Trans fat, smoking, foie gras--what's next?
"Is there any doubt that the infantilization of adults is one of the defining characteristics of contemporary politics?"
"...these bans reduce all of us to the status of children, incapable of making informed choices. Is it quaint to suggest that there's something wrong with that in a country founded on the idea of the individual's rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
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i think its good they banned trans fat, its not good for you, it causes too many health problems not to mention an obesity problem. People still are faced with choices and can still decide what they want to eat. anyway its just substituting one for another option minus many of the health risks.
I think the obsession of society on obesity is getting way out of proportion. Sure, there is an amount of the population that is "obese" and there are those that are "overweight". I think however the government needs to regulate in a better way than fear and scare tactics.
There needs to be a proper look on it, and not just the kneejerk reaction that people tend to have at the moment.
The concept of a healthy overweight person does not enter people's minds because they see the fear-laden "journalism" that is on shows such as Today Tonight and ACA and believe automatically that these people are purely a burden on the system. This includes Doctors who make them pay more money to go and have blood tests and get back completely fine results each time.
The pre-occuptation with being skinny is often unhealthier than being overweight. The healthy weight range is often too minimal to be realistic and someone of 65kgs can be counted as technically overweight and be a size 14.
Which in turn makes shops such as 1626 and MySize start stocking them, causing fear in all those sized 14 women who then believe they are overweight.
The cycle is horrendous and does more damage than actually just acknowledging that up until size 18 you are not really obese. And often not even greatly 'fat' looking.
Give me partially hydrogenated vegetable oil or give me death!
we bought a novel in oxford yesterday called "fat" which is a satirical look at the extreme obsession with body weight.
but im still happy to have the peace of mind that if i choose to eat out, or eat any product of the supermarket shelves (cause it used to be found in anything and everything) i am not unknowingly consuming something which is potentially so damaging to my health and clogging up my arteries. its a what you dont know can hurt you situation. anyway im more interested in the health factors rather that the whole weight and obesity thing, which is such a complicated issue with so many factors to consider.
Yay Josh!
Living on the edge my man.
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