Obesity / Sofie Hagen / Cancer Research UK

Jeremys_Iron · 2018-03-02T12:26:55.315Z

laelfy · 2018-03-02T12:29:11.315Z

I agree, don’t think there’s much more that can be said.

Epimer · 2018-03-02T12:29:21.025Z

plasticniki:

I tried running. Have you ever tried running as someone who’s overweight? I found it horrendous. Really uncomfortable, couldn’t get my clothes right, and it just felt very humiliating.

As part of the physio I did for my knees I was put on an “anti-gravity” (lol) treadmill, that uses an inflatable thing to basically cancel out a percentage of your weight.

Holy shit, the difference that it made by subtracting a few stone from my weight was incredible. It felt like I could have run on that thing for hours.

But in the real world I do have to cart around that extra weight and my knees give out long before I get much benefit from the run. The kicker is that the hardest part of getting started with (particularly cardiovascular) exercise is when you start doing it. How cruel is that.

ohsubvertedworld · 2018-03-02T12:31:54.090Z

This is a little me, me, me, but I’ve definitely taken a lot from this. Most of my working days are spent doing cancer research, so my immediate reaction to these ads were that they were a good thing.

This thread has helped me to appreciate the harmful effects of them, which I hadn’t really considered. Seeing some of the replies to Hagen and some of the comments made have been pretty eye-ppening.

So nice one to everyone for sharing their thoughts and experiences. It’s really been appreciated on my end.

Ruffers · 2018-03-02T12:34:53.107Z

I still have no idea who Sofie Hagen is

eltham · 2018-03-02T12:35:43.256Z

Copen’s sister

Ruffers · 2018-03-02T12:36:57.630Z

owns half an ice cream factory?

Aggpass · 2018-03-02T12:37:15.182Z

Yes she dazs

Bamnan · 2018-03-02T12:37:16.371Z

glad everyone’s happy with each other again now

Twinkletoes · 2018-03-02T12:38:20.790Z

Used to be one half of the guilty feminist podcast. Stand-up comedian. Does her own podcast now. Think she’s a really good egg.

Aggpass · 2018-03-02T12:38:45.348Z

Eggs and ice cream, bit of a Blumenthal is she

jordan_229 · 2018-03-02T12:49:41.591Z

WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN’ BROTHA

jont2001 · 2018-03-02T14:09:08.093Z

a small world when you’ve got a meeting with one of the co-authors in 20 mins!

thanks for linking the study - looks really interesting and will read later.

no-class · 2018-03-02T14:23:22.496Z

i’ve seen this stat quoted a lot the last couple of days, what study(s) is it based on?

marckee · 2018-03-02T14:26:16.533Z

It’s (now discredited) one from the 1950s.

Bit more info here:

nytimes.com

95% Regain Lost Weight. Or Do They?

Obesity researchers reject as myth the often cited statistic that 95 percent of people who lose weight regain it; seek to determine how many people have succeeded and study success stories for lessons that might inspire others; Drs Rena Wing and...

Twinkletoes · 2018-03-02T14:31:03.971Z

Fair dos

japes · 2018-03-02T14:35:11.637Z

Ruffers:

caused a lot of distress and hardship

it’s a poster. steady on.

japes · 2018-03-02T14:38:15.023Z

eltham:

Reminds me of when they tried to emulate Macmillan’s coffee morning with a big BBQ day and it just confused people cos the public perception is that charred food causes cancer.

Ruffers · 2018-03-02T14:47:50.400Z

no you steady the fuck on, I’ve seen people’s reactions to it and they’ve been distressed
fucking have a care

Im_On_Safari · 2018-03-02T14:54:54.554Z

Can’t believe they went for BBQ. If someone asked me what the biggest cancer risk food was I’d panic and say “pizza” or something and then they’d say “no sorry it’s BBQ” and I’d be all “shit, of course, BBQ”