A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective

Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by slothtrop on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:04AM (#16821008)

>Concerning yourself with highly complex reactions that could happen between foods

This isn't necessitated at all. There's no mystery as to what overlaps between what the most successful food regimens prescribe today: cut sugar, cut refined foods, eat more vegetables and eat real food.

Counting calories is important when it comes to weight management, but optimal health does not stop and start just at BMI. You might be thinner on a calorie-restricted junk-food diet, but you won't be healthier. Your insulin would spike all the time, you'd be nutrient-deficient, etc.

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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by RealityVoid on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:29AM (#16821251)

I agree that a certain well thought diet could have further health benefits but the context of the post is obesity prevention.

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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by slothtrop on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:36AM (#16822021)

Monumental benefits, which also extend to obesity prevention by virtue of the elimination of problem-stuffs in the face of obesity (canned soda, fried foods and snacking chips). They're at once high-calorie, facilitate eating a near endless amount (anyone can go through an entire bag of chips), and addictive.

All of which to say, you'll be making the task of losing weight easier just by switching to healthy foods, which you should be doing anyway. It's not "complicated", it doesn't need to be politicized.

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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by Double_a_92 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:42AM (#16821408)

What is real food? Plants, Fruits and Water? Everything else has to be processed somehow.

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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by cies on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:40AM (#16822054)

Yes.

> Plants, Fruits and Water

Also fungi. And fruits are plants so do not need a special mention.

Some would say meat can be "unprocessed", but its not part of the WFPB diet that I mentioned earlier and it known for it's health (obesity reversing) benefits. To the contrary.

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Re:A school-based obesity prevention programme was ineffective by slothtrop on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:33AM (#16821993)

and meat, and unrefined grains and legumes (or partially so). There's processing, and there's processing. I don't even have to tell you I'm suggesting the avoidance of refined grains and added sugar.

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