Icons for healthy living...

[Spinney]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35981098

Good idea or not? The first lot of comments I read below the article were pretty scathing.

For me, it might make me think again before stuffing my face with chocolate, esp on a day when I haven't been for a run or a bike ride.

I do realise they are wildly inaccurate, but...

 

[YahudaMoon]

I think we should replace the litter bin logo first. no idea why that disapeared, its disgusting with litter about my area at times

 

[Crackle]

I'd need to exercise solidly for the next 75 years to make up for the previous 60. I wonder if there's an icon for that.

Probably one of the Rolling Stones........................................oh wait, I see what you mean.

 

[swee'pea99]

Not.

 

[gavroche]

I think there is far too much emphasis on calories. Calories are a nessacity to stay alive . They give strength and energy so we need them. I think we should be more concerned about what food we eat than calories. Traditional food is a lot more healthier than fast food. Educate people in eating proper food and stop eating crap, that will be far more efficient than worrying about calories.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It's a good idea.
I am well aware of what I eat, and choose routinely to ignore my knowledge , but probably lots of people are not as aware.

 

[ayceejay]

First this

then this
then this


for Vernon in memoriam

 

[growingvegetables]

No problem with making a simple clear message.

But "calories" is just the wrong oversimplification?

Sorry, folks - it's the Long Read section of today's Guardian. But it's a bleedin good read - and ........... sugar might be a more sensible oversimplification?

 

[slowmotion]

A bit off-topic, but the calorific value of a particular food is the total value of the stuff that goes into your mouth. However, the resultant waste that comes out of your bum has a calorific value too. The difference between those two figures is the energy that your body processes. If your alimentary canal is particularly inefficient, you can pig out to your heart's content.

 

[martint235]

I quite like it but it does oversimplify it a bit. However, for example, if a Snickers has an icon saying 1.5 hours of walking it does at least give an idea that an increase in calorie burn could be useful

 

[cd365]

I think we should replace the litter bin logo first. no idea why that disapeared, its disgusting with litter about my area at times

Try and find a bin now!

 

[jefmcg]

I don't like it. If I don't eat the chocolate, i don't need to go for the walk? It doesn't seem like a good lesson.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I'm just going to pig out on the chocolate. Sod the run.

 

[summerdays]

I think it would need to be in cycle hours for me... And that would be the problem, my friend is a swimmer .... You can't put every sport on there.

 

[Electric_Andy]

"I was going to buy a pie for lunch, until I saw how many minutes I'd have to walk for in order to burn it off"- said no-one, ever.