Obesity / Sofie Hagen / Cancer Research UK

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”

GEOFF · 2018-03-02T14:58:16.531Z

plasticniki:

It’s way way more difficult than most people assume to just “lose some weight” or “get healthier”. I know (hope?) most of you know that already.

Yeah it’s fucking hard. Because there’s only one way of doing it - complete and life-long lifestyle changes. Combining diet and activity. Forever. I have no empirical basis for this stat but I think weight loss is about a 70:30 diet:exercise issue. If you want to lose weight and keep it off you have to be constantly aware of both and adapt your life to suit. And it’s exhausting and all-encompassing. You have to be really a) able and b) willing to do it. Everyone’s got barriers to it but some have higher than others. Some people are naturally slim and barely need to bother. Again, life’s a lottery.

Anyone who says that for EVERYONE that this is “easy” should be fired from a cannon into the sun. It is not easy.

Ruffers · 2018-03-02T15:00:05.056Z

coal

Ruffers · 2018-03-02T15:00:19.814Z

suppose that’s kind of close to bbq actually

myyada · 2018-03-02T15:03:47.015Z

could go for a pizza bbq rn tbh

hip_young_gunslinger · 2018-03-02T15:04:33.481Z

ABOUT SIX INCHES DEPENDING ON THE GRILL

sheeldz · 2018-03-02T15:09:08.503Z

Talk?

Bamnan · 2018-03-02T16:06:45.748Z

that’s true.

Generally don’t know what I’m talking about just trying too hard to join in the discussion, sorry