Talk:Diet and obesity

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advertising

This probably deserves expansion and its own section: "The soda industry budget for advertising in 2000 totaled over $700 million in the US, an increase of over $381 million since 1986.[17]"

although now it's under "sugar consumption". --MRAY (WMF) (talk) 03:44, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New page

Started new page so the intersection of diet and obesity can be dealt with more fully.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Differentiation Required

This article doesn't distinguish between mildly obese, severely obese and super-obese conditions, but makes blanket statements covering all types that clearly cannot be tenable.

There are different types of and causes of obesity and that needs to be made clear. Someone who is 10 kilos over their "ideal" weight probably has a normal metabolism and has simply over-eaten and not exercised for a period of time. Someone who is 200 kilos over their ideal weight and has struggled their entire life to use changes in diet and regular exercise without significantly reducing their weight clearly does not suffer from the same problem. AncientBrit (talk) 19:32, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is discussed on the main obesity page.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:04, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Badly Worded 1st Paragraph

This paragraph ought to be better worded:

Diet plays an important role in the genesis of obesity. Personal choices, advertising, social customs, as well as food availability and pricing all play a role in determining what and how much we eat.

The first sentence seems a little unencyclopaedic. The second sentence has a very unencyclopaedic feeling.

Diet is important when talking about obesity (Not sure how to reword first sentence). The diet of a person usually relies on personal choice, advertising, social customs and the availability of food.

Or something along those lines, perhaps with sourcing etc. 124.176.235.192 (talk) 09:06, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fell free to make changes.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:04, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted edit

I decided to remove a study since the sample size is small, like around 3000 people. But it got reverted since the "The British Journal of Nutrition" published it. Will need further input on whether to keep or remove. 166.205.159.30 (talk) 22:17, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]