tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post719775226048369965..comments2023-11-02T06:23:54.891-07:00Comments on Crash_Watcher: The relationship between hunger and petroleum consumption-Part 3Crash_Watcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985815560035214946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post-65636873475723467222021-12-18T01:25:40.026-08:002021-12-18T01:25:40.026-08:00I enjoyed reading your posstI enjoyed reading your posstOwen Carpenterhttps://www.owencarpenter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post-46255675442232207232011-07-13T17:44:41.316-07:002011-07-13T17:44:41.316-07:00Sorry, no more trolling for Taube. This is not a b...Sorry, no more trolling for Taube. This is not a blog about BMI and nutrition. <br /><br />My assumption here is that the amount of food that a population has to eat will affect the percentage of people in the population with a BMI of greater than 25. <br /><br />If you want to say that there are other factors that affect BMI, then I agree, but the main factor is still the total amount of food Crash_Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985815560035214946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post-14709821533657799882011-07-11T14:19:25.483-07:002011-07-11T14:19:25.483-07:00For a counter-balance to Taubes's ideas, advoc...For a counter-balance to Taubes's ideas, advocated by Anonymous, readers might find Meghan Johnson's recent article interesting:<br /><br />What Gary Taubes tries to do is to challenge one of the core principles of energy balance (endorsed by the USDA, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, American Dietetic Association and other reputable institutions) that Crash_Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985815560035214946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post-68393977332851039242011-07-11T07:09:15.222-07:002011-07-11T07:09:15.222-07:00Thanks Anonymous. I agree with you that there are...Thanks Anonymous. I agree with you that there are many factors that result in a high percentage of a population being overweight. Yes, nutrition is a factor. Lack of physical exercise is another factor. Even poor and low income people in the USA, Europe and other higher petroleum consuming countries have motorized transportation and are not doing the manual labor of raising their own food, for Crash_Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985815560035214946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5615802111925975217.post-21983813035497167512011-07-11T04:53:10.575-07:002011-07-11T04:53:10.575-07:00Being overweight is not a function of simply "...Being overweight is not a function of simply "too much food." Poor and low income people have the highest obesity rates in the USA and elsewhere, while more wealthy citizens can afford not only better food, but the education and health care to back it up. Even in destitute African countries, many starving children have very poor mothers who are overweight. This phenomenon was discussed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com