Is obesity a left-wing issue? (Query about Fox news)

**Mooks** · 07-21-2009, 14:52

What can the goverment do that effectively combats obesity? Im guessing absolutely nothing.

Personelly I fall into the catagory where im eating 5000-6000 calories a day but I do my best to run/work out/sweat it all out. I love me food.

my particular favourite one was the T shirt I saw on an obese bloke. It read; I beat anorexia!

Nah, its "I wupped anorexia's ass"

**Centurion1** · 07-21-2009, 15:48

There is no British host on Fox News. Maybe they have a separate European Outlet. Sounds like O'Reilly though. He has a very obnoxious interviewing style, i watch but sometimes i end up screaming at him.

Obesity is bad in America. Really bad. however, i don't think the governemnt shouls control my weight. It is perceived as being a left issue currently because obama has been trying to tax sugary foods ie sodas, candy, etc. with a sin tax. Much like liqour and cigarettes. I think it is bull and persons weight should be a personal issue. I am currently trying to gain weight for football and i eat thousands of calories a day but i'm still skinny. You really can't judge the issue without looking at things like metabolism and such. True, fast food doesn't help but there are other factors to be included into the equation.

**Fragony** · 07-21-2009, 15:58

I don't think this can be solved and you should just stop trying. Healthy lifestyle is promoted enough as it is, I really can't think of a European checking out how many calories a certain hamburger has, an inquiry would certainly get you some funny looks. What more can you do, beats me. Some will eat that crap, Darwin at work.

**Centurion1** · 07-21-2009, 16:12

Amen, it is personal so why try to alter that which is. You can try to count your calories and all that (beep) but it isn't going to change the way the lord made you

**Fragony** · 07-21-2009, 16:23

Originally Posted by Centurion1

Amen, it is personal so why try to alter that which is. You can try to count your calories and all that (beep) but it isn't going to change the way the lord made you

What I mean is that Americans are already much more obsessed with healthy lifestyle than we are, nobody here knows how much calories a big mac has, nobody cares. It's crazy how many Americans are seriously obese, something went wrong somewhere. Don't ask me where and when no idea.

**Centurion1** · 07-21-2009, 16:35

I think there is something to the fast food argument. And the misconception there is that, yes we know how many calories something has but we don't care. The whole problem stems from our on the go lifestyles its not as relaxed as Europe. For example, historically a European gets around 30 more minutes to eat lunch than the average American. This is without factoring in things like siestas in Spain. The whole problem can be connected to rapid industrialization, a catapulting of our world dominance over the British empire in the 50's and even the HIGHWAY system.