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Thread: How do we change the Obesity Pandemic?

post 1660348623 04-27-2022, 10:59 AM
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Nothing the country leaders will do. The political leaders and big pharma want the citizenry to be unhealthy, as it makes them dependent on them both. But if one were to say that they actually did want people to be healthy, bring back civil service. Two years for everyone to learn self discipline and self respect
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Originally Posted By Nonsense916⏩
Why even entertain this idea? Jfl if you think the government wants you healthy srs
This. It's not an accident obesity is through the roof. High obesity rates = more medical bills, more money for medical care, more money for insurance companies and big pharma. Ever notice how the first action of 97% of doctors is to prescribe meds instead of other methods.

No way we fix obesity in this country until people want to make a change for themselves.
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You can't out train a bad diet, 99% of the problem is calories


The Japanese cook raw healthy food for their public schools every single morning, it teaches teens to focus on that lifestyle(they legit eat 3-star restaurant quality lunches)

Funded by the government, citizens pitch in about $25/month
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post 1660349183 04-27-2022, 11:08 AM
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Remove Government entirely from food and health.

This means -- they no longer spend money to promote bullchit "food pyramids" which tell people to consume massive amounts of carbs and that fats are deadly.

This means -- they no longer subsidize nonsense crops like corn, so that it's so inexpensive they think of new ways to put it in everything, such as HFCS, which is one of the most toxic and disgusting food substances ever.

Doing that, things will solve themselves. Some people might still consume awful garbage but HFCS will no longer be cheap, farmers won't grow corn nearly as much, our animals will stop being fed unhealthy chit that's been cheapened by farm subsidies, animals will no longer have to be pumped full of antibiotics because they're eating slop not meant for them, no child will grow up believing fats are evil and that they must eat 11 or more servings of 'heart healthy' grains every day, etc, etc...

At that point, there is no health/obesity crisis. There are individuals and they can figure out chit for themselves without being blinded by fake science, bullchit studies, Government stooges and farmers being paid to grow bad foods shoved down their throats.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
LA where everyone is on a bike, kids and teens on bikes, sound like the GOAT place to be.
It so obviously would be the GOAT... If you just eliminated road sections that are currently for cars, and designated them for bikes & pedestrians, people wouldn't drive. You can't even drive through LA now, so why not at least try it?

Cities should be designed like college campuses, not like a highway.
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Figure out what is causing ones weight gain. We're all different in that respect. Some do well following a low carb diet.

Some simply eat more than they need.

Others do better avoiding other foods, such as red meat and dairy. I fall into that category. For what ever reason beef, pork and/or dairy products rapidly put weight on me. While fish and chicken do not.

Thyroid medication helps some people to lose weight.
post 1660349643 04-27-2022, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
you will adapt, srs.

amsterdam is COLD af in the winter, but their population isn't a bunch of fat pussies so they just deal with it.

literally thousands of bikes line the streets on a snowy day.

There's so many fukin bikes there, it's insane. I wish we had a better bike infrastructure, but people already hate bikers here. It'd take a generation to change our mentality towards being bike friendly. They spend billions of Euros on their bike infrastructure.

Also get the FDA out of the food chain, because they're fukin worthless. Putting all kind of crap in our food without knowing the long term consequences.

Incentivize being healthy with major breaks on insurance costs or tax refund of some kind. A medical company I worked for was able to do it. Not sure why insurance companies can't, or wouldn't want to. I'm not sure money is enough to get people in shape or care about their health. So we need to fix to food supply chain as well. Biking isn't enough for the avg American. I see plenty of fatties at the gym. Exercise alone will not fix this problem. It's too far gone.
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Originally Posted By blissful88⏩
You can't out train a bad diet, 99% of the problem is calories


The Japanese cook raw healthy food for their public schools every single morning, it teaches teens to focus on that lifestyle(they legit eat 3-star restaurant quality lunches)

