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Make a 40 to 50 YearPlan to Nationally Combat Obesity ???



 
 
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Old November 5th, 2007, 05:51 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Jim
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Default Make a 40 to 50 YearPlan to Nationally Combat Obesity ???

How would you go about doing this, if you had the chance?

The UK Government's Foresight programme in the Government Office for
Science was asked to consider how society might deliver a sustainable
response to obesity in the UK over the next 40 years..... Its projects
entail the rigorous use of sciene to inform futures thinking in the
Government.

http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Obesity/...nal/Index.html

To make a long story short, the expert panel could find no known
concerted strategies or policy models that adequately address the
problem, in the UK or Europe.

So they struggled to define a path or paths that could be sustained and
lead to the desired outcome. However, they were certain that no ONE
"solution" will work and that the status of obesity knowledge will
expand and change significantly in the future.

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They will send you the report for free at the above website, even
internationally. Mine arrived last week. There is a free CD of
associated technical/science reports.

This is an unusual report because they are convinced that the problem is
real and needs long term action, but nobody has any proven methodologies
that are known to work when applied at the level of a whole population.

They intrepret the issue of obesity (obesities, plural) as fairly
complex and produce some very interesting graphic representations of the
interplays and factors involved.

They define a "positive energy balance" as basic involving multiple
influences on the energy balance.

A) Physiological Factors
B) Eating Habits
C) Activity Levels
D) Psychosocial influences.

They allege a positive feedback cycle that locks us into a pattern of
positive energy balance as individuals and at a societal level.

Modern cheap foods are claimed to have increased palatability and
ability to heighten sensory stimulation..... [which is an expected
product of successful modern food technologists].


Potential changes include:

1) Behavioral (individual, group, family, .... )
2) Environmental (activity and food, ...)
3) Biology ( .... )
4) Technology (drugs, health monitoring, food products, stop "saving
energy expended by individuals", ... )

It is unusual reading in that it is so rare that one reads very long
term "plans" without almost already having specific maps and weapons
ready to make the assault.

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What would you do to solve the national problem of obesity (or
obesities) within a generation or so?


You can order or view the reports here for free.

http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Obesity/...nal/Index.html





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Old November 8th, 2007, 04:02 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Bobo Bonobo®
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Default Make a 40 to 50 YearPlan to Nationally Combat Obesity ???

On Nov 5, 10:51 am, Jim wrote:
How would you go about doing this, if you had the chance?

In the USA, it's start with the "farm bill." No more subsides for
commodity crops (carby crap), and lots of incentives to encourage
small farmers to switch to vegetable farming. Expand the food stamp
and WIC programs, but exclude processed carby crap like crackers,
instant mashed potatoes, boxed mac 'n cheese dinner and the like from
food stamps, and merge the eligibility of items between the two
programs.

I could go on, if I had the time, but simply, broccoli, carrots,
cheese, poultry, should be more economical choices for everyone,
especially those on govt. subsidy. As long as a person can use food
stamps to buy pancake mix and pancake syrup, our nation will be fatty
central.

--Bryan

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Old November 9th, 2007, 05:54 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Jim
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Default Make a 40 to 50 YearPlan to Nationally Combat Obesity ???

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
On Nov 5, 10:51 am, Jim wrote:

How would you go about doing this, if you had the chance?


In the USA, it's start with the "farm bill." No more subsides for
commodity crops (carby crap), and lots of incentives to encourage
small farmers to switch to vegetable farming. Expand the food stamp
and WIC programs, but exclude processed carby crap like crackers,
instant mashed potatoes, boxed mac 'n cheese dinner and the like from
food stamps, and merge the eligibility of items between the two
programs.

I could go on, if I had the time, but simply, broccoli, carrots,
cheese, poultry, should be more economical choices for everyone,
especially those on govt. subsidy. As long as a person can use food
stamps to buy pancake mix and pancake syrup, our nation will be fatty
central.

--Bryan



So, like Ancel Keys, you have the "solution" to heart disease or obesity
in this case, and instead of Low Fat, it is Low Carb.

The McGovern Select Senate Committee in 1977 laid the grounds for the
"high carb is healthy, high fat is bad" experiment in American diet.

The relatively unproven (long term safety in clinical trials) low carb
diet is your solution.

So, you would have us embark on "Another Great Diet Experiment",
although this time there is a little more experience, and some
theoretical justification. But, it is still considered an unproven
hypothesis that it would be safe for the whole population.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 




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