primitives discuss smoking versus gluttony

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x78383

Oh my.

HuckleB  (1000+ posts)      Wed Dec-02-09 10:00 PM
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Obesity Rise Trumps Smoking Decline --- Study: Life Expectancy Rise in U.S. to Slow

http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20091202/obesit...

"...In an effort to forecast the effect of the rise in obesity and decline in smoking on health at the population level over the next decade, researchers from Harvard University and the University of Michigan examined data from national health surveys conducted from the early 1970s through 2006.

Their study appears in the Dec. 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

In every scenario tested, the researchers found that the negative health impact of not addressing the obesity epidemic outweighed the benefits derived from the decline in smoking..."

Yowsa...

HuckleB  (1000+ posts)      Wed Dec-02-09 10:02 PM
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1. Who did this offend, and why was it so offensive as to deserve an unrec?

Just curious.

Probably someone from the fat brigade on Skins's island.

The defrocked warped primitive:

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-03-09 05:25 PM
NOMINEE FOR TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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9. Looks like he's full of it because sugar consumption has been higher in this country with lower obesity rates.

Something else is at work with the current epidemic obesity. The moralists need to give it a rest and the scientists need to get cracking on it.

madrchsod  (1000+ posts)        Wed Dec-02-09 10:06 PM
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3. looks like mine counted....

the facts do not lie

Fridays Child  (1000+ posts)        Wed Dec-02-09 10:20 PM
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5. So, is this just saying that, in terms of our national health...

...the rise in obesity is wiping out any improvement resulting from decreased tobacco use? I can't imagine why the thread would be unrecommended. It's not okay to ridicule anyone because of their size but that's not what this is about. Obesity is an epidemic disease. It must be openly discussed to be completely understood.

mzmolly  (1000+ posts)        Wed Dec-02-09 10:43 PM
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6. So we should start smoking in droves again?

The unfrocked warped primitive, again:

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Thu Dec-03-09 05:23 PM
NOMINEE FOR TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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8. If they want life expectancy to rise in the US they need to institute universal single payer health insurance now.

That trumps everything.

Nah, the warped primitive just wants free drugs, nothing more than that.

[JohnnyReb]

So being fat is now a disease.......where's my SSDI check?

[GOBUCKS]

I'm surprised that didn't turn into a high fructose corn syrup thread. Normally, the word "health" is a trigger for HFCS nuts, and "single payer" nuts to show up.

[Ralph Wiggum]

mzmolly  (1000+ posts)        Wed Dec-02-09 10:43 PM
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6. So we should start smoking in droves again?

If you were a patriotic American (according to BHO), you would.

[Mike220]

HuckleB  (1000+ posts)      Wed Dec-02-09 10:02 PM
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1. Who did this offend, and why was it so offensive as to deserve an unrec?

Just curious.

The Vegas Blimp would be my guess.