Products that have gone downhill

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

I cant believe how many people are complaining about food portions getting smaller. We are mostly getting bigger and obesity is an alarming problem. Do we not need smaller portions of stuff like ice-cream?

Originally Posted by crich70

I don't think there problem is so much the size of the portions HappyMartin as it is with the fact that the cost of those same portions is going up. If you get less coffee or peanut butter or etc. you should pay less than before not more. Of course the factories that produce the food products and hence the stores that sell them don't seem to agree that that should be the case.

Overeating is not contibuting the greatest measure towards the current trend of obesity.

Less excersize than any population in the history of mankind is by far the biggest factor.

People not dying from previously mortal injuries and illnesses - which now leave them debilitated in their capacity to exercise even if they desire to, and stuck using meds which have weight gain as a side effect is also a factor greater than over eating.

[HappyMartin]

Originally Posted by Phogg

Overeating is not contibuting the greatest measure towards the current trend of obesity.

Less excersize than any population in the history of mankind is by far the biggest factor.

People not dying from previously mortal injuries and illnesses - which now leave them debilitated in their capacity to exercise even if they desire to, and stuck using meds which have weight gain as a side effect is also a factor greater than over eating.

Studies have shown that weight gain is 75% a result of over eating rather than under exercising. Increasing activity as an aid to weight loss is much less effective than cutting down on calories.