Second hand obesity
Grandad August 16th, 2010
I came across a newspaper article this morning.
The article looks to me like the opening salvo in the latest war. Now that smokers have been confined to the ghettos, it’s time to move on to the next phase – the ‘obese’.
The article is interesting from quite a few angles.
In it, the author [a Dr Dennis Gottfried MD] is quite open about the fact that the smoking war is based on lies and propaganda.
There is no question that second-hand smoke can be unpleasant; few non-smokers want to sit in a cloud of tobacco dust or have tobacco smell on their clothing or hair. But is it dangerous to your health? A study of 35,561 spouses of smokers followed for 38 years published in the British Medical Journal in 2003 showed that second-hand smoke is an irritant, but does not cause life-threatening disease.
So there you have it from someone apart from myself. He admits that second-hand smoke is harmless and goes on to gloat about “the social isolation of smokers”.
The really interesting bit comes in the second half of the article.
“A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2007 clearly shows that each of us is at an added personal health risk of gaining weight if our friends or associates become obese. This fascinating study followed the weight changes over time among residents of Framingham, Mass. It revealed "networks of obesity"; that is, we are all interconnected in regard to weight.
When people with whom we are closely associated gain weight, such as a spouse, sibling, neighbour or friend, we are also at an increased risk of gaining weight. For example, if your friend becomes obese, you have a 177 percent increased risk of becoming obese. If your friend’s brother becomes obese, your risk is still increased. The increased risk goes out to four degrees of separation.”
So there you have it. The war has only just begun and they are already talking about second-hand obesity.
Second hand obesity seems to be far deadlier that second-hand smoking. You can apparently be infected by someone you have never even heard of? If my friend’s sister’s husband, who lives in Australia is obese, then I run a higher risk of obesity? Wow! Potent stuff? That is truly astounding. It is so astounding that it could only come from the Anti Lobby who are masters of the distorted truth and falsified statistics.
At the end of the article, we gat a glimpse into the future.
Yes. Eaters are going to be socially isolated too. If you want to eat that burger, you are going to have to get the fuck outa here. Get your lard-arse out into the back yard which is the designated fatty area.
So what’s next? Third hand obesity? Are we going to get fat from sitting at a table where a fat person sat?
I can see fun times ahead.
-oOo-
[Hat tip to Frank Davis who pointed me in the right direction]
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Reminds me of an incident a few years ago. My mates fat sister touched him on the shoulder and he said, “Don’t touch me, I might catch fat!”
The air turned blue very quickly…….
Sheesh, I’ve been hanging around fat hoggers obese people all my life in hopes to gain a few pounds yet at 51 I still only weigh 150. So much for their theory. Of course, there’s plenty obese mothers and fathers waddling around with obese kids waddling behind them these days but that’s family, not friends and acquaintances. Sometimes I have to wonder if these doctors, researchers and theorists ever get out of their office and do real research.
On that note, I’m off for a slider and and an order of large fries deep fried in well used animal lard.
I know some fatties. Funny thing about them is they eat very lightley in company. They don’t fool me.
Dr Gottfried(potatoes) writes :
“Obesity has replaced cigarette smoking as our number one public health hazard!”
Interesting.
http://quotemeireland.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/1224271298153_1.jpg
hmmm?
Bucko – Heh! Frankly, your mate is lucky to be alive.
Kirk M – These days, ‘research’ seems to be a case of taking the expected result and then working backwards, inventing statistics to prove whatever is required.
TT – Having grown bored with persecuting smokers, they have to find a new target somewhere?
Mick – I think we are fairly safe in this country from ‘fat persecution’ all the time those two are in power? Heh!
Sorry, have been quite out of the loop lately but trying to get back into the swing.
I reckon we’re already stuck in a massive trend of second hand cuntiness. Who are these wankers to tell us regardless of what way we live?
I gave up smoking three weeks ago, but I don’t lecture smokers.
I enjoy burgers and if someone wants to tell me that I’m making other people fat then they can suck a hairy one.
Second hand cuntiness I tells ya.
We should make the Fat people stand outside the pubs too, as a form of discrimination – Fucking Fat people & Smokers trying to kill me, ye fuckers.
Maxi – Welcome back to the wold of the living! Fair play for giving up the smokes. You’ll save a fortune. And fair play for not turning into a rabid Anti like so many smug quitters do.
Lafsword – What about red-heads? They should go and stand in the compost heap – their redness is highly offensive!
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I’m waiting for them to bring in a law banning drinking in pubs. You can come and sit quietly in the corner if you must. But by jesus if you want to take a swig of that guinneas you better go stand outside with the smokers and fatties.
Vespasian – Don’t joke about it. It will happen. They already have their beady eyes on the drinks trade. Soon it will be a case of serving drinks only to underweight, non-smoking, childless [got to consider the children!], over fifty teetotallers.