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Post by questionable on May 23, 2021 12:18:03 GMT
Not being nosey (sitting on a Tesco car park, waiting for the wife) but a young girl with two small children is putting her shopping in the back of her car and she must have at least 6-8 multi packs of crisps ranging from skips, beef hoola hoops.
Why so many pure greed
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Post by Northy on Jul 28, 2021 11:55:26 GMT
Not being nosey (sitting on a Tesco car park, waiting for the wife) but a young girl with two small children is putting her shopping in the back of her car and she must have at least 6-8 multi packs of crisps ranging from skips, beef hoola hoops. Why so many pure greed Because it's easy parenting, shut them up with a bag of sweets/crisps
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Post by Northy on Jul 28, 2021 11:56:09 GMT
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jan 4, 2022 12:37:35 GMT
DT:" The government has quietly abandoned its promise to spend millions of pounds in revenue from the sugar tax on fighting childhood obesity. When the levy was introduced ministers promised to spend "every penny" on children's health and well-being programmes, but the cash has been diverted from specific projects or departments and re-directed into Treasury coffers. It is "a betrayal of public trust in the government's ability to account for spending, and also a betrayal of the soft drinks industry itself, who were told that their contribution would be used to tackle childhood obesity" said children's food campaign co-ordinator at Sustain, Barbara Crowther. NHS figures show a marked rise in childhood obesity over the last year, with levels among four to five year olds rising from 9.9% to 14.4%.
When will people realise that this government says an awful lot that plays well with those who never bother to look beyond the initial soundbites, but they rarely follow up on their initial words?
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 4, 2022 15:39:25 GMT
DT:" The government has quietly abandoned its promise to spend millions of pounds in revenue from the sugar tax on fighting childhood obesity. When the levy was introduced ministers promised to spend "every penny" on children's health and well-being programmes, but the cash has been diverted from specific projects or departments and re-directed into Treasury coffers. It is "a betrayal of public trust in the government's ability to account for spending, and also a betrayal of the soft drinks industry itself, who were told that their contribution would be used to tackle childhood obesity" said children's food campaign co-ordinator at Sustain, Barbara Crowther. NHS figures show a marked rise in childhood obesity over the last year, with levels among four to five year olds rising from 9.9% to 14.4%. When will people realise that this government says an awful lot that plays well with those who never bother to look beyond the initial soundbites, but they rarely follow up on their initial words? Marked rise in childhood obesity in the last year It may well have something to do with people scared shitless Their children will comeback with the wuhan flu if they go out and play with other children and many children's sports were curtailed Lockdowns and continual fear mongering have a lot to answer for
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 4, 2022 16:08:29 GMT
DT:" The government has quietly abandoned its promise to spend millions of pounds in revenue from the sugar tax on fighting childhood obesity. When the levy was introduced ministers promised to spend "every penny" on children's health and well-being programmes, but the cash has been diverted from specific projects or departments and re-directed into Treasury coffers. It is "a betrayal of public trust in the government's ability to account for spending, and also a betrayal of the soft drinks industry itself, who were told that their contribution would be used to tackle childhood obesity" said children's food campaign co-ordinator at Sustain, Barbara Crowther. NHS figures show a marked rise in childhood obesity over the last year, with levels among four to five year olds rising from 9.9% to 14.4%. When will people realise that this government says an awful lot that plays well with those who never bother to look beyond the initial soundbites, but they rarely follow up on their initial words? Marked rise in childhood obesity in the last year It may well have something to do with people scared shitless Their children will comeback with the wuhan flu if they go out and play with other children and many children's sports were curtailed Lockdowns and continual fear mongering have a lot to answer for That’s something to do with it. But the biggest factor is personal responsibility. Something that Owen Jones discovered recently. This is a huge problem in society; people looking to someone else to take responsibility for things that are in their own hands. Ok, there are some folk who need help, but the majority can fix it themselves. Only they are encouraged by people, like RWB, to look to Government or other bodies for answers. Self empowerment is a massive boost to people. We should look to encourage it as much as possible not undermine it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2022 16:18:08 GMT
Bigger concourses needed
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Post by GrahamHyde on Jan 4, 2022 17:05:48 GMT
Must admit I am surprised by the increasing childhood obesity % - I did think we were starting to head in the right direction in recent years and curb it given the seemingly greater focus on diet (vegetarianism / veganism) and exercise on social media and the fact that younger people these days don't seem to drink as much as they used to. Seems we don't all practice what we preach. Anecdotally and based on a sample size of n=1 (myself), I'd imagine the following would be contributing factors: - Inactivity leading to reduced caloric expenditure - increase in use of video games and social media (see 'Metaverse') and even house parties over going 'out out', further exacerbated by the lockdowns - all of this adds up
- Portion sizes - too many parents think that their kids can eat the same amount as they do, need for far greater education on portion control
- Those big f*ck off family-size blocks of chocolate and sharing bags of chocolate / sweets you get that are only about 20p more than a standard bar - either increase the price or stop selling them
- Our binge drinking culture relative to almost all other countries in the world
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Post by thevoid on Jan 4, 2022 17:33:57 GMT
The Commonwealth and the tasty but not overly healthy food it's introduced? 😉 Plus we have a completely different drinking culture to the continent.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jan 4, 2022 21:46:01 GMT
Convenience is one of the main reasons. Takeaways and fast food available home-delivered in a couple of clicks. I'm amazed at the long drive-through queues at the likes of McDonalds at peak times; the length of time it takes, you could do something at home.
