Fast Food and Americans' Weights

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Aside from the smoking , the rest sort of make sense... Interesting to say the least...

Perhaps the reference is to when people quit smoking they eat more, and also that smoking is an appetite supressant, so those who don't smoke eat more and are going to be over weight?

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Perhaps the reference is to when people quit smoking they eat more, and also that smoking is an appetite supressant, so those who don't smoke eat more and are going to be over weight?

Though this is true, I would rather be overweight than to develop lung cancer and/or emphysema. Stuff like that being on the list is what encourages people to start and/or continue smoking. "I might have an iron lung, but I've never been thinner in all my life!"

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

Though this is true, I would rather be overweight than to develop lung cancer and/or emphysema. Stuff like that being on the list is what encourages people to start and/or continue smoking. "I might have an iron lung, but I've never been thinner in all my life!"

There's a new ad campaign out that is targeting women and the issues of smoking and weight loss. I can't remember the exact wording, but there'd be a statement such as "bikinis, or breat cancer?" "low riders or emphysema" etc and so on. Being overweight has problems, but with diet and exercise some of those problems can be reversed or delayed, not so with smoking and getting rid of the lines around the face or lung damage.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

There's a new ad campaign out that is targeting women and the issues of smoking and weight loss. I can't remember the exact wording, but there'd be a statement such as "bikinis, or breat cancer?" "low riders or emphysema" etc and so on. Being overweight has problems, but with diet and exercise some of those problems can be reversed or delayed, not so with smoking and getting rid of the lines around the face or lung damage.

i dont know if youre location is accurate, but if youre on the west coast, this ad campaign seems fitting, because 2 (of the many) things i noticed when i visited was the difference in body sizes and smoking, as in people are thinner and/or fitter (overall more health conscious) and lots less smoking (didnt walk through any smoke clouds)

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[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by tld221

i dont know if youre location is accurate, but if youre on the west coast, this ad campaign seems fitting, because 2 (of the many) things i noticed when i visited was the difference in body sizes and smoking, as in people are thinner and/or fitter (overall more health conscious) and lots less smoking (didnt walk through any smoke clouds)

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Where I live (in Idaho on the WA border) I see a lot more people chewing than smoking. Some of that is because one can't smoke many places other than bars (WA just passed a new smoking ban that includes bars), and chewing is another way to get the nic fix. I have family in California and Oregon, and there is a lot of healthy behavior and a lot of outdoors activities because it is rather lovely here. The University sponsors a lot of different programs to increase health ranging from exercise programs, healthy eating lectures, smoking cessation, and even Weight Watchers at work. I am sure a lot of the motivation has to do with insurance rates and absenteeism due to illness, but there are so many offerings there are no excuses.

[AKA_Monet]

People in WA still smoke like chimneys [sp?]... Ban or no ban, they still smoke cigarettes. It may be outside and all but not 25 ft away from buildings... I run into the smoke clouds everyday... I'm dying of second hand smoke inhalation every day...

The other thing the article stated is weather. Hotter weather usually burns more calories, etc... It has to be consistently hot weather... Not hot, then cold, then hot. The body needs insulation when there is cooler weather, aside from the fact that folks get cabin fever and pig out.

I dunno know how accurate California comparisons can be made about weight... Folks in Cali are more prone to get "augmented" with surgery to lose pounds or develop crazy eating disorders. All kinds of diets are consumed in Cali and there is also a drug problem that helps with weight reduction... Leave some folks "pimply" with a lot of acne issues, but those can be "cleared up"... If folks do cocaine, crystal meth, or heroin, they could lose weight... The opposite is true for smoking weed... And most Californians are prone to dabble in the weed part...

However, there are quite a few folks up here in the Pac Northwest that do drugs...

The dangerous part is asking the question to physicians: Which would your rather die from:

Heart Disease/Stroke or Cancer...

9 times outta 10 folks will probably get both if they life long enough...

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Perhaps the reference is to when people quit smoking they eat more, and also that smoking is an appetite supressant, so those who don't smoke eat more and are going to be over weight?

I believe smoking also dulls the tastes buds in your tongue. Once you quit smoking, those taste buds are rejuvenated, if you will - making food "taste better". There's probably some underlying oral fixation going on as well.