Diet+Discussion+2

Trying to answer Annabelles question way back down near the bottom of the page,( I quote, "I don't think I eat 5 serves of veg every day but I'm not obese, am I? How does this work? " I beleive that if you don't have 5 serves of veg every day then it won't make you fat or obese, but of course you won't be as healthy as you could be. Not many people (...except maybe Bec-she doesn't eat unhealthy stuff at all!) actually have 5 serves of veg every day unless they are particapating in the Q5 healthy eating activity that we had last year. And even that doesn't go for much because ALOT OF PEOPLE CHEAT. But Annabelle, NO, you are not obese, and I don't think you will be any time soon.

Trying to answer Annabelles question way back down near the bottom of the page,( I quote, "I don't think I eat 5 serves of veg every day but I'm not obese, am I? How does this work? " I beleive that if you don't have 5 serves of veg every day then it won't make you fat or obese, but of course you won't be as healthy as you could be. Not many people (...except maybe Bec-she doesn't eat unhealthy stuff at all!) actually have 5 serves of veg every day unless they are particapating in the Q5 healthy eating activity that we had last year. And even that doesn't go for much because ALOT OF PEOPLE CHEAT. But Annabelle, NO, you are not obese, and I don't think you will be any time soon. Eating [or not eating] 5 serves of veg and 2 serves fruit do NOT affect your weight. It is merely a guideline so people will eat more healthy food and less junk. **Weight gain is a result of eating more calories that your bodies need,** therefore if you eat 1000 serves of vegetables, YOU WILL STILL GAIN WEIGHT. That's how a sumo gains weight. They eat __healthy foods__ such as //"sliced tofu, carrots, cabbages, leeks, potatoes, lotus roots, daikon radishes, shiitake mushrooms, and giant burdock"// but in INCREDIBLE amounts, causing them to gain weight. So even if you live of junk food, but you don't eat more than you're daily intake of calories needed, __YOU WON'T GAIN WEIGHT.__ SO REMEMBER: **TOO MUCH CALORIES > GAIN WEIGHT.** Website about sumo's diet -> [] Jackie~

I can't imagine TRYING to get fat! MIA    Thanks for saying that. . . but who ARE you? Anyway, mystery person, you can look at what I wrote down near my original comment. Annabelle ;)

Agreeing with every single person who is getting annoyed and accusing Nicholas, I am also very ticked off, and the person doing this should own up, but you should not accuse someone without decent proof. I am not saying it wasn't Nicholas but you guys have no right to say" It was Nicholas!" straight away. (whoever it was, please own up) Alex  Yeah! Own up the accused! - Stella 

From the comic you can tell that the man doesn't care as much as the woman does about their 'physical' appearance. The woman is obviously eating a garden salad to maintain her 'shape'. The man probably doesn't really care.-Tina Qi

Another version of what you're trying to say, is that the woman wants to maintain her "figure" and not so much her "shape". -Anita ** Personally, I believe the picture above shows us the power of having a choice. From above, I think the picture shows us we can eat whatever we want. The man resembles some of us and vice versa. Meaning that some of us will eat unhealthy junk food and others will eat healthy food<span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> ****<span style="color: rgb(0,2,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">, we are responsible for the consequences of the decisions we make and actions we take in life ****<span style="color: rgb(0,2,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">. <span style="background-color: rgb(0,255,241);"><span style="color: rgb(240,25,25); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(245,245,244);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">-Andrew Snow =D

<span style="color: rgb(227,13,13);">I agree with Andrew as the man in the picture is more of a carefree person and doesn't really care about his weight he basically wants to enjoy any sort of food that tastes nice. But the woman is more strict about her weight and doesn't want to get overweight. Both of them are doing it by freedom of choice. Jason

I also agree withe Andrew and Jason both. We all have a choice in everything we do. In this case, it is the opinion of the man to say "I allow myself to eat anything I want". So from this information, you can kind of guess that the man is simply enjoying what he eats.

I think that the man is more lenient on what he consumes than the woman. She looks like she really really wants a bit of the hamburger and a chip but puts herself under strict eating conditions (like eating only healthy things like a salad rather than a hamburger + chips) in order to stay healthy. Also, I am convinced (by anorexic ladies and rake thin models) that females care more about there body shape and size. - Stella

Untrue- they are more unnoticed, but there are probably the same amounts of both genders. What about the prejudice that men are stronger, fitter, etc? I have seen heaps of fat women AND men. Just this one comic shouldn't some everything up. MIA

I agree with Mia's comment in fact that some women are obesse as well as men but women do actually care about their shape while men wnats to be strong.Caroline

Yeah, that's quite true Mia. BUT, women to seem to be more concerned about their 'shape' than men. (Not to be sexist)-Tina Qi

On the radio I heard people argue about obese people, how they are really obese and just keep on comlaining because they are not happy of there shape. The arguers said that macdonalds and many other fast food services should stop serving obese people. I find this very sad for the people who take umbrage, they must feel stressed listening to this. If I were one of them, I would take much umbrage too.They have the right to eat whatever they want too! Angela

Don't worry Andrew. I was just saying that I agree with Andrew that we have our own choice when it comes to food. The man probably doesn't care about what he's eating, but the lady is probably forcing herself to not eat junk food. If the man realised the importance of balance in his food, he would most likely begin to eat healthier foods. Also, did you notice that everything is contrasted in the picture. ( Opposite foods and opposite bodies?) Will

Contridicting to will everyone has their own choice of food and what they consume but this man's choice is not the wisest. Caroline

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> //Caroline, you just repeated my message above!// //-<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Andrew Snow (Don't change my MESSAGE colours!) //

Hey Andrew, how many of my comments did you accidentally delete. Just this one or the other one as well. ( the other one as in percentage of people obese growing because that went missing. I fixed it up.)

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">//Will, I didn't delete any others then those.// <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">//-Andrew Snow (Don't change my MESSAGE colours!)// <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">I think that the above person should put their name down :-) - Stella ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Agreeing with Andrew I also believe that the man probably is slow <span style="color: rgb(248,22,22);">< Who is this??? <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">
 * <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="color: rgb(248,22,22);">I never said he was slow. I just said people have a choice, some of us will take the wrong choice. - Andrew Snow (Rebecca do NOT edit my messages) **

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">**The man may have been influenced by TV. TV ads usually advertise what is healthy in a certain product. For example, Nutella ads would usually just say, a high amount of protein but it wouldn't say this amount of fat or sugar. Maybe the man has seen a few ads on TV that advertise good things in junk food. Will**

How many ads have you seen that say chips and hamburgers are healthy, I ask you? We all know (even the dumbest of people) that chips= BAD and salad=GOOD. He obviously just doesn't care what others think of him (a good quality in some ways and bad in others). MIA

Good point will :-) - stella** Adding to what Nicholas said, Praider-Willi syndrome is when the brain doesn't receive information from the stomach properly. This means that people affected by Praider-Willi eat excessive amounts of food, because their brain doesn't get the message that they're full. People affected by this think that they are always hungry. -Anita <span style="color: rgb(15,235,82); background-color: rgb(223,22,31);">T <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(248,22,22);">hough no one has noticed, I coloured in the picture. How do you like it now? Better than black and white, eh?- Anita <span style="color: rgb(0,2,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Thanks for that anita, you rock! - Stella
 * <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Will, thanks for a fascinating point. Please post more interesting points in future. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">-Andrew Snow =D (p.s I got rid of the highlighter because I couldn't read the comment well)

