Almost a quarter of Lincoln 10 and 11-year-olds are overweight

“Colin

Go back and read the scientific papers again, the addictive effect of fructose really kicks in when people consume excessive amount of fructose (glucose is addictive as well and both may have effects like opiates).

Evolution has meant that we are preprogrammed to crave sweet, salty and fatty things. All these in excess are harmful there is no argument about that, the way you presented your argument was sensationalist, unbalanced and frankly misleading.

I agree that industry uses fructose as a sweetener because it is sweeter than glucose and sucrose and this is pandering to our craving for sweet things and this needs looking at, but fructose as part of a balanced diet is of no concern or risk.

BTW I am AMRSH”

“SO NOW WE KNOW WHO ATE ALL THE PIES!!!!”

“I can't believe that only Numb_Chumpy has associated obesity to lack of exercise, everyone else seems fixed on what we eat and how manufacturers preserve modern foods to be at the root of the problem. "It's not my fault I'm fat look at all the sugar they put in fizzy drinks" is a pretty poor reason to look like a walrus.

I abhor obesity. Put a fattie in front of me and I feel revulsion and immediately typecast them in my stereotypical view of fatties - weak, selfish, insecure, lazy, hedonistic gluttons that are unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions.

To me maintaining healthy body weight is simple maths. Fuel on the fire = energy to burn. If the body does insufficient to burn off the calories consumed then it stores it as fat. Allowing yourself to become fat is inexcusable; eat whatever you like, I don't care, but do the maths then do the exercise to make sure you burn it off before you indulge again.

Allowing your kids to become obese should be criminalised, it is neglect. Living to old age is over-rated, life to me is about quality not longevity and we should fear death less than not living the life we have. Allowing kids to be fat is denying them the opportunity to live life to the full.”

“McDonald, I have just completed a course with the University of California on nutrition and health. Fructose is half of sucrose and it is fructose that is sweet, not the other half of sucrose which is glucose. The food industry add fructose to foods to make them sweet and there is absolute evidence to prove the fructose has an addictive effect. As I said the picture is complex and I recommend you do one of the coursera.com courses before accusing the people who run these courses or their students of being pseudo-scientists. You are quite right, of course, to point out that disaccharides such as sucrose and polysaccharides such as starch are all broken down to monosaccharides before they can be absorbed in the GIT and used by the body. Also, of course, eating too much fat simply causes deposition of fat almost immediately. The point I wanted to make is the food industry add a lot of fructose to sweeten foods and this has a sinister metabolic effect. By the way, I also have a degree in Biochemistry and try hard not to be a pseudoscientist.”

“There is well documented scientific evidence that heavy drinking, smoking and being overweight leads to greater risk of heart disease, cancer and other life curtailing illnesses. Agreed, it is not for certain these kids *will* suffer ill health in later life, that is down to how their genetics handle the bodily abuse, but the risk is increased. I certainly believe these scientists and experts rather than the usual "my grandad used to smoke/drink/eat lard etc. and lived till he was 90" stories that you and other ill-informed people trot out. I think just about everyone could name someone who has abused their bodies and lived to a ripe old age. However if you look at the statistics, you will see that these cases are in the minority. But why let proven scientific evidence and statistics stand in the way of anecdotal evidence and a good story.”

“@Gixxerman

My grandmother had 13 kids two were thin 11 were fat,they were all breastfed and they all went to school when there was no such thing has mcdonalds or kfc's etc etc.
They all ate good nourishing homemade food (no processed meats in those days burgers etc).
None of them had diabetes some died in their fifties some died in their seventies and eighties,none of them became a drain on the NHS they just got an illness that killed them.
No artificial hips or knees for them,just happy lives working eating drinking sleeping doing what THEY wanted to do not what some so called expert wanted them to do.

But thats just it nowadays isn't it,there's always some expert out there thats got to justify their salary and it usually means having a go at some section of society ie drinkers smokers or fat people.”

“@nickythenark
I am not picking on fat kids. I am genuinely concerned for their health. It is very unfair on them to be allowed by parents to become overweight. Children will invariably eat what is put in front of them. So they kind of don't have much choice in the matter and their health will suffer. Parents are encouraged not to smoke near their children for health reasons. Why is feeding them poor quality and excessive amounts of food any different?”

“@ColinLincs

Typical pseudo-science nonsense from someone who does not understand what they are talking about.

Fructose is a monosaccharide which naturally occurs in fruit, vegetables and honey. It is one three monosaccharides that are easily absorbed into blood stream and is the product of digestion when more complex sugars (carbohydrates) are broken down. It is monosaccharides that provide the energy that 'powers' the body.

Overeating and the consumption of added sugar in the diet that is the cause of type 2 diabetes; too much fuel in, leading to too many monosaccharides being produced by digestion. The problem is not fructose but overeating and pigging on sugary foods.”

“Pick on the fat kid day again is it.

How about picking on the anorexics for a change.

As for being a strain on the NHS i assume the majority of these so called fat kids will get jobs pay their taxes and national insurance so i would say they will have paid for the NHS treatment that they will receive in later life unlike others who come to these shores,claim for this that and the other without even paying a penny to the state then go back to where they came from.

All i can say is get over it all you fatophobics out there and Love a Chubby.”

“I blame the modern parents who seem to think that loving their kids involves giving them whatever they want to eat and usually involves feeding them processed ready meal **** because they can't be bothered to cook proper meal's that would better fill their kids up and help prevent snacking.”