Yes, the traditional explanation for the obesity epidemic is that people are stupid, lazy, and eat too much.
There's something to that, but I tend to think there is much more to it as well, including bad government policy/subsidies, bad science, and a horrendously profitable franken-food industry. People have mentioned Michael Pollen's books, and I can't say enough good things about them. I'd also add "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Tabues as another must read for those interested in the same topics. D > From: Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:00:20 -0700 > To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Riv goes Paleo > > Knowing and doing are two different things. Most (all?) smokers know it's > killing them, but they smoke anyway. > > Add to that our ridiculous American serving sizes, and it's not too hard to > figure out why there's an obesity epidemic. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > > > > On Mar 23, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Dustin Sharp wrote: > >> Sounds pretty simple, but I wonder why we as a nation keep getting fatter >> and fatter when we all know how to do the opposite? >> >> Seems more accurate to say that we Americans all know how to get fat and >> unhealthy on the Standard American Industrial Diet, but a few people have >> figured out that by eating real food and staying active, it's possible to >> stay relatively healthy. >> >> It blows my mind when I walk into a mainstream grocery store how little real >> food there actually is. >> >> >> >> >>> >>> "Eat a variety of healthy whole foods and exercise regularly - >>> everybody knows how to do that, and what it looks like, tastes like >>> and feels like." >>> >>> >>> Yep, that's it. Now... how do we market that big idea? :) >> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW > Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
