The Cause of Obesity - Robert Lustig MD

xyzzy said:

I thought the really interesting thing in this debate was in some posts Phoenix made to me on another thread the other day.

If I remember it showed that in the UK the carb / fat ratio has remained pretty constant over the past 30 years or so where as in the States the ratio has risen progressively towards the fat end but in Australia its gone the other way. Yet in all 3 countries diabetes is increasing so from that perspective what people are eating seems to make very little difference.

Of more importance seems to be the link between social class and obesity and activity and obesity and hence an implied link between social class and diabetes and activity with diabetes.

In my mind nowadays I can't see why a upper class person is going to be necessarily any more active than a lower class person. The difference as far as I think must be either something to do with the quantity or quality (or a combination of both) that the different classes eat. So for example rich people can afford on average to eat food that is of a higher quality and higher quality food is normally served in smaller portion sizes.

Of course this leaves you to discuss what "quality" of food is but it appears to be something more subtle than just the carb / fat / sugar balance.

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phoenix said:

Leptin for anyone interested in it.

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Patch said:

phoenix said:

Leptin for anyone interested in it.

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I am VERY interested in it!

And I just found my next diet!!! (Sid - check it out! :wave: )

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