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according to the telly the futures orange 
Posted: 15:12 Jun 19 2003
The future's bright... the future's male?
Researchers at Glasgow University believe they have identified a trend for overweight couples to give birth to more boys.
Two overweight partners are 6% more likely in fact.
Currently half the population is overweight with around 22% of people being clinically obese. This is predicted to rise to 30% by 2010.
As if that wasn't enough, the researchers also believe that weight problems affect women's hormones and are likely to lead to future generations of 'more masculine looking' women.
Yikes.
Two overweight partners are 6% more likely in fact.
Currently half the population is overweight with around 22% of people being clinically obese. This is predicted to rise to 30% by 2010.
As if that wasn't enough, the researchers also believe that weight problems affect women's hormones and are likely to lead to future generations of 'more masculine looking' women.
Yikes.
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Yeah, and apparently the car in front is a Toyota, but I'm sure it was a Ford Feista?
by bipolar
according to the telly the futures orange
Posted: 16:57 Jun 19 2003 DJ Billy speeding again eh?
by Stoo
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Yeah, and apparently the car in front is a Toyota, but I'm sure it was a Ford Feista?
But um...yes, yikes to the prospect. Although with the recent (current?) trend of emasculation running through society I'm not sure if it would actually lead to anything significant in that regard...
Posted: 17:45 Jun 19 2003
I thought that we were all going to be turning into women due to all the female hormones from the Pill in our drinking water?
Posted: 18:31 Jun 19 2003
Apparently the upsurge in people's sexual appetites would lead us to think that we're all 'turning male' (a la Turning Japanese )
This is because testosterone levels have been found to rise dramatically when we are 'turned on'.
With my rate of 'horniness', I must be half male already!
)This is because testosterone levels have been found to rise dramatically when we are 'turned on'.
With my rate of 'horniness', I must be half male already!
Posted: 19:48 Jun 19 2003 
I'm staying well out of this discussion....
Posted: 23:30 Jun 19 2003
i was watching a programme the other night that was saying that testosterone was now being used (in america but appearing soon at a doctors/chemist near you soon) as some sort of medical boost to men who feel like they've gone through the mid life crisis think HRT for woman (or sumfin lol) and that it was now also (in gel form) an aphrodisiac for women used correctly it boosts the sex drive and make you more confident but side effects included (wait for it) acting like a man in sexual prowess(more of a "hunter" so to speak), agression and sometimes even hairy nipples* and other stuff but i was too busy giggling at "nipples".
twas ... erm .. interesting and there was nothing on.
(*hehehe nipples i like that word!)
twas ... erm .. interesting and there was nothing on.
(*hehehe nipples i like that word!)
Posted: 00:02 Jun 20 2003 
This reminds me of the hilarious "why am I a fat [the other word for illegitimate heir]?" column by The Independent's Johan "bum fluff" Hari. Said columnist, as the desperate overuse of shadow in his byline picture attests, is indeed a bit of a porker, and felt the need to navel gaze about the subject for the entire column. (And considering the extent of his girth, it's an activity I imagine he'll be most proficient in.)
It's all part of the latest bout of fashionable soul-searching; now combinging a previous topic of dreary national anguish, loss of male identity. (Presumably meaning chaps won't take a slash in the gutter, fart at the table and make ribald jokes about a nun called Sally and her enormous wimple in future.) We're fatter, but we're also not dying of smallpox, TB, coalminer's lung and other delightful historical ailments. It's nothing earth shattering. (Unless the American's really overdo the steaks and onion rings.)
If it is doing the male in, the solution's abundently clear -- instil healthy eating habits among children. Legislation and government funding to enforce healthy food in schools, coupled with more resources put into making PE genuinely accessible would sort the problem out nicely.
Well that, or we'd better get use to Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings attacting exponentially increased attendence.
(Edited by Byron 20/06/2003 01:38)
It's all part of the latest bout of fashionable soul-searching; now combinging a previous topic of dreary national anguish, loss of male identity. (Presumably meaning chaps won't take a slash in the gutter, fart at the table and make ribald jokes about a nun called Sally and her enormous wimple in future.) We're fatter, but we're also not dying of smallpox, TB, coalminer's lung and other delightful historical ailments. It's nothing earth shattering. (Unless the American's really overdo the steaks and onion rings.)