Why thank you Stella. Anita

Yeah, the picture looks tons better with the colour Anita!- Tina Qi

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(253,33,216);">From the text, you could probably infer that the man eats whatever he thinks is tasty regardless of whether it is healthy or not whereas the woman probably wants to eat whatever she wants but wants to maintain a nice ' body figure '. I believe that anyone has a choice on whether they want to stay healthy or be overweight. I think that apart from the people who can't help being obese, everyone has a choice, to live a healthy life or not.Yvonne

<span style="color: rgb(8,8,8); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Right on Yvonne that is such an awesome fact but did you know some people who are naturally obesse can still lose weight or they can be completely disrespectful to themselves and eat more junk.Caroline

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(248,22,22);">**<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">What the man is saying is that he ALLOWS himself to eat anything he wants. This is possibly implying that the woman opposite him could be going through some ordeal in order to MAKE herself eat healthy foods. What the man is also saying is that he ALLOWS himself to eat the junk food etc. This could imply that by INSTINCT or some other str/ unhealthy foods. Also in this cartoon you see that the woman is much thinner than the man, and what she is eating is a little salad. The look on her face could mean that she wants to eat junk food, but is only eating a salad because she wants to stay thin. This further proves my point (or the man's in what he is saying) that the woman is going through some ordeal in order to stop herself from eating unhealthy foods. -Anita **

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===That's so true! I didn't realise that until I read your comment! Just adding on to your commment Anita, maybe that woman is actually in disbelief that the man allows himself to eat whatever he wants, MAYBE the woman is against junk foods! -Tina Qi===

Thanks Tina, I totally agree! same here! - stella

As the man in the cartoon says " I allow myself to eat anything I want." suggesting that it is him who is making himself fat not the ingredients in the fast food meal. **He** chooses and allows what foods enters his mouth, therefore, **he chooses to make himself fat.** Society tends to blame fast food chains or products saturated in fat, salt and/or sugar. __The people__ are the ones who should be changed, physically and mentally. They need to learn about what they are eating. The foods itself, however unhealthy, should not be the ones forced to change. Jackie~

True Andrew ** **but if the man was really 'into' eating his french fries, why would he be looking at the woman with his mouth open. And agreeing with Tina below, from the cartoon you could imply that the phrase 'I allow myself to eat anything i want' would be spoken by the man as really, he is eating anything he wants. And surely, it wouldn't be the woman who's saying this very phrase as you can see from the cartoon that the woman is only having a salad. With this, you could infer that the woman is under strict conditions of eating only healthy food.** <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);"> **Jackie~**
 * Questioning Jackie, from the cartoon we don't know that the man is actually speaking, also if the picture wanted you to imply he was speaking, they could have put speech marks on the quote. His mouth may be open because he is about to pick a chip up and gobble it away.** **<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">-Andrew Snow =D

I think the man's mouth is open because he's talking. Thats how we know it's him. MIA

Note to Andrew: From the cartoon, you can probably infer that the line ' I allow myself to eat whatever I want' is more likely to be coming from the man mouth than the woman's, since he is the one who is eating unhealthy foods- Tina Qi

<span style="color: rgb(77,219,147);">**I fully agree with Jackie. Society does tend to blame fast food, but all the consumer needs to do is not buy something unhealthy!!!- Tina Qi** <span style="color: rgb(0,52,255);"> That's a really good point jackie. I agree with you fully! I never thought of that point in the first place. - Stella

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">True Tina! But not trying to disagree with you at the same time, who couldn't resist something like the smell hot chips or something really tasty you've always wanted in your life. Jackie~ <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> Coated in sugar? I've not heard that! MIA Coated in sugar! Not much of a healthy meal after all! And like Mia, I have never heard of that! I guess I should've have known that McDonalds would never be very much healthy! Kayley <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(102,51,64); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(192,184,199);">

I agree with Jackie 100%. We should all learn how to look after oursleves and get the right amount of fruit and vegetables (2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegies) but in the case that we chose to reject the information given too us and eat fast food and/or fatty foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner then it is the individuals choice to do so. Personally, I think that we should all invest in the well-being of our bodies, get regular exercise and eat the right amount of healthy foods. Eating healthy can help reduce the many side affects of unhealthy eating such as heart failure and obesity. I have found a site that caulculates the minimum amount of fruit and vegetables your body needs [|Healthy eating calculator]. Bec

that was a good website! - stella

I agree with Bec, however, your hyperlinked website contradicts what you commented on. You said that we should eat 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables daily, but according to your website you need to eat different amount of fruit and vegetables depending on your sex, age, and how long you are active each day.-Tina Qi ( Sorry Bec, I accidently change the colours of your comment, sorry.)

Responding to Tina's comment above: Yes, the website did say that it depends on your age, sex, etc. but it is a general guidleine that you need to have around 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables a day. Bec

Oh, I get it now. So it's probably what an average person needs right?- Tina Qi

The site had a calculator that helped people work out how many serves of fruit and vegetables they needed but I guess that 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables is the average. Bec <span style="background-color: rgb(251,248,45);"><span style="color: rgb(251,0,255); background-color: rgb(255,250,0);">I don't think I eat 5 serves of veg every day but I'm not obese, am I? How does this work? Annabelle ;) TO ANNABELLE: Not eating the right amounts of fruit and veg won't make you fat, It will just make you unhealthy eg. You may not have alot of energy because you don't eat any fruit, but if you eat LOTS of chocolate etc you will get fat. It also depends on your exersize habits. MIA <span style="color: rgb(250,51,230); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">Hey MIA, I went on Bec's calculator and found out that I only need 2.5 veg and 1.5 fruit! Mystery solved! Annabelle ;) same here with me I hardly eat fruit or veg and I eat so much fatty food yet I'm a stick (except for my fat thighs) - stella

It must be genetic. PS Annabelle did not say she hardly ever ate fruit, just that she wasn't sure how much. MIA

=**<span style="color: rgb(13,12,12); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(208,93,233);">Contradicting to Kayley’s and Jackie’s comments some people are naturally obese, they can’t help themselves, while some people are just stuffing up themselves with junk! Most people want to feel satisfied with, instead of eating 1 serve of meat they take double the dose. All I know is most of this stuff has to do with genes. **=
 * <span style="color: rgb(13,12,12); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(208,93,233);">Angela **

Naturally obese? Do you mean bigger/more solid or actually obese? MIA

Adding to Angela yes some people are born obbese but they try their hardest to loose weight while others are disrespectful to themselves that they just eat more.Caroline

Adding to Angela's comment: Yes, genes do sometimes affect weight gain and weight loss. That's because we generally fall into 3 categories of body types: Some people are 'naturally obese' because they may be passed the endomorph gene from their birth parents. More details on body types -> http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bodytypeinformation.html Jackie~
 * __Ectomorphs__ - Thin, lean and fragile because of higher metabolism, harder to gain weight/muscle
 * __Endomorphs__ - A rounder body, [Angela would be refering to this type of body when talking about "naturally obese"], finds it hard to lose weight
 * __Mesomorphs__ - Muscular body, gains muscle and fat more easily

i like your facts i never knew that there were ectomorphs or endomorphs etc before i read your comment/point - stella

Interesting, where do you find all this fascinating stuff! I have learnt alot from the websites that you have found. ANGELA

