tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post6087954338388436509..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: The myth of the obesogenic environmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-41209441958671028222016-05-19T14:20:43.824+01:002016-05-19T14:20:43.824+01:00One part of the increase in obesity may well be th...One part of the increase in obesity may well be the prevalence of central heating. Whilst I was growing up, the only sources of heat in the house were two gas fires. We had a few electric heaters, which were never used because of cost, and that was it.<br /><br />Feeling cold in winter? Put on more clothing. The bedrooms were not heated; more blankets was the answer to cold there. The house was single-glazed, and ice formation on the inside of the windows at night in winter was commonplace.<br /><br />These days we have efficient central heating, which pushes the house temperature to twenty degrees Celsius whenever we are in the house. <br /><br />This makes a big difference, since most of the energy demands of a warm-blooded animal like ourselves is not the energy needed to move about, but rather the energy to keep warm.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618328278732100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-39816317165825613202016-05-19T06:36:39.022+01:002016-05-19T06:36:39.022+01:00Oh no Simon, if the population cannot be trusted t...Oh no Simon, if the population cannot be trusted to compensate for a sedentary lifestyle by increasing exercise and reducing calorie intake then we must help. We must ban advertising, we must ban fast food shops, we must mandate exercise, we must lobby for increased taxes, we must be given more money to do more studies, to lobby Government, to pay the media to run the press releases. After all our lively hoods depend on it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com