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Rejecting Dieting

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  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    edited 8 August 2013 at 10:17AM
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    So is it 35" or 50%?

    Sorry, I'll amend that and thanks for pointing it out. I'm looking at figures from two different studies here. Women is >35" and men >40" :)
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • Prothet_of_Doom
    Prothet_of_Doom Posts: 3,267 Forumite
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    What would cause me to die of a heart attack or stroke?
  • ~Chameleon~
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    edited 8 August 2013 at 10:41AM
    Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »
    What would cause me to die of a heart attack or stroke?

    Numerous things! Did you have anything particular in mind?

    Risk Factors
    High blood pressure (hypertension)
    High LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol)
    Low HDL cholesterol ("good" cholesterol)
    High triglycerides
    High blood glucose (sugar)
    Family history of premature heart disease
    Physical inactivity
    Cigarette smoking
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • cakeforbrains
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    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    Sorry, I'll amend that and thanks for pointing it out. I'm looking at figures from two different studies here. Women is >35" and men >40" :)

    Can you post links to the studies at all, please? :)
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  • hannah899
    hannah899 Posts: 1,165 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    My nan always says to me " we got a breakfast, lunch and dinner ".
    I watch a lot of food documentaries because I find them interesting not to research for my own diets, and I remember 2 "big" events in history they think are to blame. One was when America changed from sugar to corn syrup and the big one I think was nestle but could be wrong may have been another big chocolate brand was a product that was the first to advertise to mothers as a snack before dinner because before then snacking in average homes was very rare.
    There was a news article on the daily mail yesterday with the headline

    "3st 3lbs eats what he grows... and told by health officials he is obese" Then I wonder what we are teaching the kids. things like this are what do make you develop an eating disorder or an unhealthy relationship with food.
    it might not be much, but its better than a kick in the teeth:rotfl:

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  • ~Chameleon~
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    cakeforbrains wrote: »
    Can you post links to the studies at all, please? :)

    I could but unless you have academic access it would be pointless as I'm not sure they're freely available online.
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • cakeforbrains
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    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    I could but unless you have academic access it would be pointless as I'm not sure they're freely available online.

    Hmm, not anymore. If you could give me the references anyway I might be able to find them. Or at least read the abstracts. :)
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  • ~Chameleon~
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    cakeforbrains wrote: »
    Hmm, not anymore. If you could give me the references anyway I might be able to find them. Or at least read the abstracts. :)

    Found these on pubmed for you :)

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17320520

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16293162

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17261236
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • hannah899
    hannah899 Posts: 1,165 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Heres just one of the links for the corn syrup http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/questions/whats-wrong-with-high-fructose-corn-syrup

    Cant find the other links but I did just remember the programme. Its called the men who made us fat
    it might not be much, but its better than a kick in the teeth:rotfl:

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  • hannah899
    hannah899 Posts: 1,165 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    cakeforbrains wrote: »
    Can you post links to the studies at all, please? :)

    My british heart foundation tape measure says 37 - 40 iinches is increasing health risk and over 40.1 inch is high risk. woman are 31.5-34.5 and 34.5 and over is high risk.

    With the how bmi I saw on a documentary that a lot of it is actually fat that's around your organs, what you would imaginge to be suet in a cow. I think that was also on the men who made us fat on bbc
    it might not be much, but its better than a kick in the teeth:rotfl:

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