<span style="color: rgb(253,33,216); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">People have been saying 'naturally obese' but I think this is an inappropriate word. How about 'endomorphs like Jackie said? Annabelle ;) <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(41,114,224);"><span style="background-color: rgb(251,248,45);">Agreeing with Jackie, it is the man himself who is choosing to be fat. He is the one who lets anything into his mouth, healthy or not. Fast foods are generally unhealthy and fattening, but you can choose not to have them so often. We are the ones who make ourselves fat, by eating the wrong foods or eating certain foods too often. Nearly every food contains //some// unhealthy things, even foods that are labelled //lite,// because they contain higher amounts of sugar. If we don't control our eating, and become fat, we are the ones who are to blame, not the fast food stores. I also found a site which tells you about 8 healthy foods children should love to eat- [|8 healthy children's foods] <span style="color: rgb(41,114,224);">Kayley <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); background-color: rgb(179,207,249);"> I agree kayley. Like Mr moran stated in class, some food products that have 99% fat or LITE! do have less fat but more sugar which is equally bad as the original product! - Stella

Stella you know you wrote 99% fat not 99% fat FREE right? MIA <span style="color: rgb(25,112,25); background-color: rgb(176,246,157);">I think that was your post Kayley... I looked for it through the history tab... i think this is the right one! Jackie~ Thanks for putting my comment back on Jackie. I appreciate it! Kayley

Adding to Kayley's comment, yogurt is disguised as a "healthy" food a lot. Yogurt is sometimes labelled as "low fat", "97% fat free", "diet" or "lite" to entice customers. Yes, most the times they are low fat but there are hidden teaspoons of sugar which turn to fat. "**Some yogurts were found to have up to seven teaspoons of sugar per serving and consumers must remember that sugar turns into fat,"** she says [//Choice// Spokesperson, Indira Naidoo]. You should always read the __"Nutrition Information"__ table to know the approximate amount of fat/sugar/salt[aka sodium] and especially **CALORIES/KILOJOULES.** This website has an interesting article on the lies behind low fat yogurt -> http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=269250 Jackie~

But yoghurt does have a percentge of your daily dairy needs. MIA

People must not fall into these traps! Just because some food label says that it's '97% fat free', 'diet' or 'lite', it doesn't always mean that it is actually a lot healthier. We must remember what sugar turns into! Kayley

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(76,50,103); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(203,185,212);">Adding on to Jackie's comment, yoghurt is sold as "low fat" and "97% fat free" but the fat that has been taken out is replaced by sugar **but** sometimes the lower fat options taste better and when you compare them to the full fat version of the same yoghurt it actually has less sugar, less colories and (of course) less fat. One time I tried to eat the full fat version to see if I liked it (my mum had heard about the amount of sugar in the reduced fat one) but I actually found it too creamy and ended up not finishing the tub. I guess it all comes down to personal taste but if you get the right amount of exercise and fruit and vegetables then is **should** matter if you put low-fat of full fat milk or yoghurt on your cereal (I'm not trying to get everyone out and buying low-fat foods but I'm just saying that if you live your life well then the 50g of yoghurt you have with breakfast shouldn't really make you overweight). Bec <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(248,230,68);">

Yeah please stop! I haven't seen anything but people are writing so many "stop" messages that it must be bad Annabelle ;(

<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,23,255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(188,199,230);">I totally agree with Jackie and Kayley. I also believe that some people try to be healthy, but when the people around them are eating junk foods, they just can't resist buying there own packet of "Jumpys" or " Jelly Joys " from the canteen. Fortunately the website http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/[|Click Here] can help kids like us to eat healthy and exercise regularly. CHECK IT OUT! (By the way, Rebecca points out that we should have 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables everyday, but does anyone know how much meat or dairy we should eat daily? I'm just curioius to know) - Tina Qi.

Note to Tina: I've changed "Jelly Yuks to "Jelly Joys" for you. It was changed on FEB 26 12:16am (the second one, have a look). Jackie~

Thanks for changing it back Jackie! Can the culprit please own up!? Remember; honesty is the best policy- Tina Qi

//(Just some information for Tina)// According to these websites, it says that you should have about 2 - 3 servings of meat and dairy stuff each day. Here are the websites: > http://www.total-health-care.com/illness/diabetes/Food-groups-and-servings-per-day.htm > http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/food-pyramid.asp Jackie~

Thanks Jackie! I appreciate it. -Tina Qi

<span style="color: rgb(227,13,13);">Jackie what you said made no sense. Quote: it says that you should have about 2 - 3 servings of each day and to fufill your dairy needs, it should also be 2 - 3 servings each day. You just restated what the website said except you you used an also, making sound like two facts. Pat

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">What? I did not type that... Jackie~

<span style="color: rgb(248,22,22);">Sorry Jackie, once again, I think the message has been changed and then changed back. Pat

Don't worry! : ) Jackie~ A word to Pat: I think Jackie's statement makes perfect sense. If she means 2-3 serves of meat and dairy each day that's what she means. Also, I've noticed that in Chatswood Public School, lots of children have unhealthy foods. Yesterday I saw a boy with just a packet of chips for lunch! I found a website that helps families to help pack HEALTHY lunches. http://www.taste.com.au/news+features/articles/1156/how+to+pack+a+healthy+kids+lunch+box -Tina Qi<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> I agree with jackie and tina, pat you just dont get it....- BRIGHT

I agree with Jackie as the man is the person who chooses to eat all the trash. If he didnt choose to eat all the stuff he wouldnnt be fat RACSO =D=D=D=D=D=D

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,229); background-color: rgb(248,251,45);">Oscar you're not supposed to call yourself racso. Annabelle ;)

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Agreeing with Tina, when you look around our playground you can see an enormous amount of children eating incredibly fatty and unhealthy foods for recess or lunch. Also, when you look at what the canteen sells I can't believe that some of their stock is actually allowed under the green, amber, red policy. The jumpys are chips and are quite fatty and the TNTs are just artificial colours and flavours and sugar! I think the government needs to review the policy and tighten the guidelines. Childhood obesity is a major thing and, although they have made the restrictions a bit tighter, the governments and school canteens need to acknowledge that. This is a link to the wikipedia page for childhood obesity: [|Childhood obesity] Bec

But Bec, childhood obesity is not always caused by unhealthy foods. Type 3 diabeties is a genectically transmitted form of type 2 diabeties Alex

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(157,190,246);">Agreeing to Bec, many children in school's all around Australia, are eating all sorts of unhealthy foods for recess and lunch. It is true that some of the products that our school canteen sells are fatty and unhealthy. Not only is it the TNTs and the jumpys, but also the mamee noodles and the noodles in a cup! But you can count the list of canteen foods and find that there are more healthy foods than unhealthy. See for yourself- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(247,247,253);">[|Canteen menu] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(145,177,247);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(179,207,249);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(157,190,246);">Still, you can't blame the canteen for all the unhealthy foods seen in the playground. Parents should learn about healthy foods themselves. They are the ones buying most of the foods in their child's lunch box. Kayley

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,140); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(176,246,157);">I totally agree with Kayley, I never knew that our canteen menu is so...'fatty'. Also parents should be concerned if their children/child are/is eating unhealthy foods for most meals of the week. They should certainly do something about it. For example, instead of eating noodles in a cup buy a tuna sandwich! Instead of Mamee noodles of reccess have some fruit like grapes! PARENTS NEED TO GET THE MESSAGE!!! -Tina Qi Kayley, of course it isn't the canteen's fault! The canteen's job is to make money to feed their own families, and if kids want jumpys and TNTs that's what the canteen is going to sell- although you have a good point, the canteen should have stricter guidlines. There are hardly any people in this class that I can say I have never seen them eating any food from the canteen (although I can't say I haven't) so would people stop acting so innocent? MIA

