[indiecore]

If your condition is as you describe than I'm sorry for you but you're one of like 0.1% of the population (probably less). It's fine, you got dealt a shit hand but you aren't saying that being obese is a healthy lifestyle and the thing is other people are.

Everyone I've ever known or read about has gained weight by eating more and lost weight by eating less, again less and more vary from individual to individual but the fact that calories in = calories out for maintenance is a law of physics.

[neilk]

Dude, you're just embarrassing yourself. Stop.

Until you brought it up, nobody had said that this article means fat is a-okay. In fact, the article treats obesity as a disease, so it's the reverse.

If you ever find yourself getting mad at people for what they might say, you are definitely dealing with your own issues.

Doubly so if you take the time to rebut these imaginary enemies in a public forum.

[jack-r-abbit]

> but you aren't saying that being obese is a healthy lifestyle and the thing is other people are.

But this article doesn't appear to be saying that. So your attack in this thread is uncalled for. Generally, people trying to find a solution to obesity (like these people seem to be) are not in the obesity is a healthy lifestyle camp. They appear to be in the obesity is a problem we should look into camp.

[tdfx]

"Calories in / calories out" is far from scientific. 500 calories of ice cream will not have the same effect on your body as 500 calories of lean chicken breast. It's a very rough approximation intended to get people thinking about their calorie intake and expenditures, but it's becoming very annoying to see people representing it as some kind of quantifiable scientific formula.