Why are some people getting fatter?
Francl27
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Ok so we get fat because we eat too much... I wonder though, what causes us to eat too much? I was talking to my mom the other day about how sometimes my kids are just too wild when we go out to eat, asked her if we were the same, and she said we just loved food too much so it was never an issue with us... we'd just eat.
What makes my kids stop eating when they're full and say no to dessert while that just never happened to me as a kid and I ALWAYS had room for dessert?
I was reading in a magazine that if a pregnant woman drinks more than 2 cups of coffee, the kids will be more likely to be overweight later... I also read everywhere when my kids were babies that if you add rice to their bottle, it messes up their hunger signals and they'll be less likely to overeat later (my mom did that with us - I didn't do it with my kids).
I don't know how accurate that is, but could there be some factors that make some people eat more?
I mean obviously for some people it's just because they eat too many calories by always eating on the go and not being particularly careful about their food choices... but I also know people who self regulate pretty well and are happy with small servings of food, or people like me who just love food so much that they have no issue having a cookie if they are not hungry at all.
So what caused that difference? I mean surely it must come from somewhere?
What makes my kids stop eating when they're full and say no to dessert while that just never happened to me as a kid and I ALWAYS had room for dessert?
I was reading in a magazine that if a pregnant woman drinks more than 2 cups of coffee, the kids will be more likely to be overweight later... I also read everywhere when my kids were babies that if you add rice to their bottle, it messes up their hunger signals and they'll be less likely to overeat later (my mom did that with us - I didn't do it with my kids).
I don't know how accurate that is, but could there be some factors that make some people eat more?
I mean obviously for some people it's just because they eat too many calories by always eating on the go and not being particularly careful about their food choices... but I also know people who self regulate pretty well and are happy with small servings of food, or people like me who just love food so much that they have no issue having a cookie if they are not hungry at all.
So what caused that difference? I mean surely it must come from somewhere?
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Why are people still lined up in the McDonald's Drive Thru? Why do people still smoke cigarettes?0
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perhaps there is more sugar and chemicals in our food and some people are more sensitive to them.0
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With my first child I didn't have a sip off coffee the entire pregnancy. With my second child, I drank at least 2 cups of coffee a day. They're both considered underweight for their height right now so I'm curious if that coffee study holds true in the future.0
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Maybe they're just different people who can't be expected to be identical in appetite, behavior, or preferences.Ok so we get fat because we eat too much... I wonder though, what causes us to eat too much? I was talking to my mom the other day about how sometimes my kids are just too wild when we go out to eat, asked her if we were the same, and she said we just loved food too much so it was never an issue with us... we'd just eat.
What makes my kids stop eating when they're full and say no to dessert while that just never happened to me as a kid and I ALWAYS had room for dessert?
I was reading in a magazine that if a pregnant woman drinks more than 2 cups of coffee, the kids will be more likely to be overweight later... I also read everywhere when my kids were babies that if you add rice to their bottle, it messes up their hunger signals and they'll be less likely to overeat later (my mom did that with us - I didn't do it with my kids).
I don't know how accurate that is, but could there be some factors that make some people eat more?
I mean obviously for some people it's just because they eat too many calories by always eating on the go and not being particularly careful about their food choices... but I also know people who self regulate pretty well and are happy with small servings of food, or people like me who just love food so much that they have no issue having a cookie if they are not hungry at all.
So what caused that difference? I mean surely it must come from somewhere?
What makes some kids brattier?
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tayloralanj wrote: »Why are people still lined up in the McDonald's Drive Thru? Why do people still smoke cigarettes?
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One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.0 -
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
My younger daughter is a bread and carb fiend. My older rarely even eats desserts. I'm not really sure why it would matter why, in a practical sense.0 -
because serving sizes are ridiculous
because some of the delicious foods are calorie bombs.0 -
Out of my cousins and probably my friends as well, I was always the only one who loved eating food and whatever was served at the table when my family was visiting people... Everyone else my age always skipped eating and just played around. I was the only fat one too.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
So you mean that some kids naturally don't like food as much as others?-1 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
Yeah exactly, you're trying to look for a simple (or somewhat simple) answer to really complicated questions like why people's brains function differently, and why certain people enjoy things others don't, or why someone is smarter or more artistic, or really anything that controls or is related to behavior.
I understand what you're curious about, but I don't think it's as simple as saying if you drink coffee while pregnant, your kid will lack hunger signals. Some of it is genetic, some of it is based on life and experience and nurture and a million other factors.0 -
melonaulait wrote: »Out of my cousins and probably my friends as well, I was always the only one who loved eating food and whatever was served at the table when my family was visiting people... Everyone else my age always skipped eating and just played around. I was the only fat one too.