I agree that its not the canteens fault but some kids actually choose to eat unhealthily like buying chips and stuff. This Is what this man is like. Raymond

I agree with you guys totally Kayley and Bec. After I went onto this website:[], I'd have to say that our school canteen would have been rated as amber or red. Just another piece of information, but a UK government funded research showed that a blend of artificial colours and sodium benzoate could effect children's behaviour. Bora.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255); background-color: rgb(0,0,0);">Agreeing with Kayley there is too much unhealthy/fatty foods in our school. People just cant resist a peice of fat, juicy tender chicken! There are too many people consuming the food that are from our canteen, why can't people just have a juicy apple, instead of fill themselves up with all that grease? Yuk Anglela

Yeah, I guess that's true Angela, but then again, you would rather a packet of 'Jumpys' or an apple. I think most people will pick the packet of 'Jumpys'. Everyone knows it's not unhealthy, but sometimes you just what to eat junkfoods for the point of eating it. -Tina Qi

<span style="color: rgb(248,22,22);">What people need to learn is to substitute cravings with something healthy. Of course the occasional treat won't hurt but people still need to control themselves when eating. Jason

<span style="color: rgb(245,46,192); background-color: rgb(251,244,45);">Angela I can't read that properly! Annabelle ;)

Hope you can read it now! If you can't feel free to change it. ANGELA <span style="color: rgb(255,0,140); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(176,246,157);">

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Adding information to Kayley's post: Noodle cups are very unhealthy; they are always high in sodium and excessive sodium intake are linked to conditions like:

Quote from a Website: "__The average Australian eats around eight or nine times more sodium than is required for good health.__" The required amount adults should have is less than 4g of salt each day. We as children should consume much less than an adult, but the addition of junk food to the school canteen makes it harder for children to eat less salt. Click here to read more ---> http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Salt Jackie~
 * Kidney problems and kidney stones
 * Heart failure
 * Oedema (an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin)
 * Stroke
 * Gastric cancer
 * Osteoporosis.
 * SOME DISTURBING FACTS:**
 * A //bowl of cornflakes// has about the __same amount__ of salt as a //small packet of plain chips//.
 * Some //sweet biscuits// contain as __much or more salt__ than //savoury biscuits//.

<span style="color: rgb(227,13,13);"> Adding to Jackie's comment salt really can be unhealthy. Did you know just a average KFC meal for 2 will easily go over the reccomended salt intake. Also salt roughly kills 150,000 people a year prematurely!!! This is mainly caused by increase in blood pressure. A strange fact is that Chinese nobility used to use salt as a way to kill themselves since salt was rare back then. I found the information from this website →[|CLICK ME]←. Jason o_0.
 * Note to Jackie: maybe next time I have breakfast, I might as well have some chips- Haha. Don't worry chips definitely have more oil and grease in them than cornflakes. I would never consider a packet of plain chips as a meal, especially for breakfast, because that's meant to be the most important meal of the day.- Tina Qi**

<span style="color: rgb(250,51,230); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">Jackie there was a whole lot of empty space in your comment so I fixed it. . . maybe it was the Nicholas-person! Annabelle ;)

Oh my god that is so scary! Luckily I don't eat cornflakes...but I do eat sweet biscuits....AAH! -Anita

It's okay Anita one or two won't hurt. Caroline

Some interesting and VERY disturbing facts there Jackie. To think that I was eating cornflakes everyday when I was young! Think about the salt in my body! Even worse, I eat sweet biscuits occasionally.....!!! Good idea to warn my family about cornflakes and sweet biscuits. Kayley

According to current obesity statistics, in 2025, one in every three Australians will become obese! sorry jackie but i accidently typed my comment in the centre of yours so i stuffed up your text but i cleared up my comment which is now here: those noodle cups are so salty that I only put half the packet of seasoning in my noodles when i eat them - stella

Don't worry Stella! : ) You know what, those noodle cups are so high in sodium, we shouldn't even eat them! Jackie~


 * Note to Jackie: maybe next time I have breakfast, I might as well have some chips- Haha. Don't worry chips definitely have more oil and grease in them than cornflakes. I would never consider a packet of plain chips as a meal, especially for breakfast, because that's meant to be the most important meal of the day.- Tina Qi**

i didn't know breakfast was the most important meal of the day thanx - stella

Wow Jackie, that is disturbing but I can work out why (at least for the sweet biscuits). Whether you like it or not sweet biscuits have a lot of butter in them (I once made a batch of biscuits that had 250g of butter in them-I didn't eat them) and butter has salt in it (I think it is about 32mg per 5g of butter) and some ingredients you put in biscuits can have a lot of salt in them. Bec

I worked out that there was 1.6g of salt in that butter. But I don't think thats very much! - Stella

Stella, although it was only 1.6g in that whole block of butter according to [|my website] the maximum amount of salt an adult should eat per day is 6g (6g actually sounds like quite alot when you think about it) and alot of our other foods contain alot of salt. If we eat alot of sweet biscuits that contain that amount of salt we could quite easily reach the maximum amount of salt that we should eat per day (I'm not suggesting that we all eat a whole batch of biscuits a day but it is still a considerable amount of salt). Bec

<span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(222,216,23);">**Hey everyone! I found a website that suggests some healthy snacks like kids like us. So maybe you what to go though it with your family for some ideas for a few healthy recess or lunch snacks! http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/infopages/2035.html -Tina Qi** Agreeing with angela, some parents have always eaten fast food, so the baby will grow up to eat a lot of junk food and grow up to be a obese person. Nicholas

Wow, so is it to do with genes or blood stream issues or does it effect the brain of the child? Will

I also found an interesting piece of info from wikipedia. "PWS (**<span style="color: rgb(255,0,76);">Prader-Willi syndrome **) affects approximately 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 15,000 new borns. It is characterized by [|hypotonia], short stature, [|polyphagia], [|obesity], small hands and feet, [|hypogonadism], and mild mental retardation." That just means the child will grow up fat, overeat, and be unable to reproduce. Check it out! [|Click me! Now!] Nicholas We are all saying that poeple should be more careful with what they eat and shouldn't eat to much but japanese sumo wrestlers eat alot on purpose and some can weigh up to300kg.Imagine that is what you do for a living.Caroline

There are a couple of things that affect people with MOMO Syndrome." The name is an [|acronym] of the four primary aspects of the disorder: [|Macrosomia] (excessive birth weight), <span style="background-color: rgb(186,0,255);">[|Obesity], [|Macrocephaly] (excessive head size) and [|Ocular] abnormalities. There are also another 3 things that will affect a person with MOMO syndrome Ocular abnormalities means problems seeing. Also MOMO Syndrome affects only 1 in 100 million births. Only 4 cases have ever been treated in the world. That's pretty rare! [|YO PERSON CLICK ME!] Nicholas
 * A downward slant of the forehead
 * Delayed bone maturation
 * Mental retardation "

I really feel sympathetic for those with MOMO syndrome, it's not even there fault!-Tina Qi

<span style="color: rgb(47,51,193);">I also agree since MOMO suffers also have a high chance of having very low intellectual ability. Jason

A product may say 97 percent fat free. Fat free as in only fat free. It may have a high amount of sugar! Diet coke is also very bad for you. It may not have that much sugar, but it defineteley has more weird chemicals. Will

