reasons for obestity...

[mb99]

http://society.guardian.co.uk/publichealth/story/0,11098,872479,00.html

ok, this isn't on low-carb diets at all but I thought it would be of interest to those with a interest in biatrics more generally. It is a bit of a meandering article, but I do think it is well written, and certainly I thought it was worth a referral.

I think it is a noticable omission that it doesn't mension low carb as a treatment for insulin disorders at all, although it does mention the chicken and egg question...

[Mossling]

Interesting article. Two things are implied, not stated: one, that people need to get up and MOVE, and two, that said movement in itself will help limit intake. Jumping jacks, anyone?

Jude

[mb99]

And that conclusion is also a bit of a cop out. I mean, how does that relate to the study it discusses about skinny prisoners agreeing to eat a lot and be lazy to get fat, and then losing it really easily? Or anything? I think its meandering style does make it an interesting read, but it also means it doesn't really lend itself to a strong conclusion, which it kind of does draw when it tells us to stop watching TV etc

[Nancy LC]

I thought the point of the prisoner study is that naturally skinny people have something that happens to them to prevent them from getting too fat, i.e. their appetite shuts off. Whereas the prisoners that remained overweight didn't have that adjustment happen, and it happens they had lots of obesity in their families.

Like someone said, the article meandered over all kinds of topics. I sort of felt more like it was a compilation of short essays on things that might be responsible for the growing obesity problem.