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post 1666786053 08-26-2022, 10:08 AM
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Obesity is the greatest epidemic in the US and the source of other issues

Obesity continues to experience explosive growth with no signs of slowing down, today over 70% of US adults are overweight and over 40% are morbidly obese, that is 113+ million people, its estimated that the US has 15+ million that are over 300 pounds

The average US white man weighs 202 pounds, the average US white woman weighs 171 pounds

The average US black man weighs 198 pounds, the average US black woman weighs 186 pounds

Why is this an epidemic of worse than anything else confronting humankind?

Morbid obesity has the obvious related health issues but what goes largely ignored is that obesity is directly linked to a decrease in testosterone / increase in estrogen in males + increase in testosterone / decrease in estrogen in females, this is directly linked to the level of degeneracy in both males and females + substance abuse

This is the greatest threat to the US and should be the top priority to fix asap, imagine how great this country could be if every man had a bf less than 15% and every woman had a bf less than 20%, it should be illegal for people to consume anything other than water until they achieve these levels

medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265556#Effects-of-obesity-on-the-body
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320917#average-weight-of-men-in-the-us
medicinenet.com/weight_women/article.htm
post 1666786113 08-26-2022, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted By elifcey
Obesity continues to experience explosive growth with no signs of slowing down, today over 70% of US adults are overweight and over 40% are morbidly obese, that is 113+ million people, its estimated that the US has 15+ million that are over 300 pounds

The average US white man weighs 202 pounds, the average US white woman weighs 171 pounds

The average US black man weighs 198 pounds, the average US black woman weighs 186 pounds

Why is this an epidemic of worse than anything else confronting humankind?

Morbid obesity has the obvious related health issues but what goes largely ignored is that obesity is directly linked to a decrease in testosterone / increase in estrogen in males + increase in testosterone / decrease in estrogen in females, this is directly linked to the level of degeneracy in both males and females + substance abuse

This is the greatest threat to the US and should be the top priority to fix asap, imagine how great this country could be if every man had a bf less than 15% and every woman had a bf less than 20%, it should be illegal for people to consume anything other than water until they achieve these levels

medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265556#Effects-of-obesity-on-the-body
medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320917#average-weight-of-men-in-the-us
medicinenet.com/weight_women/article.htm
I live in a 90% hispanic city. Everyone single one as early as like 5 years old is fat as fuk. I don't know if there genes are different or maybe they guzzle down coca cola and burritos or something too often. But the obesity rate for them in at least in my town is off the charts.
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post 1666786133 08-26-2022, 10:11 AM
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Yeah almost everyone is right below or over 30 bmi now. Many are well over 35 bmi. You almost never see anyone in the healthy range anymore.
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post 1666786213 08-26-2022, 10:13 AM
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70%, so almost 3 out every 4 person? I know a lot of people are fatasses, but I didn't know the figure was so high!
post 1666786313 08-26-2022, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted By Pats2022SBwin
I live in a 90% hispanic city. Everyone single one as early as like 5 years old is fat as fuk. I don't know if there genes are different or maybe they guzzle down coca cola and burritos or something too often. But the obesity rate for them in at least in my town is off the charts.
Their culture simply has no concept of health or what healthy eating is.
post 1666786363 08-26-2022, 10:16 AM
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Yup. Obesity was responsible for most of the COVID deaths as well, and yet zero attention given to what would be the best thing you could do for yourself during the pandemic.
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post 1666786563 08-26-2022, 10:21 AM
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I rarely see obese people but I live in a major city where (relatively more) people actually care what they look like. Srs, if you want to compete, you can't be a fukking obesecel
post 1666786593 08-26-2022, 10:21 AM
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obesity makes a LOT of money for big pharma/food industry/healthcare/less social security to pay out.

It's $$$. Why do you think govts have zero desire to combat it? Healthy people will make big pharma bankrupt. Guess who controls govt last 2 years?

Make everyone carnivore, like they were 200 years - 4 million years ago, there goes your standard obesity and modern diseases.

Also thousands of jobs, trillions in revenue, drs being laid off, trillions in social security for seniors living til 99.

It's an agenda. Can't have that. Heck, Canada is literlaly preparing to euthanisize old folks very soon.
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post 1666786603 08-26-2022, 10:21 AM
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obesity = low IQ
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post 1666787393 08-26-2022, 10:38 AM
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Single mothers/ single parent households is the biggest epidemic but obesity is a close second.

Everything bad in the country is symptom stemming from being raised without a strong family unit.
post 1666789033 08-26-2022, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted By Bigbuster1
Single mothers/ single parent households is the biggest epidemic but obesity is a close second.

Everything bad in the country is symptom stemming from being raised without a strong family unit.
Both are related to the obesity epidemic

Obesity >

Males with excess estrogen/females with excess testosterone >

Weakwilled men / overly strongwilled women >

Degenerate mindset >

Selfish with no real greater purpose >

Sex perceived as an act of pleasure and not primarily reproduction >

Offsprings viewed as less important than selfish pleasures so trade providing for children for degenerate pursuits >

Single mothers raising children unable to truly fulfill father role >

Lack of family unit leads to children internalizing a degenerate mindset >

Cycle repeats and can only be stopped with the elimination of the obesity epidemic
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What do we do about this? All anyone wants to do anymore is eat/drink alcohol and watch movies. Almost everyone is obese unless you live in Colorado or something.
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post 1666789563 08-26-2022, 11:17 AM
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One of the biggest problem is mental health prescriptions.

