New drug mimics beneficial effects of exercise

I wonder how this will impact professional, college and high school sports? :whistle:

Jestor wrote:

steamboat28 wrote:

Jestor wrote:

Khaos wrote: They werent in WALL-E

People were not fit?

I have not seen that one...

To put it politely, the people in WALL-E were American caricatures taken to the logical extreme.

Logical?

Logical in the sense that the only aspect of society that survives is consumerism and as soon as they're born, babies are installed in the futuristic equivalent of a mobility scooter. They don't do anything, as robots do everything for them. This, for 700 years.
Logic would normally dictate that those people shouldn't even be alive, however once you take into account future medical advances, it makes perfect sense.

Wall-e really is a hero against all odds (his own design limitations). The movie is a perfect example of the hero's journey.
It's really good too (my favourite disney) so I suggest you watch it.

ren wrote:

Jestor wrote:

steamboat28 wrote:

Jestor wrote:

Khaos wrote: They werent in WALL-E

People were not fit?

I have not seen that one...

To put it politely, the people in WALL-E were American caricatures taken to the logical extreme.

Logical?

Logical in the sense that the only aspect of society that survives is consumerism and as soon as they're born, babies are installed in the futuristic equivalent of a mobility scooter. They don't do anything, as robots do everything for them. This, for 700 years.
Logic would normally dictate that those people shouldn't even be alive, however once you take into account future medical advances, it makes perfect sense.

Wall-e really is a hero against all odds (his own design limitations). The movie is a perfect example of the hero's journey.
It's really good too (my favourite disney) so I suggest you watch it.

I'll have to put it on my short list...

Reliah wrote: I wonder what the other side effects are.
I'd rather just exercise, honestly. Takes up some time and helps me clear my head.

On a side note - I think it's interesting how people always jump on Americans for obesity issues. True that American numbers are higher, but barely - according to the charts I've seen, anyway. The way I see it, if a country has an obesity percentage of 15 or more, they have no room to be bragging about anything lol
It's a huge, global problem.

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/obesity.html

The problem with this document is that all those countries have fairly small populations. With the US, it's 300 million people.

But this stuff is based on BMI, and while the US has a diverse (in terms of "race") population, not everyone is the same. Also I'm quite overweight, right at the limit of obesity (BMI 30), and by losing 15 kilos, i'd go back in the category of "healthy" (that's right, not overwheight). 15 kilos doesn't seem much, so I think the obesity/overwheight rates may seem more worrying than they really are. They really should only pay attention to obesity (including morbid) IMO.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub747pprmJ8

A tragic end when put in perspective like this.

I can work out and exercise and I keep in pretty good shape (for an American ) but no matter how much I study and learn, I still feel like I don’t know anything.

What I want to know is… when are they going to come up with a pill that cures stupid?

hahahhahaha :woohoo: