ItalianMessiah

Typical kkkracka middle of the road nonsense.

"This is all your fault Jaffar! We could have Jaffa cakes at a lower price without VAT if you only used less shortening in the batter."

Please remove your rude and unnecessary comment that says I got the title wrong. I never got the title wrong and anyone who says otherwise is jealous of my skateboarding skills.

I'm asking the mods to put it the log that I am NOT mad but I am still reporting this comment for misinformation.

Wrong, only American crackers think like that. True British crackers know it's actually like the picture above.

You're supposed to add the butter to the rice after it's already cooked.

Make two pieces of toast, butter one, and try to tell me they taste the same.

I changed the title to the correct thing so now you look silly.

Just like the Jelly is core to the Cake that is the Jaffa Cake. Thanks for agreeing with me Comrade.

Vaguely pro NCR, explicitly pro getting drunk.

If telling them getting off the junk was going to work it would have worked. Same with smokers.

My comment was in response to people who did lose weight but gained it back. The point is that people can lose weight, but most can't handle ultra-processed food in moderation. Rebounding is not fatalistic, it is a consequence of returning to a previous diet. Saying 90% regain their weight doesn't tell the full story.

Child obesity is a a horrible byproduct of the collapse of social reproduction and advertising that affects the poorest and minorities first. Just calling it abuse is dangerous...

You can make the same argument for alcoholism and domestic violence. We can acknowledge societal factors of behavior while still calling a spade a spade. Childhood obesity is abuse, domestic violence is abuse, I don't care why people do it. The fact that you won't label this is just disgusting. Permanently fucking up a child's growth, hormones, and self-esteem would be considered the highest form of abusive if the method was anything but food.

To be clear, I'm not saying these parents should be arrested. But it is abuse, full stop.

Cancer, diabetes, stem cells

These are all incredibly complex problems that aren't easily solved even with massive investment. This is like comparing sending a rocket to the moon and building a self-sustaining moon base. Most effective medicine has been about boosting the body's ability to do its job or using naturally derived chemicals, vaccines, pain killers, penicillin, etc etc.

We can't really do that with cancer and stuff like aging. We've been using chemicals derived from millions of years of evolution to do delicate, effective work. Now we're trying to build our own but we're nowhere near as precise yet.

Obesity will probably be the biggest crisis of the future. We're watching the equivalent of 40% of a generation taking up smoking a pack a day.

I do have hope that Gen Z will be a better but even my formerly fit friends are starting to look a bit chubby after college and they're not slowing down.

Majority of people regain significant weight after losing it.

The majority of people also don't make meaningful dietary changes. They just eat the same things but less for 2-3 months and act surprised when going back to the old lifestyle results in weight gain. I've lost a significant amount of weight and have kept it off. It was very easy to lose the weight if you avoided ultra-processed stuff but maintaining while still occasionally eating that shit is nearly impossible.

Childhood obesity is abuse. Ultra-processed food should be illegal or severely regulated, institutional changes should make a good diet and exercise easier. But the fat acceptance movement is not our ally in this. Anymore than drunk driving acceptance or smoking acceptance should be.