Difference between revisions of "Talk:Food"

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Health issues

Reasons not to restrict intake of rich foods

Obesity is sometimes associated with taking in to much energy rich foods, such as fatty hamburgers or sweet drinks and candy. The other way of looking at it is to associate it with lack of exercise, physical as well as mental. It might be better to focus attention on increasing exercise instead of decreasing intake, because the community will be more productive. For example, heavy physical exercise (such as mountain biking for four hours straight) has great benefits for physical and mental health, but such activity might become impossible when restricting caloric intake. Children are well known for craving sweet foods. Depriving them of these energy rich substances might hinder their development, as their growing brains require large amounts of energy. A second reason not to restrict rich foods is that there are no profit incentives to deal with. Wouter

This information must be placed in a section of the wiki about Health, as it is not concerned with Food, but with feeding habits. In the same way, this page is not appropriate for entering Farming practices. Ziggy (talk) 20:26, 22 February 2013 (UTC)