If it is doing the male in, the solution's abundently clear -- instil healthy eating habits among children. Legislation and government funding to enforce healthy food in schools, coupled with more resources put into making PE genuinely accessible would sort the problem out nicely.
Well that, or we'd better get use to Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings attacting exponentially increased attendence.
(Edited by Byron 20/06/2003 01:38)
Posted: 01:28 Jun 20 2003 
Me? Speeding? Never....
by Spikeo
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DJ Billy speeding again eh?
Still up for sale by the way, if anyone's interested
Posted: 08:36 Jun 20 2003 Wasn't raising this in the context of male in crisis. It's not doing the male in, it is ultimately going to do everyone in.
by Byron
It's nothing earth shattering. (Unless the American's really overdo the steaks and onion rings.)
If it is doing the male in, the solution's abundently clear -- instil healthy eating habits among children. Legislation and government funding to enforce healthy food in schools, coupled with more resources put into making PE genuinely accessible would sort the problem out nicely.
Yes we used to die in all sorts of ways that have been all but eliminated. The problem with what Americans are now terming diabesity (the combination of diabetes and obesity caused by overeating) is that it is a chronic condition that places great burdens on health providers and generally reduces the life quality of the sufferer.
Obesity in America is skyrocketing and the rest of the world now seems to be following suit.
It doesn't help that junk food is consistently cheaper than healthier options and that there is precious little in the way of convenience food that isn't laced in salt, sugar and fat.
I'd certainly like to see the Government pursue it's proposed name and shame approach to those who market unhealthy food, particularly at children. But other than that, how do you force healthier lifestyles on people who, based on current trends, don't want them?
Posted: 08:55 Jun 20 2003
by Incandenza
Obesity in America is skyrocketing and the rest of the world now seems to be following suit.
It doesn't help that junk food is consistently cheaper than healthier options and that there is precious little in the way of convenience food that isn't laced in salt, sugar and fat.
Agreed. It's all about moderation. If I have a choice, I'll go for a healthy sandwich and salad every time. If I roll (metaphorically speaking) into Liverpool Street at 12:15, the only place open is Burger King, and it soaks up the demon drink nicely. The problem is with the people who seem to live on the stuff (and it's no exageration to say some people enjoy a daily intake of it ... espcially, it seems, just about anyone who resides in Florida).
I think my proposition genuinely would work wonders. You can't force adults not to indulge themselves, but if they got used to healthy food when they were young, they wouldn't want to. There was a piece in The Guardian a while back about some children who'd lived off a healthy diet their entire lives being offered free McDonalds for a month. Because they'd become accostomed to a full diet, they found McD's offering unpalatable. It just didn't offer the proper rounded nutrition, and they could tell.
[b]I'd certainly like to see the Government pursue it's proposed name and shame approach to those who market unhealthy food, particularly at children. But other than that, how do you force healthier lifestyles on people who, based on current trends, don't want them?
All my school ever served was chips, burgers, doghnuts that'd put Homer Simpson to shame. The salads were paltry, uunappetising and rotten. Not surprisingly, no one ate them.
Posted: 13:47 Jun 20 2003 I'm inclined to agree. McDonalds (for example) is designed to appeal to an unsophisticated palate by hitting hard and fast with salt and fat. Once you become used to non-fatty foods, the prospect of a Big Mac becomes stomach churning.
by Byron
I think my proposition genuinely would work wonders. You can't force adults not to indulge themselves, but if they got used to healthy food when they were young, they wouldn't want to.
Once you try it, the benefits of regular exercise and healthy eating are self-evident (I'm told alcohol moderation works wonders too
) but at the outset, it looks an awful lot less fun than the alternatives.I guess establishing good habits in school may be the best solution (not withstanding the idea that parents think about what they are doing too).
Posted: 16:01 Jun 20 2003