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Obese 'adding to food crisis'



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Published Date: 16 May 2008
OBESE people are contributing to the world food crisis because of the amount they eat, experts claim.
Researchers calculated that obese populations consume 18 per cent more calories than average, boosting the global demand for food and pushing up prices.

Car use by overweight people also had knock-on effects on oil supplies and the cost of food production.

The findings of researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, were published in the Lancet journal.





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  • Last Updated: 15 May 2008 9:22 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 01:18:28

'RIGHT THEN'!!....'AS-IF'!!

Believe this and you will Believe Anything!!

What an Absolute load off,..'Codswallop'!
2

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 01:23:27
Don't!,..'Just Don't',..get Me Mad!!

'Aye',...'Fatty' Walks into Gregg's the Baker and eats the lot!,? nowt left for anyone!

Sounds like Children's TV!,...'The Bad Monster'
3

Ginster's Pastie,

Grangemouth 16/05/2008 01:49:43
It is actually true.

However...

As obese people die on average 18% younger than the non-obese, it all evens out.

Simple.
4

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 02:00:56
Ginster's Pastie @#3,

"However...

As obese people die on average 18% younger than the non-obese, it all evens out."

'So'! it IS all lies and Scaremongering Stupidity Then,?
5

Tom in Belmont,

Belmont 16/05/2008 02:58:42
What next? "Fatties cause global warning by excess body heat"?

As Graham Chapman would say: "This sketch is getting entirely too silly!"
6

DunCraig,

Brisbane 16/05/2008 03:42:40
Who are these "experts"? Who appointed them or did they just say 'I'm an expert and what I say is true". Why don't these numpties just butt out of other peoples' lives!
7

Lanna,

16/05/2008 06:00:35
That's it, the Nanny state needs to take over the control of the food distribution.

You will all be allotted food in the amount of appropriate caloric intake for your age and body size. Chocolate and other treats will only be issued once a month, and only if you've behaved!

Ginger and Charles,
obese people may die younger, but I wonder what their proportion of medical expenses is to their life expectancy?

8

fife runner,

16/05/2008 06:51:18
I watched a seriously obese women in a shop buying large quantities of food one day. She told the shopkeeper this was for eating while she watched telly that night. TRUE!
9

fife runner,

16/05/2008 06:53:21
#7 so the nanny state dos not need to look after them when they get heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, eye probs, joint probs etc etc through obesity. The NHS cannot cope so it will be better for the rest of us as they will not clog up the nanny state NHS.
10

sam the god,

16/05/2008 08:12:00
More to the point when are they going to be charged for their excess weight on planes. It seems only fair if you are charged for excess baggage.
11

yockel,

16/05/2008 09:01:51
Find it difficult to believe it is as little as 18% If someone weighs 50% more than me they need 50% more energy to move at the same rate and that is before taking account of any inefficiency in the conversion process, the weight of the bottle of water glued to the hand and the additional air resistance.
12

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 09:49:28
So what follows on from this then? Compulsory dieting? Being fat to be deemed socially unacceptable? De-normalise excessive eating? Prosecution if you are found to have an excessive body fat index??

Don't laugh. They've done it with smoking, they're doing it with drinking so the next natural progression is to do it with eating.
13

Alanmar,

16/05/2008 11:09:20
`
All such matters come down to (the lack of) EDUCATION. For every message about healthy eating, there are 100 more bombarding us the whole time selling us chips, snaks, burgers and pops. And then pills to pop. We (obese or not) are pawns of the capitalist system: somehow we "need" anything and everything remotely marketable.

The Psychology of Eating was never taught to me, but in this dangerous, western world it is essential that more attention be given in Schools, in the Community Health sector and via the media. The cost of not providing this will considerably exceed the cost of doing it.

You have been had at every turn.
`
14

G,

dundy 16/05/2008 12:29:27
The problem is that obese people do die earlier than the average BUT they suffer from costly chronic largely self -inflicted ill health for longer - which makes them less productive and less useful members of society whilst eating up more of our limited health care budgets....
ANd #13 I think the "next thing" should be removal of NHS treatment from the densoids who smoke, eat or drink themselves ill then blame everyone else....
15

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 16/05/2008 13:47:42
#15:

You are wrong. The next step should be the removal of liberties for those too selfish to accept the fact that some people enjoy doing things that they dislike.

Show some tolerance for christs sake. Grow up.
16

Dougie, Edinburgh,

16/05/2008 15:07:47
15 G,dundy
I don't know how serious you were but we all pay for the NHS. Do you seriously think it's fair to tax people for a health service (and taxes in Britain have become brutal) and then exclude certain people from using what they've paid for just because you don't approve of certain behaviour? Much sport is more dangerous than over eating or drinking. And smokers already pay far more in tobacco tax than they cost in extra NHS treatment, likewise drinkers with tax on alcohol.

Perhaps a better solution would be to dismantle the NHS altogether and move towards personal health insurance as there is in Germany - then people can pay a fair price for the risk of their own behaviour and even opt out altogether if they earn enough to cover health treatment.
17

Nurse a4c,

16/05/2008 15:34:58
Who ate all the pies!!!!!!!!!!
18

fife runner,

16/05/2008 15:40:54
#17 good idea then fatties would have to pay more for their insurance just like smokers do. However, the problem with smokers and extra taxes is we do not have innfinite number of medical staff as no matter how much is thrown at NHS you cannot just conjure staff out of the air. So we all suffer form having to treat those who should live healthier.

#15 it is those who live unhealthy lifestyles who are selfish and the NHS cannot sustain the costs of treating obese , excessive alcohol drinkers and the like.
19

Lanna,

16/05/2008 16:08:59
#19/#9 fife runner,
those who live unhealthy lifestyles are selfish, however, when the nanny state steps in to control people's lives, where do they stop?

#12 yockel,
there you go, talking about wind resistance again...

 

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