Is It Really A Good Idea To Put This Out?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1522381/binge-eating-gene-in-teenagers-is-discovered

Already I heard interviews with Big boned girls that are using it as an excuse.

The bottom line is, you have to eat too much to be fat ( I know believe me). Giving people this lifeline to not do something about it 'because its my genes' surely is not a good idea?

And how come this was not around over the years if hereditary?

[woofgang]

@ Pasta...well I guess that's her choice if she is diabetic, no one can make her get treatment.
@ Ummm, yes that's true too, and its not just appetite, some make you genuinely hungry and lightheaded if you don't eat.

[ummmm]

I used to work in a psychiatric hospital. Patients would be admitted at a healthy weight and within months they'd ballooned. A mixture between increased appetite and being sedentary.

[naomi24]

As pastafreak said, big bones do not equal fat. Big bones are big bones. Fat is fat.

[Sqad]

naomi....but big bones means big muscles. Big muscles equals heavier individuals.

[naomi24]

... but heavier individuals are not necessarily 'fat'. They just have a larger frame than average - big boned.

[ummmm]

Like Naomi says. Big bones are big bones. I have 3 children. 2 are really small framed and 1 is big framed. None of them are fat.

[Sqad]

naomi...Obesity is defined as a BMI over 30 and BMI is a mathematical calculation of weight and height.

https://www.google.fr/search?q=image+of+bodybuilders&;espv=2&biw=1440&bih=775&tbm=isch&;tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&;ved=0CCAQsARqFQoTCLW4zqeE7MYCFUGwFAodk34IA&dpr=1

These lads are obese, because their muscle weight has sent their BMI above 30.

[sandyRoe]

The chap to the right of the top line of pictures, has he had a head transplant?

[naomi24]

...but they're not fat. I've always thought that scale was a nonsense.

[Sqad]

LOL^^

[anneasquith]

just what is this '' big bones' syndrome, do you mean taller. wider ?

[youngmafbog]

Big bones is a term for fat.

It is derived from fat people making excuses.

Apologies for the bluntness, but just need to clear up the confusion.

[youngmafbog]

Most Rugby players are obese according to BMI. It is a pointless scale.

[naomi24]

I think some people do use it as an excuse, but there’s no doubt that people come in an assortment of skeletons. It stands to reason that a size 8 foot weighs more than a size 4, but it doesn’t follow that the size 8 foot is a size 8 simply because it’s fat. It’s just constructed of bigger bones than the size 4.

[pastafreak]

BMI is a load of codswallop...means nothing when fit athletes...or children...are considered obese.

[pastafreak]

youngmafbog
Question Author
//Big bones is a term for fat.

It is derived from fat people making excuses. //

Have you ever been fat/obese?
If not,then stop painting all larger people with the same brush. It's not blunt...it's nasty.

[Retrochic]

Cloverjo -how on earth can you know by someones appearance that they are 'on a low income' then say 'no judgement intended'.

[Retrochic]

I struggle with my weight which I try and maintain within the parameters of 'healthy'. Than means I rarely eat cakes chips of fried anything. I've recently been doing a family tree and found photos going back to early 1900's. There is not one thin person in my family photos -not fat obese rolly poly, but 'stout'. A similar tree for my OH shows willowy men and ladies and he can eat for England and has hardly an ounce of fat on him. His idea of lunch would be binge eating for me. So I do believe body types are hereditary and larger people may eat less than skinny people but their bodies are more effective at storing fat. My brothers MIL was as skinny as a rake all of her adult life and died of a heart attack due to high cholesterol as she ate very unhealthily as she never gained an ounce of fat (and did not exercise either) .

[Togo]

I think this subject is much more complex than most of us qualified to answer. So a few questions instead. What is the link between our parents and grandparents diet, which has changed immensely since the advent of processed food and additives, and does it affect the genetic makeup of the children born after they had access to it and indeed those yet to be born? How much has the constant advertising of food products contributed to our increased food intake, and indeed the expectation of easily prepared food, combined with the message that it is a given that it as an instant form of self reward. Further more why do the ones who are suffering from the condition variously termed big boned, obese, fat, overweight or whatever always have strange haircuts that advertise there considerable presence usually dyed in a vivid hue not found in the usual range, coupled with the tightest clothes it is possible to imagine?

[woofgang]

Togo you were doing SO well until the end.