NICHOLAS: Your posts sounds like they were directly copied from wikipedia. You should actually type up your information and give us a link. Obviously you copied from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOMO_syndrome for the MOMO syndrome up there. Jackie~

===According to [|This Website] you should eat five meals a day to maintain a healthy weight.Also it says that you shouldn't skip meals as that can lead to putting on weight.===

Tiffany
This website kind of contradics the "biggest loser club range" when it advertises to eat a skake, soup or bar with only one other meal a day. you know "just replace two meals a day and you're on your way" yeah on your way to being dumb enough to buy these products. weight loss is easy as long as you eat well and excersice. try it, it works. Tiffany <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //**Hey Tiffany, you know how you said 'five meals' what are those five meals exactly? Do they include morning tea, afternoon tea and supper?- Tina Qi**//

Tina those meals are: breakfast morning tea lunch afternoon tea dinner these meals should make up most of your daily meals Tiffany

What about supper?- Tina Qi

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And they do! - Stella <span style="color: rgb(41,114,224); background-color: rgb(176,246,157);"> <span style="color: rgb(248,22,22); background-color: rgb(128,0,128);"><span style="color: rgb(41,114,224); background-color: rgb(255,255,0);">Adding on to Tina's comment, exactly how much do you consume in each meal, and what do you consume, but overall it's a pretty weird fact. Will //Adding On To Tiffany's Comment:// It is suggested to eat 5-6 meals a day, spaced evenly at 2-3 hour intervals as it helps your metabolism to keep burning off calories. Many people think losing weight is about not eating as much calories or not eating at all, but a healthy way to lose weight is to evenly space small healthy high protein snacks/meals. **You could describe your stomach as a fire and food being the wood; it is better to continously feed the fire for stronger flames [eg. your stomach burns calories faster] than to toss in wood at times when the fire is almost out.** When people starve themselves, their bodies go into starvation mode. This means the body thinks it is going to die of hunger so ANY bit of food the stomach recieves, most of its calories will get stored as body fat. The weight you're actually losing, is muscle which means you are mostly bone and fat, which is VERY UNHEALTHY. Lots of models who starve themselves to __"look skinny"__ may actually have a __higher body fat percentage__ than average as they lose all their muscle. Here's a really interesting article about the relationship between "looking skinny" and "being healthy" --> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/stellamagazine/3360636/Why-this-woman-is-fatter-than-she-looks.html Jackie~


 * Wow! So skipping meals don't actually help you lose weight!!! It actually makes you //__more unhealthy__//! Would you take a look at that!-Tina Qi**

I just found out an fact in one of my sister's Dolly magazines. It says that when you skip a meal, your body believes that you are on famine and 'sucks' the nutritions out of your nails and hair.- Tina Qi

===According to this website, to eat less fats, you can use a tub of margarine instead of a tub of butter and use liquid vegetable oil instead of butter. [|Click here to find out more!]Also I found on the same website, a calculater where you can see if your overweight for your size or not, it's in lbs and ft, so you might have to convert your weight and size on google. click here [|my website!]===

Yvonne
Yvonne your MY WEBSITE link is not accurate and you have to change your weight to lbs... I think it might be American ANGELA

Contradicting Angela, how can you prove that my website is not accurate. It may not exactly be for children but I think that it is still mostly accurate for adults. You can see still roughly if your fat or not. Also, I already said that it is in lbs and ft and you have to change your height and weight on google. YVONNE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(188,199,230);">I found this website which calculates the percentage of body fat you have on your body. If you have over 32 percent, you're obese. I think it's very useful, since you can see if you're on the right track. Here's the website, http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/pi.cgi Will

Body fat sad, though i do want to know how much body fat i have. Angela

No offence to anybody with the above comment. Sorry if you're offended. Will Yvonne's post says **"To eat less fats, you can use a tub of margarine instead of a tub of butter...",** meaning that using margarine would be a safer option. Contradicting that, this article I read says margarine is //even worse for you than butter// [natural butter that is]. Margarine is made of vegetable oils, such as corn oil and soybean oil, then hydrogen is added which creates __partially hydronated vegetable oil.__ Margarine labels usually say "0 Trans Fats [Trans fats are man-made fats, made by adding hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil to create a solid block of oil], **BUT HYDRONATED CORN OIL AND SOYBEAN OIL __IS__ A FORM OF TRANS FAT.** Trans fats are bad because they affect the way your body uses energy. After the vegetable oil is hydronated, the body finds it harder to use the fats for energy, so instead of burning the fat, __it stores the fat!__ In other words, **YOU WOULD BE GAINING WEIGHT IF YOU USE MARGARINE.** Not only that, quote from the same website, //"Eating hydrogenated fats has been linked to cancer, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), diabetes, worsening eyesight, __obesity,__ birth defects, sterility and problems with bones and tendons and heart disease. ".// __Organic butter,__ meaning that nothing else has been added to it, [eg. no preservatives or food colouring] is **"an excellent source for true vitamin A (retinal), vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin E and protein".** __SO EATING ORGANIC BUTTER IS BETTER THAN MARGARINE.__ Heres the website -> http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/09/12/butter-versus-margarine-are-they-good-for-you/ This one also explains trans fats -> http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/09/02/saturated-fats-versus-partially-hydrogenated-vegetable-oils-and-trans-fats/ Jackie~


 * Note to Yvonne: I checked out your website and converted my weight and height. It says I'm underweight, but my sister thinks that the BMI(body mass index) in mainly for adults. So maybe it's a bit inaccurate for us kids.- Tina Qi**

Adding to Tina's comment above: it is almost impossible to make a BMI index for children as we are constantly growing and at different rates (some of us have already almost reached our adult height yet some of us won't reach our full height until we are 18). Bec


 * Agreeing to Tina,it probably is but at least you get a rough figure of where you stand ( fat or skinny ).** **- Yvonne**

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">//I found a website that calculates the body mass index (BMI) childrens' and adolescents. I think it's more accurate that Yvonne's one, it also has a graph that shows you more information that just your BMI.// http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcsite.nsf/pages/bmi4child //-T// //ina Qi//

__Body Mass Index [BMI] charts are usually not that effective__, as they don't actually take into consideration muscle mass. Athletes don't use BMI charts since they have such a high amount of lean meat [eg. muscle] compared to fat, and muscle weights more than fat. By saying muscle weighs more than fat, I mean if i had a box of fat and a box of muscle, the box of muscle would weigh more as it is more dense. Therefore, when athletes calculate their BMI, they always end up in the overweight or obese category. **Measuring the percentage of body fat is a better method, as it shows you the percentage of fat compared to the rest of your body.** Websites to read more: -> [] -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage Jackie~ <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(64,44,140);"> <span style="color: rgb(10,10,10); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gee Jackie, I thought about the muscle mass! Maybe the BMI isn't as accurate as I expected. I guess a rough outline is ok though. -Tina Qi

