There are other much more obvious explanations for the rising level of
obesity in Australia, and it's the same as for other developed nations like
the US and UK.
Quite simply its a side effect from us all getting richer and the effect
this has had on our life styles. Rich high energy food is much more
available to people across the social spectrum than in the past. The
dramatic rise in car ownership is probably another factor - we don't walk or
cycle as much as we used to.
Whatever the true cause it's hard to believe that people used to stay
slimmer because they were better at counting calories and that it's
replacement with the kJ has stopped it. What is so difficult about adding up
and controlling energy intake in kJ once you know your limits?
I also find it hard to believe that anyone who truly understands what a
calorie is would have any difficulty understanding the siimpler mechanical
origin of the joule.
Phil Hall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: [USMA:36242] Re: FW: Re: Metric vs. imperial comments from
Australia
Your answer to that silly article about the metric system causing obesity
in
Australia was the way to go. Would the obesity problem not exist if a
country used the BTU for nutritional energy one might ask. And the
irony..
1
BTU can be taken as 1 kJ in most cases, except where accuracy is called
for.
The calorie is an old metric unit anyway, a British-metric unit at that!
Only, its time to go has come.
Regards,
Han
If the metric system causes obesity, then what's the excuse for the U.S.?
I
actually thought eating too much and not exercising enough causes obesity.
All one has to do is visit the buffet at a casino to see what causes
obesity.
Phil
