Generation Fat(ter)
If the trend continues then these very people run the risk of not seeing the futures that they claim have been ruined/taken away by others. In which case an argument can be made that says they are a bigger threat to their own futures than anything and anyone else.
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perhaps they should smoke or drink themselves to death instead, that would be ok I assume and not be a burden to the NHS?
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Fattist!Big_Bad_World said:'A worrying trend' or 'nothing to worry about, stop picking on millennials as it's their choice to be lardy and their choice to burden the NHS more than any generation before them'?
If the trend continues then these very people run the risk of not seeing the futures that they claim have been ruined/taken away by others. In which case an argument can be made that says they are a bigger threat to their own futures than anything and anyone else.3 -
Nope they're the Fattest and let us all know it's their right to be fat and that it's beautiful to have cholesterol filled arteries and clothes made of old parachutes.bobmunro said:
Fattist!Big_Bad_World said:'A worrying trend' or 'nothing to worry about, stop picking on millennials as it's their choice to be lardy and their choice to burden the NHS more than any generation before them'?
If the trend continues then these very people run the risk of not seeing the futures that they claim have been ruined/taken away by others. In which case an argument can be made that says they are a bigger threat to their own futures than anything and anyone else.0 -
All the millennials I know are gym freaks that are into all those protein shakes and stuff.
They're far more self (and health) conscious than I ever was at that age.12 -
It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.6
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As much as I want to 'lol' this I can't bring myself to do it as it's a very worrying statistic/trend.EastStand said:
As a father of three I'm very mindful to ensure that my kids have a healthy diet and are made aware of the pitfalls of eating badly and out of convenience.0 -
That's a very weird assumption to make? Why would you assume that it's okay for people to smoke and drink themselves to death?LargeAddick said:perhaps they should smoke or drink themselves to death instead, that would be ok I assume and not be a burden to the NHS?
Do they have to choose one of the three methods mentioned or can they strive to not fall in to any of those scenarios, by living healthier lifestyles?1 -
Every generation gets accused of being out of shape by the one that proceeded them.2
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Agreed - every parent should be the same. Not just diet though - it's lifestyle also, which is why my two boys were encouraged to play sport throughout their formative years. It worked and I've seen more fat on a chip than on my two.Big_Bad_World said:
As much as I want to 'lol' this I can't bring myself to do it as it's a very worrying statistic/trend.EastStand said:
As a father of three I'm very mindful to ensure that my kids have a healthy diet and are made aware of the pitfalls of eating badly and out of convenience.2 - Sponsored links:
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The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.1 -
The less well off are often their own worst enemies. My kids go to the chaviest/most deprived primary school in town. Despite the school providing excellent meals for all the children 80% of them refuse to touch anything other than the Friday chips. It's depressing that so many kids have been conditioned at home to mistrust any food that doesn't come out of a frozen box.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
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One generation moans about the other 'shock' but your statement make fuck all sense. The 'youth' of today takes for more care of themselves than my generation or the one before it did.
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The BBC article suggests otherwise.shine166 said:One generation moans about the other 'shock' but your statement make fuck all sense. The 'youth' of today takes for more care of themselves than my generation or the one before it did.
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What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.
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I must admit that it did strike me during the warmer months that it is noticeable around the City how comparatively few fat people there are around here these days and that those who were a little on the chubby side did tend to be a bit older, or perhaps they looked older because of their weight.0
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A very healthy ragu with pasta.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.1 -
People in central London do seem to be overrepresented by younger fitter types. Having moved to the south coast a couple of years ago it's one of the things I notice whenever I come back.letthegoodtimesroll said:I must admit that it did strike me during the warmer months that it is noticeable around the City how comparatively few fat people there are around here these days and that those who were a little on the chubby side did tend to be a bit older, or perhaps they looked older because of their weight.
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Big_Bad_World said:
Babies.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.10 -
The study seems to use the percentage of a generation who reach middle age being obese as the marker and also the BBC article says that in 2015 the most overweight age group were those between 55-64.
