tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post114935908686550810..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: Food WarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1149530440246585012006-06-05T14:00:00.000-04:002006-06-05T14:00:00.000-04:00For once, I have good news to share. A local prin...For once, I have good news to share. A local principal looked at food, free lunch stigma and more. Now cafeteria food is more often eaten; even with an open campus [students can leave during lunch], 90% stay and eat the meals. All it took was listening to the students, some persistance...<BR/><BR/>(Article here: http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/jimenez/story/12276702p-13013274c.html )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1149394295304254172006-06-04T00:11:00.000-04:002006-06-04T00:11:00.000-04:00excellent, excellent post. future hubby is type 1 ...excellent, excellent post.<BR/><BR/> future hubby is type 1 also and is going through almos the same thing even though he was diagnosed 20+ years ago. weight constantly fluctuates (sp?) and we're all to blame for making him feel guilty for the extra (even though he is by no means obese on any scale).<BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1149387913880692412006-06-03T22:25:00.000-04:002006-06-03T22:25:00.000-04:00Good luck :) More about BMI:It is VAIRY dodgy, esp...Good luck :) <BR/><BR/>More about BMI:<BR/><BR/>It is VAIRY dodgy, especially for women. According to a friend of mine (his sister is a PHD in nutrition so I'll take his word), the BMI was developed for the US military some decades ago, and you know how many women were involved in it then. So they Reeallllly stretched what data they had (from nurses and other female staff presumably, of limited Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1149364172464818812006-06-03T15:49:00.000-04:002006-06-03T15:49:00.000-04:00Spot on.The truly perverse thing about the BMI sys...Spot on.<BR/><BR/>The truly perverse thing about the BMI system is that it still registers you as "overweight" if you replace fat with muscle. Given that muscle is denser than fat, you could actually be getting skinnier while having the contextless* BMI telling you that you were becoming even more overweight!<BR/><BR/>Feh.<BR/><BR/>*: Because bone structure has nothing to do with how much you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com