It is not as easy as "put down the fork" for several reasons. 1) A person can't just not eat. They would die. 2) Even if a person does "put down the fork", if what they've chosen to eat isn't nutritious, it isn't going to help them. 3) some people do have serious issues with food, and it takes a lot for them to understand food is fuel and not an indulgence or an emotion or a reward. The process of losing weight takes a lot of learning and planning, and "put down the fork", while very easy and pithy for people to say, is not helpful advice to people seeking a healthier lifestyle.
I do agree, however, that there ARE far too many "conveniences" when it comes to weight loss. Pills, machines (the shake weight?? wtf!!), drinks, clubs, herbal supplements, and of course they don't work. People hear "you don't have to work out or diet to lose weight!!!11" and they think "ah, so I DON'T have to change my lifestyle to get healthy". They're all just great big excuses for people not to make a change and adopt a more healthy lifestyle. And absolutely, unless someone has a metabolic or chemical disorder, people who say "I can't lose weight" are just making excuses.
To a degree, I agree with "C"; I'm in the process of losing weight right now, and basically it is math. 1 lb = 4500 calories. Calorie Intake - Base Metabolic Rate - calories burned in cardio activity (if applicable) = a number, which if it is positive leads to a weight gain, and weight loss if it is negative. When the number reaches 4500 over a span of days, a pound is lost or gained. Barring a chemical dysfuction, this is just how it works for pretty much everyone. If a person is having trouble losing weight, it's because they take in too many calories, don't exercise enough, or eat too much fat and too little fiber. Where I disagree is where "c" says "It's not that hard". It is hard. Weight loss is not difficult to understand, and it's not impossible, but it is a struggle to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle if a person has lived x-amount of years sedentary and eating garbage.
Now, seeing the way the trend has gone over the last century, it is certainly easy to see the folks of the Axiom in Wall-E as "normal" in the future. People have more access to health information now, however, than they did in the late 20th century, and people seem more concerned about their health overall. If social attitudes and education affect the trend, I think you'll see the obesity rate maintain or even drop. It depends on whether people choose to accept this information, or ignore it. So we'll see, I guess.
Read up on Haggis: http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpuddings.html#haggis
Article summed up: It's an ancient Greek and Roman recipe which has been found in 15th and 16th century English and Scottish cookbooks with ingredients local to the British Isles.
I would identify it as a Scottish food, however, since they've adapted it to include native ingredients, have adopted it as a sort of national foodstuff, and is most commonly associated with Scotland.
I do agree, however, that there ARE far too many "conveniences" when it comes to weight loss. Pills, machines (the shake weight?? wtf!!), drinks, clubs, herbal supplements, and of course they don't work. People hear "you don't have to work out or diet to lose weight!!!11" and they think "ah, so I DON'T have to change my lifestyle to get healthy". They're all just great big excuses for people not to make a change and adopt a more healthy lifestyle. And absolutely, unless someone has a metabolic or chemical disorder, people who say "I can't lose weight" are just making excuses.
Now, seeing the way the trend has gone over the last century, it is certainly easy to see the folks of the Axiom in Wall-E as "normal" in the future. People have more access to health information now, however, than they did in the late 20th century, and people seem more concerned about their health overall. If social attitudes and education affect the trend, I think you'll see the obesity rate maintain or even drop. It depends on whether people choose to accept this information, or ignore it. So we'll see, I guess.
Read up on Haggis:
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpuddings.html#haggis
Article summed up: It's an ancient Greek and Roman recipe which has been found in 15th and 16th century English and Scottish cookbooks with ingredients local to the British Isles.
I would identify it as a Scottish food, however, since they've adapted it to include native ingredients, have adopted it as a sort of national foodstuff, and is most commonly associated with Scotland.