Interesting article:

http://time.com/4071440/calorie-counter/?xid=fbshare

One day we will know so much more about the causes of obesity!

I think the most important thing to take from that is that all calories are not the same, and everything is not absorbed and metabolized the same. The bio-chemistry of digestion is important and over looked.

Excellent article.

The obsession with calories is a hard one to break but so worth it. 1000 calories of donuts is a world away from 1000 of turkey.

This was on the bulletin board at my surgeon's office:

Toss in exercise and hormones and you have the great quagmire of obesity Very good article @@jess9395 thanks for sharing.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/how-many-calories-do-olympians-burn.aspx#01

Toss in exercise and hormones and you have the great quagmire of obesity Very good article @@jess9395 thanks for sharing.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/how-many-calories-do-olympians-burn.aspx#01

And gut bacteria! I'm fascinated by that area as well

Great article, thanks for sharing it. That was some food for thought (pun intended).

Here's the reason I am overweight.

This was a great article. Thanks for sharing!

Toss in exercise and hormones and you have the great quagmire of obesity Very good article @@jess9395 thanks for sharing.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/how-many-calories-do-olympians-burn.aspx#01

And gut bacteria! I'm fascinated by that area as well

Me too! And not just how it relates to obesity, but overall health. It seems we've just scratched the surface and have so much more to learn.

A little late to this post, but have any of you seen the documentary 'Fed Up'? If you haven't I think it doe a good job of explaining how the different types of food/calories affect the body in an easy to understand way.