Is it possible to be overweight and not have enought to eat?
wellthenwhat
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There was a recent article in a magazine about people who are going hungry, and can hardly feed their children. Almost every single picture had overweight or obese people in it. The article went on to say that these people are fat because although they don't have enough to eat, what they do have to eat is junk food, and junk food makes them fat. If it's just calories in vs. calories out, how is this possible. (not bashing people who don't have enough to eat, just found it odd)
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Because junk food is highly caloric. They're getting enough calories, just not enough nutrients. It's very possible to be malnourished on a caloric surplus. It's two different things.0
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Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fat. Plus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins0
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Not having enough to eat puts the body into starvation mode which makes the body hoard every calorie it intakes which leads to increased fat stores beacuse it is biologically prepping itself for your decreased/inadequate calorie intake leading to obesity0
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Under nourished and overfed. So easy to do when you live on cheap instant mac and cheese, raman noodles, Bar-S hotdogs and Little Debbie snack cakes.0
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They have enough calories, and then some.
Just not nutrition.0 -
Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fatPlus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins0
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Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fatPlus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins
Well, duh. You think those bellies are from worms or something?0 -
No such animal as starvation mode. Further - rice, beans, veggies, quinoa, barley etc. are a lot cheaper than pre-packaged foods. The problem is that there should be food education in schools or at least food education for those on welfare. It's just easier to buy chips and pop.0
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"Those bellies" are filled with fluid, not fat... The "african" kids y'all are talking about suffer from kwashiorkor which is from not enough protein. Look it up!0
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No such animal as starvation mode. Further - rice, beans, veggies, quinoa, barley etc. are a lot cheaper than pre-packaged foods. The problem is that there should be food education in schools or at least food education for those on welfare. It's just easier to buy chips and pop.
YUP, sorry, starvation mode is a poo poo lie.
It's actually cheaper to shop at Trader Joes than Albertsons in my opinion. Healthier food at Trader Joes. They do accept food program cards also.0 -
Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fatPlus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins
Well, duh. You think those bellies are from worms or something?
Wow. Just wow.0 -
Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fat. Plus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins
Good foods in bulk are very cheap.
In regards to weight loss, counting 400 calories in a cookie or 400 calories in fresh veggies/fruit/protein are exactly the same things when it's all said and done.0 -
Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fatPlus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins
Well, duh. You think those bellies are from worms or something?
Wow. Just wow.
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Not having enough to eat puts the body into starvation mode which makes the body hoard every calorie it intakes which leads to increased fat stores beacuse it is biologically prepping itself for your decreased/inadequate calorie intake leading to obesity
So much anti-science in this that it gave me a headache.0 -
As others have said, more than starvation mode, it is a matter of high calories and not enough nutrients in their diets. I'm sure what you read was regarding people still in their own homes so they can actually store food and cook things so the do need more education on how to cook things like beans, rice and quinoa but if it was also about people that are in shelters or on the street that don't have a way of storing very much food let alone preparing it, they end up buying a lot of heat and serve, high calorie/low nutrient foods.0
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because 2 dollars can buy you 750 calories worth of mcdoubles.0
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Yes. Absolutely true. If too many calories are cut out and don't feed the body the right nutrients or enough it will go into a starvation mode and store fatPlus...for ME it's hard because the right foods are much more expensive than the bad foods. .. when I went to my Dr. He made it easy to understand...Example. .it may take 3500 calories a day to sustain my 270 lbs...so if I take in 1500 calories and my body us burning up a day you lose weight. And like you both said junk food is empty calories and way way heavy in fat. So 400 calorie cookie is way different on our body than 400 calories of fresh veggies fruit & proteins
Well, duh. You think those bellies are from worms or something?
Wow. Just wow.
What do you suppose is an "ilerminaty" is?0 -
What do you suppose is an "ilerminaty" is?
I'm going to go with the Illuminati and hope I'm not right. Your guess is as good as mine.0 -
You can consume a surplus of energy and not get enough actual nutrition which is what I think the primary issue is. I would also suggest that their overall diets are probably so poor that they're hormones, etc are out of whack which just exacerbates dietary problems...in that RE, things go beyond CICO0
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What do you suppose is an "ilerminaty" is?
I'm going to go with the Illuminati and hope I'm not right. Your guess is as good as mine.
I think you are right...the sad thing is, these are kids...where are they learning this from? Ignorant adults.0
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