Which makes it less a generational thing but more of a societal thing, given the increase in the accessibility and affordability of fast food and junk food. Yes it is cheaper to cook home meals (which I do) but people seem to prefer the convenience of quick and easy food at the cost of their money and health. Even so called healthy options presented by supermarkets in the form of ready meals and slim plans are laden with fat, sugar or salt and other preservatives. People don't seem interested in sitting down for a homecooked meal. It is probably no coincidence that the rise in obesity incidence has happened at the same time when people are having to work longer and harder or travel further for work, for less money than the previous generation (in comparison to the cost of living/house prices). Also the closure of green spaces and cuts to social sports and fitness programmes, where affordable leisure facilities are replaced by profiteering megagyms who charge a 60 quid a month minimum 12 month membership is also not helping.7 - Sponsored links:
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Ragu is a meat based sauce; by healthy, do you mean vegetarian? If not, I cant imagine you made it for five for under £3. Even a veggie option would have been stetching it.Big_Bad_World said:
A very healthy ragu with pasta.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.0 -
I would have guessed a vegetarian one too. But at Aldi/Lidl prices definitely achievable for 3 quid. You can get two tins of tomatoes for 50p, the veg (mushrooms/celery/carrots/onion etc) for another quid, quid fifty. Pasta a bag for a quid. I imagine things like oil and seasoning (and maybe a stock cube) are already in the house.Redskin said:
Ragu is a meat based sauce; by healthy, do you mean vegetarian? If not, I cant imagine you made it for five for under £3. Even a veggie option would have been stetching it.Big_Bad_World said:
A very healthy ragu with pasta.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.2 -
It was vegetable based, yes. It came in at £2.74 by my calculations. It can be done for under a fiver with meat.Redskin said:
Ragu is a meat based sauce; by healthy, do you mean vegetarian? If not, I cant imagine you made it for five for under £3. Even a veggie option would have been stetching it.Big_Bad_World said:
A very healthy ragu with pasta.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.
Portion control is paramount.1 -
The gym culture is bigger than it ever has been in this country which is good because manual jobs are on the decline so the younglings are getting their exercise in as well as not getting in my way at work
Weirdly though I think organised and team sports are declining. Hardly any Sunday league sides compared to when I was playing yet thousands more five a sides. In my opinion this is due to facilities or the lack of on a Sunday and Saturday compared to what you get at playfootball or goals0 -
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Vegetarian pasta on a Sunday afternoon... I'd be weeping silent tears of misery.
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I'm not pooh-pooing BBW cooking healthy meals for his family, far from it, and I'd imagine it might be possible if shopping at Aldi/Lidl.Fiiish said:
I would have guessed a vegetarian one too. But at Aldi/Lidl prices definitely achievable for 3 quid. You can get two tins of tomatoes for 50p, the veg (mushrooms/celery/carrots/onion etc) for another quid, quid fifty. Pasta a bag for a quid. I imagine things like oil and seasoning (and maybe a stock cube) are already in the house.Redskin said:
Ragu is a meat based sauce; by healthy, do you mean vegetarian? If not, I cant imagine you made it for five for under £3. Even a veggie option would have been stetching it.Big_Bad_World said:
A very healthy ragu with pasta.Curb_It said:
What did you cook?Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.
More power to him.
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I'm not convinced that all gym culture is good. For those that do it sensibly, it's billiant. But there are too many who are pumping themselves full of powdered concoctions and doing mental exercise plans in the search for a particular bodyshape rather than exercising for good health. There are also a high number of obsessives who are wrecking their joints by overdoing repetitive exercises like pavement pounding.2
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I agree BBW but it's a question of if they want to and they have to go to the shops to get the ingredients and then have to prepare and cook the food, much easier to click an app and order a banquet of food.Big_Bad_World said:
The inability to cook (I assume) contributes as well. Fresh produce isn't that expensive.sralan said:It's the less well off that are affected. Having to eat the cheap crap at Farmfoods etc. No nutritional positives, just fills them up. 24 burgers for £1, just makes you wonder what the hell is in them. Not sure about the price but you get my meaning I hope.
I cooked dinner for 5 yesterday for a total cost of under £3. It's doable if you want to.
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takeaways are more acceptable and accessible now, i'm quite traditional as in a chippy tea on a Friday and an occasional takeaway on a Saturday night if indoors or a dirty Donner on the way home from the pub.
my big let down is the liquid diet i keep i actually drink more in the winter months than the summer due to football.
i wouldn't call myself fat but i've got a derby on me.
batch cooking is the way forward imo2
