Amber weather warming - give me a break

[foggy]

Fat shame is of course not the answer.

I don’t know what is though? It does cause misery and illness, and is in the hands of the sufferer to resolve (duly noted those who are dependant mentally on others rely on them to consider the diet of the person they care for).

The truth is we don't know the answer, best I can tell. I haven't fact checked this but I was having a conversation with someone the other day who said that no country has ever reduced their obesity rates, they have all gone up since we started recording it. What that tells me is a need for more studying, and trying different methods, because all the ones so far have been terrible. What we categorically do know, from multiple studies, is that shaming leads to more depressions and anxiety, which just makes people eat more.

It's probably also worth mentioning that it's not just that there are more morbidly obese people, but generally more overweight people, and this could simply be because people live longer these days, and we have an ageing population. The age group most likely to be overweight or obese is 65-74. It's clearly harder to be more active when you're older, and now thanks to modern medicine we have more old people. So a large part of this could just be the consequences of having more old people, who are going to have more health problems as a general rule.

 

[Chunkylad]

The truth is we don't know the answer, best I can tell. I haven't fact checked this but I was having a conversation with someone the other day who said that no country has ever reduced their obesity rates, they have all gone up since we started recording it. What that tells me is a need for more studying, and trying different methods, because all the ones so far have been terrible. What we categorically do know, from multiple studies, is that shaming leads to more depressions and anxiety, which just makes people eat more.

The food industry is way to powerful and normally through lobbying stop governments implementing the obvious things that can help reduce the onslaught of take-away foods loaded with additives, salt and sugar plus of course all the sugar based products on the shelves.

Cut out sugar and the weight literally drops off

 

[foggy]

The food industry is way to powerful and normally through lobbying stop governments implementing the obvious things that can help reduce the onslaught of take-away foods loaded with additives, salt and sugar plus of course all the sugar based products on the shelves.

Cut out sugar and the weight literally drops off

Yeah there's definitely ways to get the public smarter. I've been watching some Seinfeld recently and it's kinda depressing seeing the food they eat, all low fat yoghurts and stuff the whole world was into when people though fat was bad and sugar was fine. I think the Government has done a lot to educate people on sugar, including the sugar tax of course, which has led to many food and drink products taking sugar out, especially as we have studied artificial sweeteners and so far have shown basically no issues with them. Sugar intake from yoghurts and cereal have declined massively and nearly half of coke sold is now diet or coke zero. Weekly shops of sugar have also declined by about a 3rd over the last couple of decades in the UK.

 

[Levi501]

Imo it’s sheer gluttony in a lot of obese people, they’re like the human equivalent of a Labrador they just don’t know when to stop eating! and also it’s all the wrong food they shove down their throats, plus the 2 litre bottles of fizzy crap they gurgle every 10 minutes!

 

[Matesrates]

The idiotic public need to understand that it gets hot in the summer, and sometimes very hot. It also gets cold in the winter and sometimes very cold. It rains and is windy in the winter and sometimes it‘s called a storm. If they eat too much they’ll get fat, if they eat the wrong foods they could die, if they drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week they could die, if they jump in cold water, they could die, if they cross the road without looking, they could die, if they go on an aeroplane it could crash and they could die, if they drive a car, it could crash and they could die, if they ride a bike, a car could plow into them and they could die. Buses crash, trains crash, some bad people carry knives and use them to kill you.

Best to stay in, keep your curtains closed, have your lettuce delivered, avoid any contact with people, don’t watch tv, it’s depressing, don’t get married it’s probably going to cost you a fortune and be a disaster, don’t have kids, they’ll cost you a fortune and then piss off. Life’s a bitch and then you die.

 

[foggy]

The idiotic public need to understand that it gets hot in the summer, and sometimes very hot. It also gets cold in the winter and sometimes very cold. It rains and is windy in the winter and sometimes it‘s called a storm. If they eat too much they’ll get fat, if they eat the wrong foods they could die, if they drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week they could die, if they jump in cold water, they could die, if they cross the road without looking, they could die, if they go on an aeroplane it could crash and they could die, if they drive a car, it could crash and they could die, if they ride a bike, a car could plow into them and they could die. Buses crash, trains crash, some bad people carry knives and use them to kill you.

Best to stay in, keep your curtains closed, have your lettuce delivered, avoid any contact with people, don’t watch tv, it’s depressing, don’t get married it’s probably going to cost you a fortune and be a disaster, don’t have kids, they’ll cost you a fortune and then piss off. Life’s a bitch and then you die.

