zuuum wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Oh, probably, but I don't believe it's limited to the United States;
>> it's just we talk about it obsessively. I saw plenty of obese folks
>> in Bangkok and Malaysia.
>>
> Though it is true obesity is not limited to the USA, it is the
> percentage of the population and the number of obesity related deaths
> that have earned it the status of "epidemic" in America. It is not
> so much "obsessive" alarm of fitness junkies as it is concern of the
> Surgeon General and Health organizatins in America. It is also very
> educational to look at the impact American junk-food chains have had
> on health of youth populations in foreign cultures.
>
Sorry, I can't worry about junk-food chains impacting youth in foreign
cultures or U.S. culture either. I choose not to eat it. Last time I
checked it was a choice, not a mandate. I cannot remember the last time I
went to a McDonald's or a Burger King. It might have been a couple of years
ago, probably longer than that. No one says you *have* to eat it regardless
of where you live.

>> My mom taught me a long time ago - eat the most expensive thing on
>> your plate first. That way if you get full, you don't feel quite so
>> bad about not finishing the rest
>
> LOL, the most expensive item on the plate is most likely the highest
> in saturated fats, too...... as in, the least heart-healthy. The
> whole idea of guilt driving food consumption is ultimately not a good
> one.

I don't consider that guilt-driven; I consider it sensible. If the steak is
the most expensive item on my plate, why would I fill up on, say, a baked
potato and leave most of the steak? That's just silly.

Jill