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I mean that some kids, and adults, naturally don't like X as much as others. Food is one X. There are a near infinite number of Xs.DeguelloTex wrote: »
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
So you mean that some kids naturally don't like food as much as others?0 -
Personal preferences.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
I mean that some kids, and adults, naturally don't like X as much as others. Food is one X. There are a near infinite number of Xs.DeguelloTex wrote: »
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
So you mean that some kids naturally don't like food as much as others?
This, and numerous other reasons0 -
Ok so we get fat because we eat too much... I wonder though, what causes us to eat too much? I was talking to my mom the other day about how sometimes my kids are just too wild when we go out to eat, asked her if we were the same, and she said we just loved food too much so it was never an issue with us... we'd just eat.
What makes my kids stop eating when they're full and say no to dessert while that just never happened to me as a kid and I ALWAYS had room for dessert?
I was reading in a magazine that if a pregnant woman drinks more than 2 cups of coffee, the kids will be more likely to be overweight later... I also read everywhere when my kids were babies that if you add rice to their bottle, it messes up their hunger signals and they'll be less likely to overeat later (my mom did that with us - I didn't do it with my kids).
I don't know how accurate that is, but could there be some factors that make some people eat more?
I mean obviously for some people it's just because they eat too many calories by always eating on the go and not being particularly careful about their food choices... but I also know people who self regulate pretty well and are happy with small servings of food, or people like me who just love food so much that they have no issue having a cookie if they are not hungry at all.
So what caused that difference? I mean surely it must come from somewhere?
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Maybe because you raised your kids in a different food environment? Growing up, I was surrounded by cookies and candy and soda. Also huge eaters so I feel like I naturally fell into that. As an adult, I've been around different families where they don't have that stuff around and don't eat as much as my family did. I noticed the kids in those families don't care about food as much either. So maybe environment has some to do with it and maybe not.0
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One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
But if part of the reason they don't want dessert is because you didnt put rice cereal in their bottle wouldn't the overall trend be less people getting fat since the common recommendation is not to do that anymore?
I mean people still do it but I'm guessing fewer since people are told not to now.
As for coffee, I'm not sure if women drink more/less or the same nowadays as opposed to "back then".
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Are you...are you asking why people are different from each other?0
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Habitual behavior? Everyone around me loves coffee and can't do without it. I've never liked it nor had a craving for it.One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
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tincanonastring wrote: »Are you...are you asking why people are different from each other?
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3dogsrunning wrote: »One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
But if part of the reason they don't want dessert is because you didnt put rice cereal in their bottle wouldn't the overall trend be less people getting fat since the common recommendation is not to do that anymore?
I mean people still do it but I'm guessing fewer since people are told not to now.
As for coffee, I'm not sure if women drink more/less or the same nowadays as opposed to "back then".
I know plenty of moms who did it so they could sleep longer, lol.
Ok so I guess we can just put it in the 'we're all different' category, I was just wondering if there are actually specific factors that make some people eat more than others.
Do some people really like food more than others though? I guess that could explain it, even though I can't imagine how someone would not LOVE food.0 -
My phone hates me. It quoted and posted while I was trying to get off thr page.
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Well my mom put all kinds of stuff in my bottle from 2 months old and I have always been a little underweight. Just because you read stuff on the internet doesn't mean it's true. And lol at the coffee thing.
This is a personality thing. Some kids are more energetic/sporty than other. Some are brattier. Some are quieter. And some are greedier. It sounds like you were a greedy kid and your kids aren't - I guess that proves it's not a hereditary trait?0 -
I read a study that age of mom can impact obesity in children. Children born to mothers who are "advanced maternal age" are more likely to be obese and have health issues. I'm trying to find the damn thing but google must be broken this morning or something. Woman are having babies much older. I had mine at 32 and 34 and at 37 I'm still not sure if I'm done. Although my kids are normal weight.
I will also say that the 1980's were like a free for all for processed foods. When I think of what my everyday lunch was from like elementary school through high school I know why I'm here.
We also have many sedentary ways of amusing ourselves now with TV, cel phones, video games, etc. When I was little nintendo didn't come out until I was 9. Before that we spent all our time outside. After nintendo we spent all our time sending 2 Italian plumbers down sewer tubes and shooting ducks.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
Why do some seven year olds like math or dinosaurs or the color orange or brussels sprouts and some don't?One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
So you mean that some kids naturally don't like food as much as others?
Yes, definitely. My brother and sister were always pickier than I was, and they would get full more easily. Some of this is "nature" and some is "nurture". Since I was less picky, my parents praised me for finishing my food and taking seconds. This may have led me to eat more, and now it's pretty hard for me to feel full eating "normal" portions.0 -
One reason: many foods are just more calorie dense per serving. Also I started a thread a while a back at why people may possibly like carbs so much and why many may overindulge in them.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10254582/a-possible-reason-why-people-love-carbs-so-much#latest
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That doesn't explain why my 7yo kids skip dessert while I always wanted more at the same age though.
Maybe you had kids instead of clones?
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