This is a lot of drama for someone saying 'remember to drink water and put on sunscreen'. Oh the tyranny!

 

[OneStepBeyond]

Its relentless.

It won't be the heat that kills you it'll be a heart attack you absolute stress head.

 

[Malced]

Tune into Sky News and you’ll see a banner across the top left of the screen showing the current hottest UK temperature.
In case you’re even slightly interested, it’s currently 30c at Heathrow.
When did we become so obsessed with the temperature that we need such a close real-time fix on it? It’s Summer. It’s 30 degrees Celsius. So what? Will they do the same throughout the winter if we have a cold snap? I very much doubt it. It’s unnecessary and it’s distracting from the real news. I don’t know why, but they’ve got this obsession with the temperature and they want us to feel the same way. Well not I. I won’t be told what to worry about by Sky news. I certainly won’t be worrying about the lovely warm temperatures over the next few days.

 

[foggy]

Tune into Sky News and you’ll see a banner across the top left of the screen showing the current hottest UK temperature.
In case you’re even slightly interested, it’s currently 30c at Heathrow.
When did we become so obsessed with the temperature that we need such a close real-time fix on it? It’s Summer. It’s 30 degrees Celsius. So what? Will they do the same throughout the winter if we have a cold snap? I very much doubt it. It’s unnecessary and it’s distracting from the real news. I don’t know why, but they’ve got this obsession with the temperature and they want us to feel the same way. Well not I. I won’t be told what to worry about by Sky news. I certainly won’t be worrying about the lovely warm temperatures over the next few days.

You and many others seem to get angry at the news while watching the news. My suggestion is if you don't want to care about the news to just simply stop watching.

 

[Recidivist3]

Tune into Sky News and you’ll see a banner across the top left of the screen showing the current hottest UK temperature.
In case you’re even slightly interested, it’s currently 30c at Heathrow.
When did we become so obsessed with the temperature that we need such a close real-time fix on it? It’s Summer. It’s 30 degrees Celsius. So what? Will they do the same throughout the winter if we have a cold snap? I very much doubt it. It’s unnecessary and it’s distracting from the real news. I don’t know why, but they’ve got this obsession with the temperature and they want us to feel the same way. Well not I. I won’t be told what to worry about by Sky news. I certainly won’t be worrying about the lovely warm temperatures over the next few days.

Next week ‘How Sky News ruined my life’

 

[Malced]

You and many others seem to get angry at the news while watching the news. My suggestion is if you don't want to care about the news to just simply stop watching.

I made an observational comment. There’s simply no basis for saying I’m angry.
I suppose you were so furious about my comments you had to vent before your head exploded?

 

[foggy]

I made an observational comment. There’s simply no basis for saying I’m angry.
I suppose you were so furious about my comments you had to vent before your head exploded?

It certainly seems to be something you complain about a lot and are not happy with. If I watch the food channel I don't start moaning 'why are they showing all this cooking, why can't they let me enjoy takeaways in peace', you know?

 

[Malced]

It certainly seems to be something you complain about a lot and are not happy with. If I watch the food channel I don't start moaning 'why are they showing all this cooking, why can't they let me enjoy takeaways in peace', you know?

Exactly. I complain. Doesn’t make me angry. There’s a difference such as when I get irate at those vile cooking programmes for using so much butter and lard and mayonnaise. Disgusting.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

What it boils down to is that some people really cannot tollerate others trying to be helpful.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

The food industry is way to powerful and normally through lobbying stop governments implementing the obvious things that can help reduce the onslaught of take-away foods loaded with additives, salt and sugar plus of course all the sugar based products on the shelves.

Cut out sugar and the weight literally drops off

I don't take much sugar at all. I don't touch cakes, puddings, desserts, fizzy pop, sugar in tea or coffee. However, I do drink an inordinate amount of ale. Am I overweight? Yes. Should I do something about it? Very much so.

 

[Scaramanga]

Everyone still pissing and moaning about the summer. Classic.

 

[Pool CW]

Exercise time for me in a few minutes. Will be very hard work. Please cool down.

 

[Matesrates]

I don't take much sugar at all. I don't touch cakes, puddings, desserts, fizzy pop, sugar in tea or coffee. However, I do drink an inordinate amount of ale. Am I over weight? Yes. Should I do something about it? Very much so.

Join the club

 

[foggy]

I don't take much sugar at all. I don't touch cakes, puddings, desserts, fizzy pop, sugar in tea or coffee. However, I do drink an inordinate amount of ale. Am I over weight? Yes. Should I do something about it? Very much so.