Funded by the government, citizens pitch in about $25/month
The kids also have to clean the cafeteria themselves after. Who knew teaching kids to behave would create a society that isn’t ****?
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Originally Posted By sfgiants13⏩
The kids also have to clean the cafeteria themselves after. Who knew teaching kids to behave would create a society that isn’t ****?
The younger generation of American kids are truly fuked.

they sit in their house, get driven to school, sit there.... don't want to do any physical sports, and parents are less & less likely to encourage it. Ipad parenting, and legit just being a vegetable child is standard now. Parents won't even walk their kid to elementary school which is often less than a mile away..... AND no one even recognizes the hilarity of that.
post 1660350163 04-27-2022, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted By _zman⏩
There's so many fukin bikes there, it's insane. I wish we had a better bike infrastructure, but people already hate bikers here. It'd take a generation to change our mentality towards being bike friendly. They spend billions of Euros on their bike infrastructure.
bike infrastructure is WAAAAAAAY cheaper than car infrastructure, by miles... And that doesn't even include the benefit to society of actually moving your fat ass around as opposed to driving it around.
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Once you've opened pandora's box, all there can be is the desire/will/discipline/determination to make a change. The last century's introduction of unhealthy convenient foods, coupled with sedintary labor, enforces higher body fat and obesity rates across all of the populace.

The solution now is to encourage the desire/will/discipline/determination. And to me the primary ways to achieve this are to discourage fat acceptance, increase education, and to provide financial incentive for consistency with a healthy diet and fitness.

Removal of sensitivities is the first step IMO. No more "plus size style" clothing, instead call it "morbidly obese style". Being morbidly obese is not a healthy alternative lifestyle choice, and it needs to be understood by all.
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The thing is it isn't even obesity anymore there's different levels to it now. In 1980 the average person was probably 18% bf now it's like 32% or some chit but a lot of people are even higher than that. If people in 1980 woke up from a coma in 2022 they wouldn't believe their eyes

Its incredible how both the obesity rates and body fat percentages keep rising

I think social media just did something because most issues got much worse right when everyone got social media and smart phones
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Subsidize bariatric surgery and prescribe it for the obese, ded fukn srs

I've watched people drop insane amounts of weight after something like gastric sleeve surgery, and much of it stays off long term in most cases
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
The thing is it isn't even obesity anymore there's different levels to it now. In 1980 the average person was probably 18% bf now it's like 32% or some chit but a lot of people are even higher than that. If people in 1980 woke up from a coma in 2022 they wouldn't believe their eyes

Its incredible how both the obesity rates and body fat percentages keep rising
the LEANEST state in the USA (colorado) in 2022 has a higher obesity rate than the FATTEST state of 1990 (mississippi)
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Make obesity illegal punishable by injection of HIV positive blood. They'll be forced to lose weight
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This thread just inspired me to go for a quick 15 minute walk, just to break the cycle of sitting at my desk for extended periods. Thanks brehitos...
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Originally Posted By badbl00d⏩
This thread just inspired me to go for a quick 15 minute walk, just to break the cycle of sitting at my desk for extended periods. Thanks brehitos...
I recently transitioned from an active job to an office job. I used to just sit for 8-16 hours per day depending on the day. I’ve started going for at least a walk or two of about a mile each through the airport just to stay active and it really does make a difference for me mentally. Hopefully helps keep my blood pressure from getting too high but that remains to be seen.
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Just lol if you think the obesity epidemic is just a unfortunate side effect of modernity and not a manufactured crisis the elites want us as fat as possible the fatter we are the more money they make that’s why food is literally designed to be addictive
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Originally Posted By Destor⏩
Subsidize bariatric surgery and prescribe it for the obese, ded fukn srs

I've watched people drop insane amounts of weight after something like gastric sleeve surgery, and much of it stays off long term in most cases
Does it stay off long term though? Especially if these people aren't learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and eat a healthy nutritious diet?
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Originally Posted By floridamancan⏩
Just lol if you think the obesity epidemic is just a unfortunate side effect of modernity and not a manufactured crisis the elites want us as fat as possible the fatter we are the more money they make that’s why food is literally designed to be addictive
3 years ago I'd say you're a nutjob but after seeing how the government responded to covid, you might actually be right.