Hello. I was trying to find some information about obesity rates and I found this website- http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm Here are some facts that I found that occur in the USA. > 78% of American's are not meeting basic activity level recommendations > Don't you think that is scary? And these rates just apply to USA! Imagine the whole world's obesity rates! > Normally people consider fruits as healthy, but maybe not now. I think it is unhealthy how people introduced the candied apple. Some people may consider it as one of the daily intakes of fruit! > Adding onto Bec,Tina and Jackie's discussion on sugary foods, there is a new type of biscuit that has sugar sprayed onto it jast as a flavouring! Also, the cereal nutri- grain keeps advertising it as iron man food. Though it does give you energy, this mostly all comes from the high sugar levels. Therefore, when you eat nutri- grain, your blood sugar levels are peaking and will crash in about a hour. This will leave you tired and irritable. Also, if you add a cup of full cream milk, well, you will need to do a lot and a lot of walking to burn off all those calories! > -Grace. <span style="color: rgb(71,147,148); background-color: rgb(0,0,0);"> -Did you know that a can of 'normal' COCA COLA contains approxiamately 8 teaspoons of sugar? -Did you know that a can of SPRITE contains roughly 9 teaspoons of sugar? -Did you know that FANTA ORANGE and SUNKIST ORANGE drinks are two of the most sugar filled drinks? Now the next time you have a fizzy drink, put the can/cup/bottle down and please, go have some pure water. -Tina Qi__//**
 * 58 Million people are overweight ,40 million are obese and a astounding 3 Million are morbidly obese!
 * Eight out of 10 people in their 25's are overweight.
 * //__For those of you how absolutely LOVE fizzy drinks, have a look at this:

Beer is worse- 12 teaspoons of sugar! MIA

BEER? Really? I didn't think it was as bad, well at least I don't drink it. _Tina Qi

WOW! I personally thought that coke had the most sugar but looks like i was wrong. Angela

I thought it was coke as well.But i do know that beer gives you a bear belly. which is where just the lower abs of your stomach expand and you become fatter than obese people.__BRIGHT

You know, talking about beer, beer can make you fat if you drink it once every night, but apparently, if you drink a small glass of wine every night it's actually good for you. PS It was scientifically proven on Catalyst. Anton.

//Yes Tina, the soft drinks you have listed do have a lot of sugar but they're not the worst offenders.// Although this website is American, one drink in particular (as far as i know) is available in Australia. The **Glaceau VitaminWater** is the classified as the worst "Healthy" water because it is disguised as a healthy product [just like the "low fat yogurt"]. This dodgy drink is filled with__ 130 calories and 33 grams of sugar __*gasps*.__ 33 grams of sugar would be converted into little over **8 TEASPOONS** *faints*. __So thats roughly the same amount as COCA COLA. Not surprising as Glaceau is owned by the Coca Cola Company. Realising that people want to buy "healthy" products, companies like this one advertise drinks which are as bad as soft drinks as "HEALTHY". I can't believe its legal to sell something so deadly! The **MOST UNHEALTHIEST DRINK** in America is__ **"Baskin Robbin's Large Heath Bar Shake (32. oz)"** __[32 oz is roughly 950ml and a Heath Bar is an American candy bar made of english toffee covered in milk chocolate]. Let see what's in this harmless sounding candy drink...__ 66 teaspoons of sugar. SO IF YOU THOUGHT COKE WAS BAD... THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS POISON IN A CUP. Here's the website -> http://consumerist.com/tag/unhealthy-drinks/?i=5012609&t=americas-most-unhealthy-drinks-exposed Jackie~
 * NOW FOR A REALLY REALLY DISTURBING FACT.**
 * 2,310 calories, 266 grams of sugar, 108 grams of fat
 * 73 ingredients go into this milk shake.
 * 11 Heath bars equal the calories in this shake
 * 8-12 minutes to consume this drink.
 * 240 minutes on a treadmill running at a moderate pace to burn it off.
 * 66 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR. 66. THATS MORE THAN 8 TIMES THE AMOUNT IN COKE BUT ONLY 3 TIMES THE VOLUME.**
 * 66 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR. 66. THATS MORE THAN 8 TIMES THE AMOUNT IN COKE BUT ONLY 3 TIMES THE VOLUME.**

EW! Don't people know that they are drinking the unhealthiest drink in America? As a matter of fact, I think Coke is already pretty bad. And 240 minutes to burn this horrible drink off! I'd definitely prefer a healthier apple juice compared to this 'harmless-sounding' drink. Kayley

VERY MISLEADING!!! Upon first glance, I thought you said HEALTH bar and shake. YUK! And people willingly drink this? How do you measure how long it takes to drink it? MIA

<span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">I suppose people probably survey customers or ask for estimates then average out the result. That's what I think... anyone else got an idea?? Jackie~ Hey, now that is scary! 4 hrs of pure exercise just to burn off this drink. I thought Coke was bad. This is like another nightmare. By the way, segueing from yours, I found this website which tells you why food is just irresistible. It's all to do with hormones and brain signals. Amazingly, your brain tells you to eat unhealthy food. Scientists are now studying to see whether the brain is the cause of obesity. The website is http://www.news-medical.net/?id=24545 Will

Oh my gosh. 66! Sixety six! LXVI! Geez and I thought Coke and Fanta were bad! How can people even drink it or even think about drinking it! -Tina Qi

God that is a lot of sugar, why would they sell such a horrible drink! Agreeing with Tina i thought Coke and Fanta was bad but this! It says 'large health bar shake' but it is not a least bit healthy! Angela

it says HEATH- I made the same mistake! MIA

Jackie~
 * SHOCKING!!! But that's a taste of America for you. And I must say, it is totally absurd making a 2 300 calorie drink!!**

<span style="color: rgb(250,51,230); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">WHAT?!?!?!?! Annabelle ;) I must warn my American friends! MIA

<span style="color: rgb(0,52,255);">**Did you know that the United States isn't actually that fattest nation in the world?** __Australia<span style="color: rgb(0,52,255);"> **is actually that fattest nation, beating the United States by roughly 1%! -Tina Qi**

What do you mean we beat them- Do you mean for our population we beat them or overall we beat them? MIA When you say the fattest is that by total or percentage (my guess is percentage)??? Oscar :-? P.S. Sorry, I accidentally changed the colour I think.

Jackie~
 * I KNOW! I HEARD IT ON BIGGEST LOSERS! WE OVERTOOK AMERICA!**

Interesting and shocking fact Tina. Really, Australia - the fattest nation. To think about where we live! Kayley Wait a second everyone I thought the fattest country is Naura where 94.5%of the people above 15 are obbese.CarolineMoM

Hmm.. that isn't really a good thing is it....but my godsister says "YESS, WE OVERTOOK AMERICA!" and she is too happy about it. - Tina Qi

Baskin Robbin's! I don't think I will be visiting that shop from now on (even if it does't sell that ghastly drink here!). Anyway, did you guys know that Japan has this huge fad on dieting? Some of the past popular diet methods were to survive on cocoa and chilli papper, black tea fungus, baby formula and toasted soybean flour. Amazing, isn't it? Last year, the Morning Banana Diet was a huge hit. Japan had to import over 25% the usual quantity of bananas and even the suppliers couldn't keep up! There was over 70% increase in sales per week. [] Bora '~<span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">'

Gee, I feel happy for Japanese grocery stores that sold bananas at that time! They must have earnt a lot of money! $$$$$$- Tina Qi

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(187,71,194);">ERR...Tina, they were kind of like stressing out, though I can understand why they'd have been happy about making all that money. BORA The buyers of bananas or the sellers of bananas? Which ones were stressing out?-Tina QI

Oh no! Jackie! I've tried that Glaceau VitaminWater before! Long ago, this buisness man came to my parent's sushi shop to sell it to us and I tasted it! Ugh! I hope we don't have it in our shop! Feeling sick, Bora >_<

<span style="color: rgb(187,71,194);">Don't worry Bora, you're still healthy! - Tina Qi <span style="color: rgb(187,71,194);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Did you know that you have to **walk roughly 3km **to burn off an** "AVERAGE"__ **can of soft drink!- Tina Qi**