Mental health is another reason. People feel like crap because that's the way modern society makes people feel. I comfort eat on occasions but have managed to stay at a steady weight for my adult life apart from a month or two last year.
Sort out the mental health of the nation, and so many other problems will go away too.
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Post by felonious on Jan 4, 2022 21:55:54 GMT
Convenience is one of the main reasons. Takeaways and fast food available home-delivered in a couple of clicks. I'm amazed at the long drive-through queues at the likes of McDonalds at peak times; the length of time it takes, you could do something at home. Mental health is another reason. People feel like crap because that's the way modern society makes people feel. I comfort eat on occasions but have managed to stay at a steady weight for my adult life apart from a month or two last year. Sort out the mental health of the nation, and so many other problems will go away too. You've just reminded me a few months back I was in Llandudno for the Conway Half. I was at one of the retail parks in the town centre and noticed they were queueing to get in. As I got closer it was a massive queue for McDonalds stretching back towards the main road. Queueing for shit food, you couldn't make it up.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jan 4, 2022 22:14:02 GMT
Lazy fucking parents.
Monkey see, monkey do.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jan 5, 2022 8:12:53 GMT
Convenience is one of the main reasons. Takeaways and fast food available home-delivered in a couple of clicks. I'm amazed at the long drive-through queues at the likes of McDonalds at peak times; the length of time it takes, you could do something at home. Mental health is another reason. People feel like crap because that's the way modern society makes people feel. I comfort eat on occasions but have managed to stay at a steady weight for my adult life apart from a month or two last year. Sort out the mental health of the nation, and so many other problems will go away too. You've just reminded me a few months back I was in Llandudno for the Conway Half. I was at one of the retail parks in the town centre and noticed they were queueing to get in. As I got closer it was a massive queue for McDonalds stretching back towards the main road. Queueing for shit food, you couldn't make it up. Same at my local McDonald's two days after Christmas. Not sure that personal responsibility thing is going to do the trick...! It's your taxes these people are draining when they get overweight, sick and need time off and treatment.
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Post by felonious on Jan 5, 2022 9:25:24 GMT
You've just reminded me a few months back I was in Llandudno for the Conway Half. I was at one of the retail parks in the town centre and noticed they were queueing to get in. As I got closer it was a massive queue for McDonalds stretching back towards the main road. Queueing for shit food, you couldn't make it up. Same at my local McDonald's two days after Christmas. Not sure that personal responsibility thing is going to do the trick...! It's your taxes these people are draining when they get overweight, sick and need time off and treatment. Don't think it was me that mentioned personal responsibility RWB but it is relevant to many aspects of life with regards to over indulgence. It always amazes me that drinking gets such an easy ride but food intake doesn't. How many times do you hear presenters/ DJs lauding going on a binge? I was talking to someone in the last few days who is slim, who exercises, who weighs out portion sizes for food intake and got pissed on New Years Eve
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Post by yeokel on Jan 5, 2022 9:57:45 GMT
Same at my local McDonald's two days after Christmas. Not sure that personal responsibility thing is going to do the trick...! It's your taxes these people are draining when they get overweight, sick and need time off and treatment. Don't think it was me that mentioned personal responsibility RWB but it is relevant to many aspects of life with regards to over indulgence. It always amazes me that drinking gets such an easy ride but food intake doesn't. How many times do you hear presenters/ DJs lauding going on a binge? I was talking to someone in the last few days who is slim, who exercises, who weighs out portion sizes for food intake and got pissed on New Years Eve Perhaps if they bulked up a bit they might have a slightly higher alcohol tolerance?