That's why you should always drink Guinness

 

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

I live near a river and whenever I walk over the bridge there's a pub down below with an outside seatin area, and all you see looking down is shiny red bald heads from men drinking all day without putting on any sunscreen. There's still a ridiculous culture of thinking it's a bit gay to put on sunscreen

Some people need to grow up. I slap on bucketloads. I’m bald and gay and so’s my wife.

 

[tangerine.com]

Phew, there's a lot in here.

Do you know anyone who works in A+E? Because they will tell you some of the most frustrating days are hot, summer days where packs of men and women go out on the piss, don't drink water all day, stay out in the sun with no protection, and then go to the hospital and are basically told in more polite ways 'drink some water you idiot'.

Sometimes public messaging will be delivered which you personally feel isn't necessary for you. Well done for bring smart I guess, but the point of public messaging is it has to cater for 60 million people, many of whom are not very clever. We know that excess deaths happen during very hot weather. This is an objective fact that we know. So why you would be so upset at public messaging to help prevent this, I don't know.

Malc has a point. It's all becoming preachy. That's why the ones that end up in A & E are the ones that don't want to listen or particularly care.
And you can bet the nanny brigade are the ones with skin the colour of a Lobster and swigging vino on their patio abroad telling us to do our bit for the climate.

 

[Old_Laytonian]

Still sat in the back garden with a bottle of wine and a great tan. Although it was rather unpleasant on the Tube yesterday with a shirt and long trousers

 

[Scaramanga]

 

[Levi501]

So there’s an Amber warning for the hot weather. The chief exec of the Royal Meteorological Society has been spouting alarmist nonsense on the fake mainstream media.

Part of the advice (apparently she’s qualified to give health advice rather than report the weather) is for fit and healthy people to ensure they drink enough water.

I’m sick of these tedious weather scare stories. It’s summer. It’s hot. Tell us the weather forecast and then let us as adults, decide how to handle the weather. We don’t need to be told to drink water or as they said ‘avoid getting too much sun’.

It’s pathetic. She was asked if the Amber warning was as serious as the Red warning we had a few weeks ago. Really? Jeez.

On the bbc radio news this morning the newsreader announced the weather with an apology to those who don’t like the hot weather. She said whilst some will be pleased if they have holiday time from work, we should remember that not everyone likes the hot weather. It was like listening to an obituary. Depressing woke lamestream media. No longer can we be happy when we have a spell of nice weather. We should instead worry about dropping dead, or if we’re lucky enough to survive the week, instead worry about the world coming to an end.

Do I detect a little faux pas in your heading, or was ‘warming’ meant?

 

[tangerine_neil]

Read an article warning about floods next week.

Wake me up when the plague of locusts arrive.

 

[Malced]

Do I detect a little faux pas in your heading, or was ‘warming’ meant?

I wish it was meant. Would have been very witty

 

[Adams Kebab]

The food industry is way to powerful and normally through lobbying stop governments implementing the obvious things that can help reduce the onslaught of take-away foods loaded with additives, salt and sugar plus of course all the sugar based products on the shelves.

Cut out sugar and the weight literally drops off

I still laugh to myself that gyms had to close during lockdowns but Fast Food places carried on regardless after an initial short closure. The January - April closure was the one that took the complete and utter piss.

This during a ‘health pandemic’ where obesity and poor health increased chance of serous illness. The Food industry has some pull £££.

They even tried to limit outdoor exercise

But it’s all about health… honest it is… Large Big Mac Meal please.

 

[Malced]

I still laugh to myself that gyms had to close during lockdowns but Fast Food places carried on regardless after an initial short closure. The January - April closure was the one that took the complete and utter piss.

This during a ‘health pandemic’ where obesity and poor health increased chance of serous illness. The Food industry has some pull £££.

They even tried to limit outdoor exercise

But it’s all about health… honest it is… Large Big Mac Meal please.

Imagine how many became addicted or more addicted to junk food during the pandemic.

Even Professor Whitty succumbed. ‘Next side please.’

 

[Lost Seasider]

Tune into Sky News and you’ll see a banner across the top left of the screen showing the current hottest UK temperature.
In case you’re even slightly interested, it’s currently 30c at Heathrow.

Interesting that they always seem to measure the temperature next to airports and runways, it's almost as if massive slabs of concrete and tarmac baking in the sun might have an effect of the readings.

 

[Malced]

Interesting that they always seem to measure the temperature next to airports and runways, it's almost as if massive slabs of concrete and tarmac baking in the sun might have an effect of the readings.

Not to mention all the jet blast from the engines

 

[Matesrates]

OO Lee today, not as humid, bit of a breeze