What if you run? Would that effect how much calories you burn off? Will

Yeah what if you run 1km would you burn off all the calories? Angela

1km of running probably wouldn't burn it off, it's not enough.-Tina Qi

__According to this website >__ [] Running burns roughly twice the amount of calories compared to walking. So I guess if you ran 1.5km you would lose the same amount of calories if you walked 3km. Not very sure though... "So in terms of weight loss, running wins hands down. In general, you have to walk nearly an hour, to get a similar weight-loss benefit to a half hour run." **quote from the website. Jackie~**

Then again, it really depends on how fast you run. -Tina Qi

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(41,114,224); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(248,230,68);"> Bec**
 * In this discussion everyone is going on about how fat is bad and how we should eat the least possible but the truth is we need fat. The fat I'm talking about is the good fats that come from things like nuts and avocados. These foods are high in fat but most of it is good fat, the fat we need to keep our bodies working properly. Ironically, cutting out fats actually doesn't make you loose weight, in fact it almost does the opposite. I have found an American site that helps people understand about good and bad fats** [|**Click here for information on good and bad fats**]**. This is also a good site with a little test to see if you can identify the food with less saturated fat** [|**Click here**]**. Did you know that 1 tablespoon of oil and vinegar salad dressing has 3 times more unsaturated fats than 2 glasses of semi skimmed milk?

Very true Bec! Not **all** fat is bad for you. __Omega 3 is an example of a good fat,__ and its plentiful in fish. That's why in television commercial they always go "__WITH ADDED OMEGA 3"__. Half the time, people don't even know what its good for, they just know its good! //Omega 3 is beneficial in at least 3 areas of human health:// As Rebecca said //"we need fat".// Females especially __because they need to have babies. Now time for another fact... [My sister actually told me this one. Research lead me to find shocking truths]__ Anorexic models can't have children __because they don't have enough fat to support the baby. They can't even get pregnant as their body stops their menstrual cycle [aka period. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go ask your parents. They may get a bit embarrassed as mine did.] Some people gain some weight before they become pregnant, then they go back to old habits during the nine months of pregnancy, risking their babies' lives. Here's an article about a girl who was 6 months pregnant and still looked skinny because she was anorexic. Website backs up on the fact **>** [|**http://www.eatingdisorderexpert.co.uk/TheMenstrualCycleAndEatingDisorders.html**] Jackie~
 * Heart Disease
 * Inflammatory Disease
 * Development of vision and brain function in babies
 * DID YOU KNOW:**
 * Shame on her.** **--->** [|**http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article314257.ece**]

Also, if an anorexic lady does become pregnant (don't ask me how...) they probably wouldn't be able to take the weight of the baby as their tiny frame would cripple with the extra weight coming from their stomach area. Bec
 * How shocking was that article!! Why couldn't they just embrace nature and take care of their unborn babies instead of trying to starve themselves!!

So sad. Annabelle ;(**

I KNOW! **Her "baby bump" was even smaller than an average human's stomach. Either the anorexic lady dies or her baby does...**__ SO TO EVERYONE READING THIS NEVER BECOME ANOREXIC even if you are extremely tempted to. DON'T DO IT. Jackie~ [I forgot to add my name... hehe]

<span style="color: rgb(250,51,230); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">Don't worry I won't. Question: If an anorexic lady managed to have a baby and it lived, would it be born anorexic? Also did you know that itIS possible to recover from anorexia? Annabelle ;) That is horrible risking there/babies life to be pretty! I would never do that! Angela

<span style="color: rgb(250,51,230); background-color: rgb(255,247,26);">Did you know that cereals contain a lot more sugar than you think? Look at the nutrition label! Annabelle ;) =**<span style="background-color: rgb(249,8,1);">PLEASE STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **=

<span style="color: rgb(20,20,20); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Really, they should ban people from deliberately trying to make themselves anorexic! I don't know how being skinny was brought to be fashionable. Some clothes stores are limiting their merchandise to smaller and more skinny attire to keep up with the "fashion". Shame on them! BORA.

I agree with Bora, really, people are going crazy these days especially women, not to be sexist. I think that there should be some kind of policy against this. It isn't right especially with a baby!I found this shocking! BY BRIGHT

[|**http://keris.typepad.com/chicklet/2007/01/monkey_taming_b.html**] [|**http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=5264399**] [|**http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/books/DisplayBookInfo.php?ISBN=0099488450**]
 * My sister Katie read a book called MONKEY TAMING BY JUDITH FATHALLAH. It is about a girl called Jessica with anorexia. She has a voice inside her she calls the MONKEY ,telling her that being anorexic is the ONLY way to go. This story is about how Jessica overcomes anorexia. Here are some websites I found that can give you a taste of the book:**
 * Please check them out!- Tina**

<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,255,255); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; background-color: rgb(0,0,0);">In one of my sisters DOLLY magazines there is an article about BULIMIA, which is similar to anorexia, but through many peoples eyes like mine, it is worse. Bulimia is an eating disorder when some throws up (on purpose) to control their weight, or in most cases to become "skinny". It causes your teeth to rot, your hair to fall out and sometimes, you can even vomit up your stomach lining. It doesn't sound good does it? Did you know that : -5% of the Australian population has suffered from bulimia? If there are 21 000 000 people in Australia, that means 105 000 people have suffered from bulimia in Australia! SHOCKING!!!! -40% of the people with anorexia may develop bulimia! -She doesn't eat around the group as much anymore -When she does she takes regular trips to the bathroom -She's dizzy all the time -She's depressed or self-harming -She's not as social anymore and likes to keep to herself. HOW TO HELP! -Ask her what's wrong and comfort her -Warn her that bulimia is definitely not beneficial -Be compassionate. -Encourage her to get help: The Eating Disorders Foundation, The Butterfly Foundation. etc -Don't leave her out, stick to her side at all times. Tina Qi <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(64,44,140); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">Tina, eww!! That's terrible ! It does sound worse than anorexia. Especially about the fact that some can see their stomach lining in their vomit!! But, I don't know how people can vomit on purpose and how people suffer from bulimia if they're doing it on pupose. I don't understand this so could you please explain to me? Also, from now on, I will always be on a lookout for people with bulimia!! YVONNE To Yvonne: Bulimia is normally caused when the victim is not happy about their 'shape'. It might be caused by peer pressure too! (Sorry Yvonne, I accidently changed the colours of your comment! Sorry!!!)-Tina Qi<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(64,44,140); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">
 * If you think someone around you is bulimic here are some signs:**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,76); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">Peer pressure is a major cause of bulimia, but the media has most to do with it. People see in magazines, catwalks, televiion, advertisements, PRACTICALLY EVERYWHERE, there are "skinny" people. So, to "fit in" they attempt to be JUST like the "skinny" people. Fastest way known to do that is bulimia or anorexia. Bulimia is less noticeable as people generally eat a lot of food but then in the privacy of a bathroom, lets it all out again. Disgustingly, there are websites which people discuss ways of being bulimic/anorexic. This may be a little disturbing but there is worse.[by the way, purge means vomit] I'd give you guys the website but its really disturbing! Jackie~
 * "Sweeten the deal - Before you go to purge, drink a large amount of something sweet and carbonated. This is for two reasons. The carbonation gets everything moving around because of the introduction of gas. The expansion of this gas helps to push things as you purge. If that drink is sweet, such as a Mountain Dew or Sprite, it will cover up most of the unpleasant flavors that may be there. *Note* Avoid colas. Colas take on a terrible flavor and make purging far more unpleasant."**

