Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
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Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#2This article is very depressing news. But, as technologists we are used to dealing with a new reality and change. I think many people will use this as an excuse to give up. It really means more than ever we should get outside or into the gym. Speaking of which I feel like I should go for a walk and get some fresh air.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#3Well sure, but we're twenty years older, too.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#4Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure.
The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years.
Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food.
Pretty simple imo.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#5Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure. The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years. Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food. Pretty simple imo.
From the article you're writing a comment to:
> A given person, in 2006, eating the same amount of calories, taking in the same quantities of macronutrients like protein and fat, and exercising the same amount as a person of the same age did in 1988 would have a BMI that was about 2.3 points higher.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#6Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure. The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years. Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food. Pretty simple imo.
From the article you're writing a comment to: > A given person, in 2006, eating the same amount of calories, taking in the same quantities of macronutrients like protein and fat, and exercising the same amount as a person of the same age did in 1988 would have a BMI that was about 2.3 points higher.
Its strange really. I'm on a ketogenic diet, and hear people preach the caloric balance constantly, that it doesn't matter what my macros are as long as I consume less calories than I burn daily. Yet, I consume close to my previous garbage diet calories and I lose about 2-3lbs/week due to my high fat/moderate protein/very low carb (Go figure, it appears that caloric energy balance isn't the only factor.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#7Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure. The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years. Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food. Pretty simple imo.
I'd recommend reading Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. He explains how this is not really the case. It was written back in 2007; I'm sure there's more research out there to prove this point.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#8I do not have access to the fulltext but from the abstract, it seems they may only have included structured leisure time physical activity like playing football one hour every Monday (what could "Physical activity frequency data ... in 14,419 adults between 1988 and 2006" plausably include?)
I would think there is less unstructured physical activity nowadays. Both at home and at work.
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#9Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure. The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years. Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food. Pretty simple imo.
While that's also certainly true, the article says that in this case the calorie intake was the same. They were guessing gut bacteria could be different. Maybe the formula is calories in * bacteria efficiency - calories out?
Re: Study: people who eat and exercise the same as people 20 years ago are fatter
#10Weight gain is simple: calorie intake - calorie expenditure. The amount of calories in our food tends to go up over 20 years. Doing the same activities consumes the same amount of calories after 20 years. Thus we would have more caloric surplus, and likely gain more weight than people 20 years ago with less caloric food. Pretty simple imo.
A person gains weight because they intake more calories than they expend. Certainly.
A room gets more crowded when more people enter than exit. Obviously true.
Neither of these statements tell you why that is happening though, and that is important thing. So, why are people eating more calories? Or, since the articles says they aren't, could the sources of calories matter? (They do.)