ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Unfortunately, even the basic premises used to construct the welfare state were somewhat based on a moral perspective, and politicians have taken advantage of that ever since to play "divide and rule".
Losing benefit if you're an addict or obese
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Unfortunately, even the basic premises used to construct the welfare state were somewhat based on a moral perspective, and politicians have taken advantage of that ever since to play "divide and rule".
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
It's a variation of the Tories' age old poverty narrative. That is to say, drunkenness and drug addiction are the causes of poverty rather than a lack of money.
When I describe civil society I include the remnants of the left whom while enfeebled can still mobilise when they want to, one can only conclude they are not bothered about claimants
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Yes I'm fully aware of that. If you carry on eating enough calories per day to meet your metabolic needs then you won't burn any fat off.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Whoa.
Hold the front page : Growing teenager gains weight shocker.
How disingenuous of you failing to take into account your cousins growth. If you work out his BMI before and after treatment then his BMI goes up by 2.67. If you then work that back that equates to 2-3Kg weight gain over an 18 month course of steroids (if my maths hasn't failed me as well).
Which is fuck all. So congratulations for proving that medication, especially steroids, don't cause weight gain. It also proves that as long as your calorie intake is matched to your metabolic needs your metabolism doesn't cause weight gain.
I thought urban was more intelligent than this and am deeply shocked at the amount of denial as to what causes obesity rather than complicates (if that's the right work) obesity.
While good(?), intelligent(?) people like those on urban keep perpetuating these fallacious myths that obesity is caused by :-
Water retention,
Your metabolism,
Side effects of medication,
Hormones
and that exercise is too expensive, then vulnerable people who may believe these myths "I've seen it on the internet it must be true" then you're contributing to the obesity 'crisis' in this country rather than helping it.
You should be ashamed of your selves.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
With that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
Go on, fuck off.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Whoa.
Hold the front page : Growing teenager gains weight shocker.
How disingenuous of you failing to take into account your cousins growth. If you work out his BMI before and after treatment then his BMI goes up by 2.67. If you then work that back that equates to 2-3Kg weight gain over an 18 month course of steroids (if my maths hasn't failed me as well).
Which is fuck all. So congratulations for proving that medication, especially steroids, don't cause weight gain. It also proves that as long as your calorie intake is matched to your metabolic needs your metabolism doesn't cause weight gain.
I thought urban was more intelligent than this and am deeply shocked at the amount of denial as to what causes obesity rather than complicates (if that's the right work) obesity.
While good(?), intelligent(?) people like those on urban keep perpetuating these fallacious myths that obesity is caused by :-
Water retention,
Your metabolism,
Side effects of medication,
Hormones
and that exercise is too expensive, then vulnerable people who may believe these myths "I've seen it on the internet it must be true" then you're contributing to the obesity 'crisis' in this country rather than helping it.
You should be ashamed of your selves.
Go back and read my posts again.
That way you'll see how you've humiliated yourself again.
I made it very clear that the hospital waited to operate until he'd finished growing (they monitored his hormone levels for a year beforehand). They did so to minimise damage to those other parts of the endocrinal system that rely on the pituitary gland for development (you are aware of what the pituitary gland does, I take it?). In other words, any weight gain was attributable to no other factor than the medication he was given, not to natural growth,and not to calorific intake.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
With that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
You poor delicate flower, trying to salvage some dignity by flouncing.
Such a shame that we've already been treated to so many incidences of your utter ignorance.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Human beings constantly burn off fat. What you mean (but appear to lack the wit to say) is that if you eat enough to replace the burned-off stored energy that you use on an ongoing basis as fuel for living, then you won't lose weight.
Fuck, you can't even elucidate a basic biological mechanism correctly. No wonder you talk such shit.
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
Thank give for that, take some time to read up about the side effects of medications while you're about itWith that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Katie Hopkins already exists, you'll never monetize this shit.With that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
Also, I don't think the degree to which you are right or wrong on this* has any bearing whatsoever on the cuntishness of what the Tories are up to.