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Yeah, that's so true. There are skinny people everywhere, but then again, who would use someone who is obese to advertise their product?-Tina <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(223,22,31);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Yep peer pressure has a large effect on your choices. Being anorexic is a bit like smoking, teenagers think smoking is 'cool' when it basically just kills you off slowly. The majority of people affected by bulimia are teenager girls because of all the influence around them with models and television. Jason <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Calibri;"> By the sounds, Tina, bulimia is a lot worse than anorexia. Imagine seeing your stomach lining in your vomit! Disgusting!! VERY shocking that 105 000 people in Australia have suffered from it and that people with anorexia might develop it in the future! Kayley <span style="color: rgb(8,8,8); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);"> There is a policy against anorexia__... well against anorexic girls at catwalks. The debate started when a 22 year old Uruguayan model dropped dead from heart failure because of spending **3 months of starvation to get thinner.** Lots of people are also worried about how the media affects teenagers and young women. So, if you're BMI is under 18.5, then you are not allowed to walk down the catwalk at some fashion parades. Also, for the models at Madrid Fashion Week next year, they will all be required to show a certificate that says they are in good health. Here's a quote from an anonymous designer at the London Fashion Week. Moving coat-hangers? So most designers don't really care about the epidemic of anorexia?__ THEY JUST NEED COAT-HANGERS?!?!<span style="color: rgb(8,8,8); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);"> __Jackie~__ Hi everyone! I found this good website filled with yummy snack ideas which are healthy. [] I just can't believe that model went throught 3 MONTHS OF STARVATION. Horrific! Also I don't understand why that designer called these girls as moving coat-hangers. IS SHE CRAZY OR WHAT? Also sorry that I changed your font Jackie. :-| - Stella
 * "I would never knowingly use a model who was anorexic, but the simple fact is that we employ these girls as moving coat-hangers."**

The designer called the girls walking coat-hangers because coat-hangers 'wear' clothes and this is compared to the models but they walk and show it to their audience. If you get what i mean, moving coat-hangers to the designer is are models that walk to show-off their clothing. Jackie~

Yeah, like coat hangers if they turn on their side you can hardly see them! Also, in the movie The Devil Wears Prada, a designer's assistant starves herself to death, eating only one cube of cheese every, what, 2 weeks? GROSS. And the designer calls her other assistant FAT when she is perfect. GROSS. Plus, what's even grosser, there are really people like that! You should just make sure that people like that don't get to you. MIA

Note to Mia; I watched Devil wears Prada as well! By the way, it's not the designer's assistant, it's the chief and editor's assitant called Emily, who eats a cube of cheese everytime she thinks she's going to **faint** not every two weeks.- Tina Qi

Oh ok, sorry I offended you Tina, obviously a Devil Wears Prada enthusiast. MIA

I found this website about the symptoms of anorexia. One of them is really weird and upsetting. Some anorexic women will refuse to eat in front of people in public! Website : [] - Stella

I saw on this website < who is this?

<span style="color: rgb(0,2,255);">Did you know that if you eat healthy, you skin will be healthier than those who don't!- Tina Qi <span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">Probably because in healthy foods such as vegetables and fruits, they are high in vitamins and minerals which assist in bodily functions! Vitamins A, B, C are found in anti-wrinkle creams because they are known to reduce wrinkles! So instead of buying products for your skin, go eat something high in vitamins and minerals!! Jackie~ <span style="background: white; color: red; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">On this website? What website, can you show us this website, Tina? I found a website on binge eating. It’s like binge drinking, where you drink to much (usually alchohol) but binge eating is basically just where you eat too much. [|Binge Eating]<span style="color: rgb(0,2,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> < who is this? <span style="color: rgb(248,22,22); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);"> Huh? What are you talking about? And, who are you? By the way I did not write ' I saw on this website'! My message is under it. That's why it has a gap between the two messages!!!!- Tina Qi My mum has been given a number of recipe books for yummy, healthy lunch ideas because my teenage brother refuses to eat sandwhiches! What happened to vegemite? MIA

Sandwiches don't always have to be two soggy bits of bread squashed together with ham and lettuce. Think wraps, pita pockets, whole grain crackers or baguettes! Yummy........-Tina QI__

<span style="color: rgb(47,51,193); background-color: rgb(245,245,245);">You don't even have to eat sandwiches if you don't really want to! The Japanese usually have what they call a //bento// which is filled with little snacks, rice, vegetables and meat. **It's REALLY CUTE!** It's also very healthy, if you choose it to be. LOOK AT THESE IMAGES FROM GOOGLE ---> [] Jackie~

The bento boxes are so cute! I wish I could have one right now...- Tina Qi

Adding onto Jackie's comment above: There is a shop in Macquarie Centre that sells Bento Boxes in the food court. [|Ken's Bento Boxes] Bec

I've been to that place. It's really close to the ice rink right? -Tina Qi

Yeah, it's in the food court which is near the ice rink so it is-Bec <span style="background-color: rgb(0,255,255);">There are actually several key reasons why people eat so unhealthily. I've found a website that tells you some. [|This is the website] <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(0,255,255);">Some reasons are : 1) Too few meals during the day 2)Unawareness of calories and fat 3)Junk food leads to more junk food Raymond Adding on to raymond here are some things that we should avoid eating to much of: 1. 2.3.4.5.6.

Caroline 2. Lots of people say that you should have about one hour of sport each day. BUT what if you run, lets say, 3km or so, in less than an hour, but you still do the same amount of active activities somebody else could do in one hour or more. For example, I run three kilometres in thirteen minutes each week, but what if someone else walks three kilometres in an hour. Does that mean that they are more active than someone who runs? I can't get my head around it......HELP! -Tina Qi I can't help you much Tina! I can't get my head around much more than you can! So who is more active? The one who is running for less than an hour or the one who walks for an hour or so? When people say sport, does this include less active games like golf? Or do they mean full-on running? And also, does a person who has 1 hour of swimming do more excercise than someone running for an hour? This is so complicated, this 1 hour sport business!

Come to think of it i heard somewhere that walking is better and healthier that running. Angela

<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">From the CSIRO website ([]) I learnt that an alarming 20% to 25% of kids are overweight! The most <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">significant long-term consequence of childhood obesity is that without intervention it is likely to continue into adulthood and result in serious health problems! <span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">John. =D

Note to John: John, your entire last sentence is copied, off your hyperlinked website. Don't copy. It doesn't benefit any of us, including you. Looking up Johns answers in bookstores and websites it found that on other sources that over 35% and counting are overweight or suffer from diabetes 2. Even though diets may prove to lose weight many weight loss fanatics tend to go zealos and nearly get driven crazy(sources from this little piece of fact came from a book store in QBD). Answering to one of Raymonds pictures(a pizza) i disagree, it is true pizzas make you unhealthy but while i was in a library i happened to find a cook book with a pizza which is high in vitamins and minerals(this book is called "healthy cooking for dummies"). until next time Liam. <span style="color: rgb(248,22,22);">p.s please dont delete mine. I was surfing Google when I found [|this website] that, agreeing with Liam (above), says that certain types of pizza can prevent heart. I find this information quite interesting because not many foods, that are usually bad for your health, can also turn out to be good for you. Also, there is [|a forum] that is based about the question "Are Hamburgers Good For You?", turns out some say yes. Charlie