Tue, 12 Dec 2006

Even slight holiday weight gain can set stage for obesity, health risks

Arghhh! Here's what the headline (and the lead paragraph) doesn't tell you:

But even a slight weight gain, if left intact, can accumulate yearly and endanger health.

Well, duh! Any weight gain that doesn't go away contributes to your long term weight - and if you gained an additional 5 pounds per year between the ages of, say, 18 and 65, that's 235 pounds that you'd never lose! And yeah, after a lifetime of that, you'd be obese - about 500 pounds by age 75!

I daresay that this doesn't happen often, if at all, according to this scenario. It's just one more thing that the worry mongers want us to fret over, one more little pleasure the killjoys are out to demolish, one more bit of misery they'll try to cram down our throats...

If I can't have a delicious Yuletide feast with my family, perhaps I'll just drink up - oh, wait, that's bad for me, too! Maybe I'll have a few more cigarettes to suppress my appetite - nope, that'll kill me!

Here's a headline you'll never see: Living Causes Death. Everything that lives will die. Deal with it.

Although some Americans gain five to seven pounds with a diet of big meals and sweets between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, most people only gain a pound or two during the holidays, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center registered dietitian.

(link) [EurekAlert]

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