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jan 5, 2022 10:07:31 GMT
Same at my local McDonald's two days after Christmas. Not sure that personal responsibility thing is going to do the trick...! It's your taxes these people are draining when they get overweight, sick and need time off and treatment. Don't think it was me that mentioned personal responsibility RWB but it is relevant to many aspects of life with regards to over indulgence. It always amazes me that drinking gets such an easy ride but food intake doesn't. How many times do you hear presenters/ DJs lauding going on a binge? I was talking to someone in the last few days who is slim, who exercises, who weighs out portion sizes for food intake and got pissed on New Years Eve Yes, I was agreeing with your example about Maccy D's, not the personal responsibility aspect, apologies if that's how it came across. It'd be lovely if people could exercise restraint on over-eating and drinking, and lack of exercise, but the obesity stats for the nation are appalling. It's clearly not working leaving it up to individuals. Again, it'd be fair enough if these folk ate and drank themselves into oblivion without being a drain on the rest of society by way of medical and social care, but that's not the way it works. A simple analogy is the use of speed limits. It'd be great if everyone who drove a vehicle did so at moderate speeds and with concern for other road users, using their own personal responsibility, but they don't. So we have to impose speed limits and other motoring offences. These have been introduced over time purely because drivers don't exercise personal responsibility to drive safely. That's not to say everything should be under government control and legislated for. This is a good article which goes into some evidence of the benefits of introducing controls, both in terms of overall consumption and the reformulation (ie less sugar) of the products themselves (presumably to avoid the levy). www.economicsobservatory.com/would-taxes-on-unhealthy-foods-reduce-obesity#:~:text=Taxing%20unhealthy%20foods%20like%20sugary,with%20beneficial%20effects%20on%20health.
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Post by felonious on Jan 5, 2022 10:08:33 GMT
Don't think it was me that mentioned personal responsibility RWB but it is relevant to many aspects of life with regards to over indulgence. It always amazes me that drinking gets such an easy ride but food intake doesn't. How many times do you hear presenters/ DJs lauding going on a binge? I was talking to someone in the last few days who is slim, who exercises, who weighs out portion sizes for food intake and got pissed on New Years Eve Perhaps if they bulked up a bit they might have a slightly higher alcohol tolerance? The point I was making was the fact that it's no use being sensible of food calorie intake and then ignoring drink calorie intake..... not to mention all the other issues surrounding alcohol.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jan 5, 2022 10:09:22 GMT
Perhaps if they bulked up a bit they might have a slightly higher alcohol tolerance? The point I was making was the fact that it's no use being sensible of food calorie intake and then ignoring drink calorie intake..... not to mention all the other issues surrounding alcohol. Pretty sure he was joking, fel
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Post by yeokel on Jan 5, 2022 10:14:28 GMT
Perhaps if they bulked up a bit they might have a slightly higher alcohol tolerance? The point I was making was the fact that it's no use being sensible of food calorie intake and then ignoring drink calorie intake..... not to mention all the other issues surrounding alcohol. Please forgive my flippancy.
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Post by felonious on Jan 5, 2022 10:39:11 GMT
The point I was making was the fact that it's no use being sensible of food calorie intake and then ignoring drink calorie intake..... not to mention all the other issues surrounding alcohol. Please forgive my flippancy. Note to self.... Whoosh
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Post by heworksardtho on Jan 5, 2022 17:00:52 GMT
Also... if you use the logic above and understand that Calories in < Calories out = weight loss, you quickly realise that there's no such thing as 'bad food'. It's just food and some has higher calorie content than others. Morgan Spurlock didn't gain all that weight on Supersize Me by eating McDonalds, as he leads you to believe.... he gained all that weight by consuming 5000 calories a day. Consume 5000 calories of anything.... grain, rice, wheatgrass fucking celery sticks and you will gain a huge amount of weight. Thermodynamics First rule.... simple as that. Q.E.D. Done. That’s why you never see anorexic pandas or Silverback Gorillas 🦍
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Post by metalhead on Jan 5, 2022 17:54:13 GMT
Also... if you use the logic above and understand that Calories in < Calories out = weight loss, you quickly realise that there's no such thing as 'bad food'. It's just food and some has higher calorie content than others. Morgan Spurlock didn't gain all that weight on Supersize Me by eating McDonalds, as he leads you to believe.... he gained all that weight by consuming 5000 calories a day. Consume 5000 calories of anything.... grain, rice, wheatgrass fucking celery sticks and you will gain a huge amount of weight. Thermodynamics First rule.... simple as that. Q.E.D. Done. That’s why you never see anorexic pandas or Silverback Gorillas 🦍 Because they eat more, or less?
