Re: Reducing Bodyfat

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Van Bagnol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  "DRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Van Bagnol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > >  "DRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [...]
> > >> I'm most curious about it.  At the very least it's counterintuitive.
> > >> Where did all that food come from?
> > >
> > > Why would it be counterintuitive? (A) the population was smaller, (B)
> > > the economy was still highly agrarian, (C) labor was much more
> > > physical and less sedentary.

[...]

> > In any event, the model I see is more in keeping with the 
> > under-developed agrarian nations of today: scrawny, over-worked,
> > malnourished individuals who stay alive in apparent defiance of the 
> > laws of energy consumption and expenditure.

[...]

> I think your 'counterintuition' may lie in a mistaken perception of 
> agrarian 19th-century America (which is apropos for contrast against 
> fast-food 21st-century America) as being something like 20th-century 
> Bangladesh. I think otherwise.

BTW, my apologies for being America-centric; I just realized that "DRS" 
is posting from the land of Oz/NZ where the perspective is different. 
Nevertheless, to look at the decline of food and exercise habits of a 
western industrialized society like 2003 North America it would be more 
logical to contrast it with the same region (and natural resources) at 
an earlier time rather than a completely different region and 
environment where there are more variables to consider.

So then, how have health and dietary habits changed for Australian 
aborigenes since the 1800s? It's probably similar to changes of native 
Hawaiians.

Van

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