whole grains. And exercise more.
No real news here, or even suggestions on how to accomplish that in a society which in no way facilitates eating more healthfully. No mention of how you can eat a diet low in fat and sugar with lots of veggies and whole grains AND exercise a lot and STILL be fat. Just a whole lot of "Eeeeeeeeeeee! SHUN the nonbelievers! Fat is CONTAAAAAGIOUS!" stupidness.
"Just try it! The first donut is free, Jeanine..we're all doing it!" - Dialogue from a future After School Special I'm sure someone is writing even as we type this.
Now see, I was wondering for a moment if you were referencing an unfamiliar line from the works of the oh-Goddess-yes sexy Janeane Garofalo.
I was all, "Oh shit, have I missed new material? OMGWTFBBQ?!" And you were like, "OMG STFU kthnx no I can has creative new line keep reading whole thing plzdie!" And I was all, "lol i r n00b."
I die a little inside, every time I write things like that.
The part about this study that most registered on my "DUH"-o-meter was the part where the scientists "discover" that if you have overweight family members, you have a much greater incidence of being overweight yourself.
YA THINK??
The news report I watched then tied this study to yetanotherstudy about childhood obesity and how that's on the rise in this country and with that rise, type 2 Diabetes in children is rising and OH NOO what shall we do sorts of hand wringing.
At the end of these segments the exhortation was that everyone with fat friends or fat children or fat family -really- need to eat a diet low in fat and sugar with a lot of vegetables and whole grains. And exercise more.
No real news here, or even suggestions on how to accomplish that in a society which in no way facilitates eating more healthfully. No mention of how you can eat a diet low in fat and sugar with lots of veggies and whole grains AND exercise a lot and STILL be fat.
Just a whole lot of "Eeeeeeeeeeee! SHUN the nonbelievers! Fat is CONTAAAAAGIOUS!" stupidness.
"Just try it! The first donut is free, Jeanine..we're all doing it!" - Dialogue from a future After School Special I'm sure someone is writing even as we type this.
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I was all, "Oh shit, have I missed new material? OMGWTFBBQ?!" And you were like, "OMG STFU kthnx no I can has creative new line keep reading whole thing plzdie!" And I was all, "lol i r n00b."
I die a little inside, every time I write things like that.
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...only because my evil plans are working...
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