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jan 5, 2022 20:55:46 GMT
Same at my local McDonald's two days after Christmas. Not sure that personal responsibility thing is going to do the trick...! It's your taxes these people are draining when they get overweight, sick and need time off and treatment. Don't think it was me that mentioned personal responsibility RWB but it is relevant to many aspects of life with regards to over indulgence. It always amazes me that drinking gets such an easy ride but food intake doesn't. How many times do you hear presenters/ DJs lauding going on a binge? I was talking to someone in the last few days who is slim, who exercises, who weighs out portion sizes for food intake and got pissed on New Years Eve Our culture encourages binging of anything and everything. Netflix spends £millions on research into making programmes people will binge-watch, and I think it might have been the Netflix CEO who said that sleep is one of their biggest competitors. I wonder what would happen if I complained to the Advertising Standards Agency about adverts (the BBC do it too) that encourage unhealthy behaviour (and I'm not saying binge-watching is always unhealthy). Lack of sleep is another contributor to being unhealthy and overweight.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Feb 8, 2022 13:26:58 GMT
Some good news for the chubsters. Average weight loss of 2.5 stone with a once weekly injection of something called Wegovy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60300916Could save lives and the NHS a fortune.
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Post by misterj on Feb 8, 2022 18:23:04 GMT
Tons going on in schools at the moment….. the eatwell plate, balanced meals, healthy meals, veggie options, 7 a day, drink water instead of pop etc etc The kids, partic older ones, all get it ….. but it doesn’t seem to transfer/translate to their home lives somehow. And I know if they were shown shocking graphic images of stroke/heart/diabetes cases there’d be a backlash? Honestly don’t know what the answer is?
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Post by Northy on Feb 8, 2022 22:26:08 GMT
Some good news for the chubsters. Average weight loss of 2.5 stone with a once weekly injection of something called Wegovy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60300916Could save lives and the NHS a fortune. So the fat fookers who can't control what they eat or drink or bother to exercise will get the easy way out with a jab, instead of being taught self discipline and how to cook and eat properly and progress to a healthy lifestyle? They'll just get fat again and want more jabs
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Post by partickpotter on Feb 9, 2022 6:33:28 GMT
Some good news for the chubsters. Average weight loss of 2.5 stone with a once weekly injection of something called Wegovy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60300916Could save lives and the NHS a fortune. So the fat fookers who can't control what they eat or drink or bother to exercise will get the easy way out with a jab, instead of being taught self discipline and how to cook and eat properly and progress to a healthy lifestyle? They'll just get fat again and want more jabs Its more than self discipline. It’s about empowerment. It’s about living life to the full. Getting off your arse and doing something active. Anything. Just fucking do it. The point is being fit is not just good for the body, it’s very good for the mind. The last thing we need in society is a cure that encourages laziness.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Feb 9, 2022 8:08:17 GMT
Some good news for the chubsters. Average weight loss of 2.5 stone with a once weekly injection of something called Wegovy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60300916Could save lives and the NHS a fortune. So the fat fookers who can't control what they eat or drink or bother to exercise will get the easy way out with a jab, instead of being taught self discipline and how to cook and eat properly and progress to a healthy lifestyle? They'll just get fat again and want more jabs All good points but there's nothing stopping them from exercising self discipline already, so if one jab a week results in the NHS not having to spend about £5bn a year on the knock on health effects of obesity, seems like a good outcome. I suppose they might get fat again but trials found that desire to eat dropped away and an average weight loss of 2.5 stones resulted. They'll probably still be lazy so and sos but preferably not quite such a drain on an already struggling NHS.
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Post by yyy on Feb 9, 2022 13:54:53 GMT
A tradtional English breakfast is a greasy spoon, we just love fatty unhealthy foods, takeaways & beer, and the fatter we get the more fat we need 😁
The brits just love the lard arse look, it's the tell tale sign whose the brit when you're abroad.
Them continental lads have got it right good, have you seen how fit these Eastern European girls are that are over here every one is tone perfect. As a working class brit you're punching if you've got a slim british bird, harsh maybe but true all the same
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Dec 2, 2022 16:03:42 GMT
No great surprise here:
A government target to cut sugar in food has been an "abject failure", campaigners have said, after a delayed report revealed levels fell by just 3.5 per cent in five years. The Sugar Reduction programme aimed to reduce the average sugar content of all UK food products by 20 per cent between 2015 and 2020. It was one of the key commitments of the childhood obesity plan in 2016 and warned children were consuming "far too much sugar". The voluntary scheme "challenged" manufacturers to reduce overall sugar levels across products that contribute most to children's sugar intake by "at least" 20 per cent by 2020.
I recall one B Johnson being dead against legislation that would require food businesses to reduce sugar. Who would've thought that self-regulation by the food industry instead of actual regulation wouldn't work? When does it ever?
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