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  • Define "wrong message"

    I appreciated this article, because as much as I loved Wall-E, it is refreshing to read something examining a point of view other than pure unadulterated awe. Additionally, I followed most of the links, and found the ''Junkfood Science'' article especially interesting. And I did walk out of the theater behind an overweight blonde man with a buzz ...
    Posted to Green Room by MissIngraham on July 11, 2008

  • Fat enough

    I couldn't even finish this article. I am sure that some people can't help being fat. All your science aside I have known many people that went from an active lifestyle to an inactive one and gained a lot of weight. Period. If you don't care enough about your own body to eat right, exercise, and generally take care of the one and only thing in ...
    Posted to Green Room by digitalmonkeys on July 11, 2008

  • Are you crazy?

    ''But there's little evidence that overeating causes obesity on an individual level and no real reason to think that anyone can lose a lot of weight by dieting.'' Wow... That was, well...stupid. So, there's no evidence that our lifestyles are the cause of weight gain. The follow-up sentence was even more intelligent. That children who watch TV ...
    Posted to Green Room by Xnegd on July 11, 2008

  • Seriously? That's What You Got Out Of Wall-E?

    Equating obesity with environmental collapse? Wall-E is a story about consumerism not obesity. It's about a government run by the CEO of a retail chain and how profits and ecology usually don't get along so well. It's a cautionary tale about how blindly following a corporate entity that insists it can provide everything people need to exist by ...
    Posted to Green Room by Freddy-D on July 11, 2008