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Peak British Obesity?
A funny thing happened in Britain... as calorie intake has fallen by 8% in the last decade and 4.4% since 2010, driven both by eating out less and eating healthier at home, so obesity levels are stabilising versus recent years with the number of patients diagnosed as obese also declined by 15% yoy in 2013/14, following a 7% decline in 2012/13. In the US, however, the latest data shows that obesity is still rising...
As Goldman Sachs asks, has obesity peaked in the UK? And what about the US?
The UK’s latest statistical release of diet habits and obesity in the country throws up some interesting observations. While the prevalence of obesity remains high versus history at c.26% and 24% for men and women, respectively, the levels are stabilising versus recent years.
- Obesity in men is below the 2010 highs and for women the rate has fallen back to 2009 levels.
- The number of patients diagnosed as obese also declined by 15% yoy in 2013/14, following a 7% decline in 2012/13.
Changes in food consumption behaviour are consistent with this observation; calorie intake has fallen by 8% in the last decade and 4.4% since 2010, driven both by eating out less and eating healthier at home. Has obesity peaked in the UK?
And across the pond:
In the US, latest data shows that obesity is still rising, but a deeper look at the information suggests that this rise could be stemmed. Calorie consumption in 20-year olds has shrunk by 9% in the last ten years, even though consumption in older age groups is still high and not really declining. Self-reported data points published by Gallup paint a consistent picture – the rise in obesity is being driven primarily by baby boomers and the soon-to-retire population, while younger adults are recording a more benign change.
The momentum in changing food consumption habits is even more evident in company reported data. Same store sales for US fast food burger joints have been declining over the last year or so, and our analysts believe that responses to this, such as McDonald’s initiative to introduce antibiotic free chicken and kale on its menus, is unlikely to move the needle on millennials’ attitude toward the brand. Volume declines for carbonated soft drinks tell a similar story; note that less than a decade ago, energy drinks and soda accounted for over 9% of all calories consumed by teenagers and over 7% for 19-30 year olds in the US.
The bottom line:
We are beginning to see the initial effects of the ongoing health and wellness wave in DMs on obesity levels. However, we are far from concluding that the tide has turned.
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More LSAP should conquer obesity.
And no water!
To be fair, the UK has some damn fine produce.
Have you ever eaten Brit food. That is some nasty shit. Meat pie my ass. Some Floating Baby anyone? Cod pudding?
How about a fried pigeon sandwich, some chips and 3 pints of brown ale.
Hardly. Disgusting food everywhere. Even Holland has better food and that isn't saying much.
Disgusting food for the corporate serfs everywhere, other than that if you have money and good taste you can dine very well or shop for good quality food (Waitrose is a good example) . This was once the wealthiest and most learned land on earth until the "chosen banker" engineered world wars deliberately killed off a generation of Anglo/Saxon/Viking youth in their prime and impoverished and made stupid thru trauma those left behind
Is there a correlation amongst females with regard to BMI and number of visible tatoos?
Methinks there is at least in my anecdotal observations.
http://www.returnofkings.com/45334/5-reasons-why-girls-with-tattoos-ando...
http://www.returnofkings.com/45944/science-confirms-tattooed-women-are-i...
free shit army is getting fatter, hoping soon they wont be about to march to the voting booth!
Don't forget, they can get absentee ballots and never leave the couch...
Baby boomers ? They still exist .
Kale...is that even a thing?
Like I'm ever going to actually pay for Kale....
/sarc
When I was a kid 50 years ago the only people who ate kale were my old immigrant relatives from Holland and Scotland. Kale was something poor people ate in northern countries because they couldn't afford anything good. Kale went with the black bread, potatoes and turnips.
Seeing it become a foodie fashion surprised me a little but, what is there left to "discover"? All the good grub has had its 15 minutes of fame.
Arrr well you see the MSM can do something. That is to say, Kale, they've got people drinking it as some super food. Black bread, you know they stuck that on Wink wink, good'old Jamie Olivers' 15minute meals and it's as good as done. I think he even sold them potatos and turnips too. About the weight thing, one big change has happened; they don't sell jelly donuts in 10's anymore, just 5's for same price, some without jelly and put it down to sugar tax, don't mention inflation.
You should look up Dr. Hindehede's ration plan for Denmark in WW1. Food was rationed, there was no imported food available because of the blockade, and everyone lived on black bread, potatoes, barley porridge, and home grown vegetables like cabbages, kale, carrots and turnips. With very limited amounts of milk, eggs, and meat. All the distilleries were shut down and beer production cut in half. No sugar, tobacco, coffee, tea, citrus fruit or other imported goods.
