Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
“Has there ever been a subject where people so utterly ignorant of the facts were willing to bellow their ignorance to all and sundry?
KH has contributed literally nothing except further ignorance and rudeness to a debate that is already at saturation point in every paper and on every tv channel. Her programme was by far the worst and most discreditable of all the series on the subject that filled every tv channel after christmas.
No one who knows anything about the issue would dream of using a phrase like "a rare case with some kind of medical condition". (What 'medical conditions' were you thinking of, one wonders?) It is obvious from world statistics that when people have access to plenty of food, the majority of people are powerfully programmed to eat more than they need to. Genetics determines whether they will stay slim, get fat, or get very fat. It is absolutely risible to suggest that it only requires 'a bit of effort' to stay slim, for people programmed not to be slim.
Ironically, the only thing KH's worthless fat gain/ loss experiment showed - and she must realize this, not being stupid - is how very difficult it is for a naturally slim person to get fat, and how powerfully your body is programmed to revert to its normal weight once you start eating normally. She had to FORCE her weight up, with a dietician to help her to do it, since eating 6,500 calories a day is a ghastly experience for almost all of us. As soon as she stopped eating this stupendous quanitity of food, of course her body snapped back to its natural, very slim, shape.
For obvious reasons she did not pursue this thought, since it would rather have scuppered the whole thing. She clearly had no interest in the facts of obesity anyway, any more than the OP or her other admirers have. She just wanted an excuse for fat-hating, and sadly there is plenty of fertile ground there.”
“Has there ever been a subject where people so utterly ignorant of the facts were willing to bellow their ignorance to all and sundry?
KH has contributed literally nothing except further ignorance and rudeness to a debate that is already at saturation point in every paper and on every tv channel. Her programme was by far the worst and most discreditable of all the series on the subject that filled every tv channel after christmas.
No one who knows anything about the issue would dream of using a phrase like "a rare case with some kind of medical condition". (What 'medical conditions' were you thinking of, one wonders?) It is obvious from world statistics that when people have access to plenty of food, the majority of people are powerfully programmed to eat more than they need to. Genetics determines whether they will stay slim, get fat, or get very fat. It is absolutely risible to suggest that it only requires 'a bit of effort' to stay slim, for people programmed not to be slim.
Ironically, the only thing KH's worthless fat gain/ loss experiment showed - and she must realize this, not being stupid - is how very difficult it is for a naturally slim person to get fat, and how powerfully your body is programmed to revert to its normal weight once you start eating normally. She had to FORCE her weight up, with a dietician to help her to do it, since eating 6,500 calories a day is a ghastly experience for almost all of us. As soon as she stopped eating this stupendous quanitity of food, of course her body snapped back to its natural, very slim, shape.
For obvious reasons she did not pursue this thought, since it would rather have scuppered the whole thing. She clearly had no interest in the facts of obesity anyway, any more than the OP or her other admirers have. She just wanted an excuse for fat-hating, and sadly there is plenty of fertile ground there.”
Excellent post WD.
The BIB I can relate to. I have been slim all my life. I even went to the Docs in my 20's asking for something to help me gain weight. I ate like a horse ( all the crap of the day ) to try and gain weight, but to no avail. I used to get the " You're so thin' " how do you do it, all the time. I wasn't doing anything, it's in my make up, same as my mum's and sisters. It is how I am meant to be.
