Fight for Obesity!

[Sotobi]

Hey guys I'm doing this poll experiment for Political Science and was wondering if anybody would like to take part in answering a few questions about what the government could do to fight obesity. I would really appreciate it if someone can help me out. Thanks!

 

There is a total of 20 questions, 10 per each link.

First link is part one https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5DCHW5M

 

Second link is part two https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/59L8XHM

 

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding either the poll questions or the topic in general. I can sure use some feedback.

[Osmium]

Of course... because government intervention will fix obesity... I think regulations should be put on fast food advertisements geared toward children and fast food advertisements in general but other than that and maybe a light tax I do not think the government should get involved past that(I assume this is for the US anyway).

[MegaDave91]

The only thing that can make a person change is the person themselves. There's enough information out there if someone wants to do that.

[Almercenary]

Not the governments problem...it's the peoples imo.  If they got off the asses and did something, maybe it would help OR put a tax on BMI

[techswede]

I thought this would be a thread where you were going to try and convince people that obesity is the way to go. And fight for it.
 

Government intervention won't help at all. 

All it would do is annoy the rest of us. 

[Izaya Orihara]

People always forget about the other folks. Like me i'm 1.90 meters tall and i weigh 62 kg. I can't gain any weigth even tho i eat all day long.  

[techswede]

People always forget about the other folks. Like me i'm 1.90 meters tall and i weigh 62 kg. I can't gain any weigth even tho i eat all day long.  

Same here.. 

And yet i still have to put up with warning labels on cheese...

[Snickerzz]

I would like to say that nyc tried to make it so you cant buy a foutain drink larger than 16oz because 32oz was to big, would that help? No, you can just buy 2 16oz drinks...

[Sotobi]

Not the governments problem...it's the peoples imo.  If they got off the asses and id something, maybe it would help OR put a tax on BMI

I agree with you there but obesity rates is rising at an alarming rate and people are pretty much giving up to lose that weight due to work and what not. 

 

So would government intervention help reduce this issue and help guide those people? Should they just let the people be as they are? 

[tp95112]

Nice survey only thing that I had a pause was the organic food question. With big corporations like monsanto there is no such thing as organic food everything is gm

[Aleks]

Not sure if the government is the problem, I think it is more of societies problem. 

[Sotobi]

I would like to say that nyc tried to make it so you cant buy a foutain drink larger than 16oz because 32oz was to big, would that help? No, you can just buy 2 16oz drinks...

Good point there, in one of poll questions it states if we should limit the calories one person can order at some fast-food place. Would fining that person after he/she goes over the limit help? Whats your thought in preventing that work around?

[Rorgash]

free surgery!! 

[NARAKU_KAT]

I thought this would be a thread where you were going to try and convince people that obesity is the way to go. And fight for it.

 

Government intervention won't help at all. 

All it would do is annoy the rest of us. 

 

 

I had the same trouble "fight for obesity" sounded like: It's my right to have a heart attack if i want to! This is Fat-parta!

[Sotobi]

Thanks so far for helping guys

[Sotobi]

I had the same trouble "fight for obesity" sounded like: It's my right to have a heart attack if i want to! This is Fat-parta!

Sorry about that lol.

[TheSLSAMG]

I would like to say that nyc tried to make it so you cant buy a foutain drink larger than 16oz because 32oz was to big, would that help? No, you can just buy 2 16oz drinks...

 

Yet some people who are embarrassed of what other people think of them doing so and they probably wouldn't do it.

 

I am a big guy. I have always been conscious of what I eat though. It's not just for my health, but also for my identity. I usually don't eat my fast food in the restaurant on the off chance I get some because of what I think people think of me. I get people that look at me funny, people that laugh and make jokes. I can't go to my local mall as frequently as I would like to because of what people think of me. It pisses me off, but it also hurts me inside quite a bit. I, being both big and Korean, get the usual "buddha" jokes. I almost fought a kid because of it.

 

Sorry for the useless wall of useless info, but I felt like getting that out of my system.

[helping]

on an unrelated topic I wonder what it would be like if you had no sense of taste

 

just humor me, it could simplify life a bit. 

[Sotobi]

Yet some people who are embarrassed of what other people think of them doing so and they probably wouldn't do it.

 

I am a big guy. I have always been conscious of what I eat though. It's not just for my health, but also for my identity. I usually don't eat my fast food in the restaurant on the off chance I get some because of what I think people think of me. I get people that look at me funny, people that laugh and make jokes. I can't go to my local mall as frequently as I would like to because of what people think of me. It pisses me off, but it also hurts me inside quite a bit. I, being both big and Korean, get the usual "buddha" jokes. I almost fought a kid because of it.

 

Sorry for the useless wall of useless info, but I felt like getting that out of my system.

I can sort of relate to what you're saying as I use to eat a lot of Mc.D and Burger King when I was 16 or so. I use to get all these giggles and crap from my fellow peers and others. I'm also korean and was sort of wide and overweight but now I pretty much got use to what people thought of me since their opinion had nothing on me really. I just picked myself up and started losing weight and eating healthy now I'm 5"10 @ 167 Pounds with normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. 

[ManOfDisguise]

am i the only one thats getting annoyed by these "hey guys im doing this poll for my school it would be awesome if you would vote" posts?

[Sotobi]

am i the only one thats getting annoyed by these "hey guys im doing this poll for my school it would be awesome if you would vote" posts?

Sorry if I annoyed you and I didn't really see that kind of post on here. Also this is really for my Political Science Class. This is pretty much a one time thing for me doubt I'll have to do anything like this again in the near future so sorry if bugged ya.

[ManOfDisguise]

Sorry if I annoyed you and I didn't really see that kind of post on here. Also this is really for my Political Science Class. This is pretty much a one time thing for me doubt I'll have to do anything like this again in the near future so sorry if bugged ya.

its not that "you" annoyed me but lately ive just seen a lot of these posts but eh then again i dont wan be an asshole and i dont wana boss ppl around thats not my style so who really cares. keep doing ya thing! sorry if i came off as an asshole

[JohnnyGrey]

its not that "you" annoyed me but lately ive just seen a lot of these posts but eh then again i dont wan be an asshole and i dont wana boss ppl around thats not my style so who really cares. keep doing ya thing! sorry if i came off as an asshole

 

There's an Off Topic subforum for a reason. If you don't like it, don't read it.

[ManOfDisguise]

There's an Off Topic subforum for a reason. If you don't like it, don't read it.

jeez ok if i would have known from the title of the post what it is exactly about i wouldnt bother

[NARAKU_KAT]

Yet some people who are embarrassed of what other people think of them doing so and they probably wouldn't do it.

 

I am a big guy. I have always been conscious of what I eat though. It's not just for my health, but also for my identity. I usually don't eat my fast food in the restaurant on the off chance I get some because of what I think people think of me. I get people that look at me funny, people that laugh and make jokes. I can't go to my local mall as frequently as I would like to because of what people think of me. It pisses me off, but it also hurts me inside quite a bit. I, being both big and Korean, get the usual "buddha" jokes. I almost fought a kid because of it.

 

Sorry for the useless wall of useless info, but I felt like getting that out of my system.

 

 

Yeah, same trouble here, (kinda expected that since thi is a techie forum and most of us must be fat-like guys) i've fought that since i can remember, until being the "fatty" of the class wasn't fun anymore, in fact it had never been; so when you become an adult and have to do something for you that really makes you put things clear to yourself, and yet being unloved by girls and understimated or stereothypied (hope i wrote it right) is more than enough to make you change your eating habits, plus health is something you can't play with.