Too Close to the Buffet Table = Too Many Calories
September 15, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink, Obesity, Weight Loss
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Allow me to piggyback on Liz’s post from earlier today and explore another possible reason for the obesity epidemic (one that’s probably a very likely part of the equation) – The Great American Buffet Table.
According to my local newspaper, there is a new study out which suggests that sitting too close to the buffet table at a restaurant can lead to overeating. They learned some other nifty things when they divided study subjects into an “overweight” group and a “normal” group, too. Take a look:
Heavy customers sat an average of 14 feet closer to the fixins …read more
Tipping the Scales? You May Be Paying Up.
August 22, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Health, Obesity, Weight Loss, Your Body
Bad news if you’re overweight and are employed by the state of Alabama. If you don’t ease up on your Southern-fried favorites and hit the gym a bit more, you’ll end up paying $25 a month for insurance that is otherwise free to the un-fat folk.
That’s right, in an unprecedented move to encourage state workers to slim down, Alabama will be the first state in the nation to charge overweight workers who don’t make the effort to lighten up.
This $25 insurance fee will join the already-in-place $24/month fee that ‘Bama employees are charged for smoking. The state says it’s …read more
Japanese Government Attacks Metabo.
June 17, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Extreme, Health, Media, Misc., Morning News, Obesity, Politics
Japanese people may smoke too much and work too much. But on the whole they really can’t be accused of being overweight or metabo as the Japanese prefer to call it.
The Japanese goverment, however, thinks otherwise and has embarked on a mandatory campaign to slim it’s nation down. Two months ago they passed a national law that requires all companies and local governments to measure the waists of their employees (including family members) aged 40 to 74 as part of their annual checkups. With almost half the Japanese population fitting into this category, that makes an awful lot of waists …read more
Obesity and Global Warming: One Man’s Personal View.
Okay, so enough with what the scientists are saying about ‘obesity and global warming’. I want to hear what the man on the street blogosphere has to say about it all.
Luckily, I’ve found just the man.
Israel over at Fatman Unleashed was ahead of the game on this one. He weighed in on the subject last month with this post ‘Fat People Cause Global Warming: Fat Isn’t Very Green.’
Lately, we have noticed an increasing push for “going green.” We have seen changes in everything from transportation to food preparation to the internet. This got me thinking about how I could make my life greener. My …read more
