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Originally Posted by Beachbum2
Interesting news item just published today:
"Their research has found calorie intake increases as people eat less protein in proportion to other nutrients such as fat and carbohydrates."
So with the modern plethora of high carb snacks and foods people "searching" for protein tend to overeat all the other stuff, particularly poorer people. Makes sense.
It's widely accepted that obesity is a socioeconomic thing - recent TV show had Mexico as the most obese nation on the planet, soon to be followed by Brazil.
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I do wish this was a more widely discussed issue. Ihave been pondering about it since I heard it on main stream news because I had already noticed the low quality food among the most needy families in my town. And upon discussion with a friend that is nutrition concsious AND a councelor ( Masters), we both feel the situation is a no win situation.
A few posters missed the point of the conclusion of this study. Bottom line is that we keep eating because the body is craving proteins because it is not getting enough to meet its needs. If we could se a study on protein consumption, a surprizing portion of our population does not get enough quality protein every day, and others are glutonous, so an average is not a valueable number. One must look at your oqn actual consumption-- it should be 75-100g a day.
I see school age kids fill up on high carb- high sugar - often high fat foods. In my school district ( where my kids go to school) the food director reported that 100 calories serving iyems in the vending machines results in students purchasing multiple packages. Meaning the serving size of 100 calories is a joke. IT is not meeting the metabolic needs of the body.
THe study noted by the OP indicates to me that an individual will continue to seek out food until the minimal meat level( protein level) is met and in leu of available meat continues to eat high carb- high sugar- high fat foods.
When food dollars are short in our house, I shop with my kids emphasizing meats and vegetables are the best buys NUTRITIONALLY!! Pure meats, no fillers. Perhaps hamburger, perhaps the meat on sale. Look at vegies--especially frozen vegies like peas or corn, and fresh vegies like baby leaf lettuce.
IMO if the dollars spend on cheap carb foods were reallocated to include a quality protein source and low carb vegies, the obesity issue would take care of it self.
And for those that keep harping on the problems of producing animal protein, they need to consider that most people of the world still have the ability to keep a few chickens, or ducks or rabbits. ALL very good users of scrap foods to make meat or eggs economically.
We need to ehlp in our communities to over come these issues of low consumption of animal proteins and good vegies.
( Sorry for my rant-- this has become my pet peeve.)