During this period of time, the death rate dropped to the lowest ever recorded in a European country.
Infectious diseases dropped slightly but lifestyle diseases like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes dropped 30% - 40%. And this experiment lasted only one year.
https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2012nl/jul/hindhede.pdf
They'll be flogging neeps and tatties next lol.
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was just over there, if London and Sheffield are any indication the UK is no better off than the US...
I always figured that once mass starvation kicks in that the obesity rate would plummet.
At least the fat have plenty of reserves to burn.
you eat less, you shit less. Good for planet.
the squid ought to know, they're the ones jacking with the price of everything
All those hoodrats living on junk food driving the numbers up when they went on Obamacare. People aren't getting fatter, we've just increased the (cess)pool of those sheeple being counted.
I just laugh when I see them in a gas station doing their grocery shopping or if they're feeling like a fancy meal they'll get one of those filthy rolling hot dogs from 7 eleven and a slurpee. Forget mcdonalds, you want to kill yourself in 30 days? Try eating all your meals at 7 eleven.
Thrasher Magazine used to do (still does?) a King of the Road competition among pro teams from different skateboarding companies. Month-long van tour across America, all kinds of challenges, etc. One of the challenges was that one team member lives inside the van all month and lives on a diet of nothing but slim jims and slurpees from 7-11.
The stench in that van must have been unbearable.
My WoW character is ripped, I don't know what these statistics are based off of.
Could it be that warm weather makes people fat and stupid? I mean people not...you know..people.
one ugly truth: elder Brits eat too much... but it's EU Standards food nevertheless. packaged in EU Standard sizes, with EU Standards labeling, and only a very few GMO foods have yet been allowed
I'd prefer stricter standards, though, and no GMO at all
Save the Land Whales...
Some MDs believe there must be "something else going on", diseases in the general population, that mainstream medicine is not aware of, that cause all this obesity.
I have met the enemy, and his name is carbohydrates and/or sugar.
High fat low carb diet = fat loss in spades, without endless hours of cardio. The low fat high carb diet + endless insane cardio = feeling hungry all the time.
HFLC diet = eating as much as I want and still seeing fat melt away, sans cardio.
Just stronglift 5x5 3 times per week. Take away sodas, bread, sugars, and TV and you could get back to your healthy weight without a gym membership.
But try to tell people that eating bacon, butter, and eggs won't make you fat and watch their heads spin.
The propaganda is strong in Murica.
FUCK YEAH!
I noticed on the nearby train line that the big oil cars arent all oil, one had stenciled "Fructose Corn". As in it is shipped in the biggest container available.
Right, that crap is in everything. It's what's creating all the land whales. It won't go away until the corn lobby dies.
For early obseity Starbucks is probably worse than McDonalds. I see kids paying 5 bucks for what is essentially liquid chocolate cake. God knows how many calories are in those things.
Everytime I fly back into the States it feels like I've landed on Planet of the Mutants.
Corn fed with a sick pancreas at age 20 courtesy of Monsanto! Ya yea! They are mutants.
TOFI.. thin outside, fat inside.
Say hello to fatty liver syndrome and mounds of subcutaneous fat.
Winning!
I was at an 8 ball pool tournament recently. A very large woman walked in looking around as if searching for something. I told her the doubles tournament was already over.
My ex asked " Honey, do these pants make me look fat "? I said "No sweetie, that fork makes you look fat ".
Is this guy a food NAZI and/or a Bloomberg lacky?
Mexicans
One in three Americans (obese) is packing it on for when their "Special Period" hits, just down the road. Living pay check to pay check, mostly on entitlements, when that service comes to an end, they'll be living off the "fat of the land". Just make sure you can run faster than them. It's going to be a medieval circus; lot's of gourmandizing on what ever they can get their stubby fingers on. It's why I still stay in shape, although, they might think twice about burning calories over catching my lean body...output/input ration not worth the fuss for them. That is why anyone who plans to make it to the "other side" needs to have a sound bicycle.
It's going to be a medieval circus +1,000
still chuckling
Bullish pharmaceuticals, knee replacement companies, and hoverround chairs, muthafuckas!!!!!
I saw a fat guy, today, who was carrying his portable oxygen pump. I noticed he was bracing the table like he was trying to hold himself up. I kinda expected him to keel over, by the way he was breathing. Of course, it was in a fast food restaurant. Who needs opium dens?
" Who needs opium dens?"
Well , heroin is usually preferred ; non-habituating, and easier to quit :-)