* - and I don't think you're necessarily wrong about 100% of cases, I'm certainly prone to bouts of comfort eating at times, but then Urban doesn't do nuance once the Tories have been mentioned on a thread. Because they are utter cunts who provoke a certain gut reaction.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Please tell me how I can avoid the medication that keeps me alive whilst living on starvation rations. Thanks.Then adjust your diet to fucking compensate then instead of blaming the medication all the time.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Are you aware that BMI is a universally-used but utterly pointless number as it doesn't take into account, for example, muscle mass, build etc? If you are, why are you perpetrating it when it's been shown to useless?Whoa.
Hold the front page : Growing teenager gains weight shocker.
How disingenuous of you failing to take into account your cousins growth. If you work out his BMI before and after treatment then his BMI goes up by 2.67. If you then work that back that equates to 2-3Kg weight gain over an 18 month course of steroids (if my maths hasn't failed me as well).
Which is fuck all. So congratulations for proving that medication, especially steroids, don't cause weight gain. It also proves that as long as your calorie intake is matched to your metabolic needs your metabolism doesn't cause weight gain.
I thought urban was more intelligent than this and am deeply shocked at the amount of denial as to what causes obesity rather than complicates (if that's the right work) obesity.
While good(?), intelligent(?) people like those on urban keep perpetuating these fallacious myths that obesity is caused by :-
Water retention,
Your metabolism,
Side effects of medication,
Hormones
and that exercise is too expensive, then vulnerable people who may believe these myths "I've seen it on the internet it must be true" then you're contributing to the obesity 'crisis' in this country rather than helping it.
You should be ashamed of your selves.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
But self control shouldn't be the issue. By encouraging poor people to blame each other the govt hopes we will forget to blame them.
The Govt blames the people least able to defend themselves.
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mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Obviously the house of commons is a bastion of self restraint and fitness.....................
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
From your own link:
Definition of dietician in:
- US English dictionary
Anyway, you can take it up with the two dozen dietitians that I share an office with...
ETA: https://www.bda.uk.com/improvinghealth/yourhealth/hcpc
Nah, that's just an extra link at the bottom of the page after it lists dietician as the first UK spelling. That doesn't mean dietitian is incorrect, of course. Both are fine.
Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
make sure the door doesn't hit you in the arse on the way out, fucko.With that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
What "levels of denial"? I'm confused. Do you think obesity is the cause of poverty?With that I'm leaving this thread as the levels of denial on here are making me physically ill.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Of course it shouldn't be an issue - it's utterly irrelevant! Unfortunately they (politicians and their friends in the media) have made it an issue, and empty heads have already started baying at the scapegoat (us!) that they've manufactured.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Anecdotal shite from a voyeuristic telly programme. Yep, that's real evidence. Sure, it is...Well some of the people on supersize v superskinny seem to think a bucket full of food per meal is an acceptable portion.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
heh, I se they have revived the idea of making unemployed youths do community service. Thats so morally and logistically fucked an idea I can only suppose they are on yet another whistle for votes
8ball
Decolonise colons!
As in the community service you get for committing a crime?
I'd certainly want to get my quota of crimes in if I was a young unemployed person negotiating such a system.
KeeperofDragons
Crazy dragon lady
And they're supposed to be looking for work as well, a friend works in the jobcentre and changes to the jobseekers benefit they're supposed to be looking for work 37 hours a week. Now how the he'll is anyone supposed to do that & community service at the same time - ready made excuse to sanction everyone
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I wonder how they're going to manage this, because it applies to under-18s and under-18s these days find it hard to get voluntary work. My daughter is at sixth form and really, really, wants to work with animals in some respect, but can't because all the charities require volunteers to be over 18 because of insurance problems when having children work with animals. The same would apply to having under-18s work with vulnerable humans.
The city farm near us does do a Saturday course for under-18s, and has some teenagers working there, but it's unusual, and it's about three hours a week for ten weeks maximum.
Volunteer work for under-18s is hard to get these days.
