Obesity Rates have Doubled Since 1993

[postman]

Anyone on CC wishing to lose weight,postman here will gladly take off your hands all chocolate and pork pies.

 

[Reynard]

We did at noe time have a pair of wine glasses which could take half a bottle each.

We didn't keep them long, because neither of us wanted to drink half a bottle at a sitting, and it looked and felt silly with a normal sized serving in each glass.

Could've used them for candles. Shame you didn't have four of them...

 

[katiewlx]

My experience of local convenience stores is that the fresh fruit & veg often isn't, they just don't have enough turnover to keep the stock shifting before it goes off. That said, since Brexit, even in large supermarkets it's often the case that fresh produce is already going off before it gets on the shelf.

its as fresh as it was in my grandparents day when they had local greengrocers and things, so for sure I bet there are places that push the dates on things now because of low turnover, but I dont shop in those places.

for me the worst culprits are supermarkets ever since they dropped that requirement for best before dates,and its not because of Brexit,but they are selling you stuff thats got a 2-3 day shelf life left, instead of a week or two as it was before.

but again you adapt right, I remember back when fridges were a novelty, and small, my grandparents would shop nearly every other day for fresh produce. they didnt buy stuff to last for the next month, they bought when they needed i.

 

[Punkawallah]

And what is so galling about flying is that an obese passengeer gets exactly the same luggage weight allowance as a passenger of 'normal' size.

Airlines -‘Luggage 1lb over weight? Excess baggage charge!’
Also airlines - ‘Passenger 10 stone overweight? Go right ahead!’

 

[alicat]

Ultra processed food, less manual work, take aways now being delivered in, not knowing how to cook, veg, fuit, salad items all being pre-packed and not sold loose, technology making people sedantry.
All factors, but UPFs the biggest culprit,
It doesn't help that you can't fat shame.

Plus coffees etc being sold in takeaway cups so people wander around their local towns constantly sipping drinks.

And too many carbs, which turn into sugar and cause a spike in hunger levels not long after, and the process just gets repeated as more carbs are consumed....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Then you have the foods that give a massive spike in blood sugar. That triggers insulin release to get it out the blood. But there is so much blood sugar, not enough insulin can compensate. After a period of time of snacking and constantly high blood sugar, insulin sensitivity deteriorates and diabetes develops.

 

[Mike_P]

for me the worst culprits are supermarkets ever since they dropped that requirement for best before dates,and its not because of Brexit,but they are selling you stuff thats got a 2-3 day shelf life left, instead of a week or two as it was before

Some have codes you can easily work ou
Tesco and Co-op for example a letter for the month and the day of the month. H16 on a bag of oranges from Tesco which indicated a best before date of Aug 16.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

for me the worst culprits are supermarkets ever since they dropped that requirement for best before dates

In response to the public and Government moaning that they were throwing away too much produce, creating food waste. It was not just random decisions to drop them. But a Government consultation, pressure and food standards guideline changes. The public previously getting confused between best before and use by.

 

[Mike_P]

In response to the public and Government moaning that they were throwing away too much produce, creating food waste. It was not just random decisions to drop them. But a Government consultation, pressure and food standards guideline changes. The public previously getting confused between best before and use by.

Best before dates seem to typically ignored by shops as a sell by date when considering yellow labelling. Best before the 11th must be the 10th at the latest.