brb, wrap the local park with caution tape
brb, stay home
brb, take 4 experimental jabs
brb, wear a mask
brb, not a word about obesity - the #1 problem in the USA.
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
3 years ago I'd say you're a nutjob but after seeing how the government responded to covid, you might actually be right.

brb, wrap the local park with caution tape
brb, stay home
brb, take 4 experimental jabs
brb, wear a mask
brb, not a word about obesity - the #1 problem in the USA.
And one of the top reasons people were dying from Covid
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
And one of the top reasons people were dying from Covid
that's my point.

there are more obesity deaths every single year than covid had in 2020 and 2021....

and if we're being honest, most "covid deaths" were just expedited obesity deaths.
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Communicate the following repeatedly to the public:

-small meals throughout the day should be rare, not all/most days
-occasional water only fasting for adults is overall the healthiest thing a person can do (not just weight loss)
-young men who aren't on gear shouldn't eat 5000+ calories a day for gains
-don't buy stuff labeled low-fat
-if you're a healthy person and don't feel hungry, don't eat just because others are
-at restaurants with huge portions (most) take a doggy bag home or order an appetizer as your meal

Also:
-ban high fructose corn syrup, just like trans fats were, for the same reasons.
-aware the public that obese people are super spreaders of respiratory viruses, not just Covid.
-fat shaming works
-no soda machines in schools
-no more candy or soda can be bought with food stamps
-schools that have 0-1 gym days every week lose federal funding
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
3 years ago I'd say you're a nutjob but after seeing how the government responded to covid, you might actually be right.

brb, wrap the local park with caution tape
brb, stay home
brb, take 4 experimental jabs
brb, wear a mask
brb, not a word about obesity - the #1 problem in the USA.
Don’t forget the fat acceptance psyop being pushed by the media
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Originally Posted By _zman⏩
There's so many fukin bikes there, it's insane. I wish we had a better bike infrastructure, but people already hate bikers here. It'd take a generation to change our mentality towards being bike friendly. They spend billions of Euros on their bike infrastructure.

Also get the FDA out of the food chain, because they're fukin worthless. Putting all kind of crap in our food without knowing the long term consequences.

Incentivize being healthy with major breaks on insurance costs or tax refund of some kind. A medical company I worked for was able to do it. Not sure why insurance companies can't, or wouldn't want to. I'm not sure money is enough to get people in shape or care about their health. So we need to fix to food supply chain as well. Biking isn't enough for the avg American. I see plenty of fatties at the gym. Exercise alone will not fix this problem. It's too far gone.
Speaking of FDA, I think it should be start growing gardens in their backyards
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
COMPLETELY revamp urban & suburban infrastructure in favor of walking/cycling.

the USA has been built around the central idea of sitting on ur ass 24/7.

You can take a bicycle through socal/ny/houston faster than a car, yet every fat fuk is sitting in a car....

people in the USA will drive 1 mile to buy a lime without even noticing how absurd that is.

Amsterdam/Netherlands uses bike paths and pedestrian paths as a priority over streets for cars. They are literally eliminating roads and replacing them with parks, paths, and pedestrian areas.

Now we have E-bikes available, so even a fat fuk useless american could easily get 40 miles without breaking a sweat, while still being forced to use SOME cardio capacity.

Look at this.... You could send ur fat kid to school on a bike, they could see their friends on a bike, you could ride to the store on a bike.... You could do work commutes on bike, etc etc etc etc.

That is great and true but it would take about 500 years to accomplish.
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you dont. theres so much info out there about obesity, the side effects, and how to combat it, but most people are too lazy and lack the discipline to make the necessary changes. i say let mother nature take its course. life is survival of the fittest, not survival of the fattest
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