My Dr. just increased my Abilify and I get so hungry at night I can’t sleep. Im going to talk to her about it. I have WAY less anxiety with Abilify but when I first started taking it in 2019 I gained 40 lbs and just wanted to sleep all of the time.

When I started taking SSRIs in 2003 I was tired and hungry all of the time as well. A lot of Americans are on SSRIs, which are antidepressants.

Im going to ask my Dr. for a certain anti-d which causes weight loss as I took that in 2012-2015 and got in great shape while following the same bb diet I eat now. It causes seizures if you do bulimia so that’s why my Dr. took me off of it.

It’s so frustrating.
post 1666790023 08-26-2022, 11:26 AM
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i legit don’t understand obesity tbh

Like how hard is it to just not be fat
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post 1666790623 08-26-2022, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted By GaryCarnivals
Their culture simply has no concept of health or what healthy eating is.
That's fuking rich brah. Mexicans got fat because they imported Coke and junk food culture from America (e.g., Sabritas is owned by Pepsi). The traditional mexican diet is extremely healthy. Frijoles de la Olla, fresh tortillas, lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, etc.
post 1666791403 08-26-2022, 11:46 AM
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There isn't a single person in my office that is in shape. Its fukking disgusting.

People who have their cigarettes right on the table because they can't be too far away from them.
People who have eaten fast food for lunch for literally 20 consecutive work days.
People who literally vape tobacco/weed when management has left the building

Lines going out of the breakroom whenever someone brings donuts into the office.

Had a 28 year old guy who SEEMED to have been the only other guy in shape in the office tell me about how he was so gassed because he got a new apartment on the 3rd floor and there is no elevator.

Absolutely disgusting. Get me out of here. I knew IT was bad but not like this.
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post 1666791533 08-26-2022, 11:47 AM
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As mentioned above, depression is huge here , and 2/3 of the world's antidepressants are sold in the usa, plus if you combine that with those that use food as medicine for depression then you have a really crappy combination going on.

Then you add the video game, Netflix, cell phone culture and you have a recipe for sedentary non active individuals that don't burn many calories.

Then you look at fresh food like other countries serve compared to out fast casual 20 dollar fast food and what do you think happens. I have never seen so many fat kids at any point in time.
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post 1666791663 08-26-2022, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted By XPmpnII
i legit don’t understand obesity tbh

Like how hard is it to just not be fat
For average person - I really think the issue is liquid calories. Everyone gets full when they eat what they have to eat, so a lot of people will stop. But liquid calories don't "fill" you, so you can easily ingest more than you should. Stuff like soda, juices, and even coffee w/ added sugar are the big issues
post 1666791973 08-26-2022, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted By eod8989
What do we do about this? All anyone wants to do anymore is eat/drink alcohol and watch movies. Almost everyone is obese unless you live in Colorado or something.
Sadly its not an easy fix but some sort of cataclysmic event that forces the issue could turn this around, nobody wants another world war or something like that but the old saying holds true:

hard times create strong men

strong men create good times

good times create weak men

weak men create hard times <<< we are here
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss
One of the biggest problem is mental health prescriptions.

My Dr. just increased my Abilify and I get so hungry at night I can’t sleep. Im going to talk to her about it. I have WAY less anxiety with Abilify but when I first started taking it in 2019 I gained 40 lbs and just wanted to sleep all of the time.

When I started taking SSRIs in 2003 I was tired and hungry all of the time as well. A lot of Americans are on SSRIs, which are antidepressants.

Im going to ask my Dr. for a certain anti-d which causes weight loss as I took that in 2012-2015 and got in great shape while following the same bb diet I eat now. It causes seizures if you do bulimia so that’s why my Dr. took me off of it.

It’s so frustrating.
Unfortunately it sounds like you are caught up in the vicious circle and the only way out is to change completely, a lot of prescriptions are not necessary to survive or even be healthy and most simply create a dependency
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Originally Posted By elifcey
Unfortunately it sounds like you are caught up in the vicious circle and the only way out is to change completely, a lot of prescriptions are not necessary to survive or even be healthy and most simply create a dependency
Yeah I’m slowly weaning off of them as you get horrible withdrawals if you go too fast. They are weaning me off of a benzo that has been prescribed for 22 years so they added 4 other prescriptions that aren’t controlled but 2 have weight gain as a side effect.

It’s so annoying but at least I’m tapering down each month.
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I feel like this is clear evidence that it's time to end the body positivity movement and return to fat shaming.
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I could never be obese based on my genetics. Thanks dad. Unless I basically force feed myself, I lose weight and will maintain a naturally skinny/athletic physique no matter what I eat. My only fat storage would be my belly area. I don't drink alcohol so I don't have a beer belly. I'm also somewhat active.

However, based on what I see with most people, is that it takes a long time to get obese, but it is obvious why. All it takes are bad habits over a couple year period to put you at a fat baseline. Most people get poor sleep, have poor stress management, drink coffee with tons of creamer and sugar daily multiple times, eat tons of carbs, aren't physically active daily, eat poorly, and do all of this mixed with that constant comfort of life equals being extremely unhealthy and overweight.

Americans food is the number #1 attack on people's health. I posted a thread about this yesterday, but people just don't truly understand how bad our food is for us.
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Back in the 90s Homer Simpson was considered hilariously fat and he was "only" like 230lbs.

Standards have slipped so much.
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I am currently on holiday an an inclusive resort, the amount of food that some people pile onto their plate is fckn horrific.

This one couple heap up their plates and then have a 3rd plate laden with bread rolls and more food

Needless to say they are massively obese and disgusting

Portion control is off the charts
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker
Americans food is the number #1 attack on people's health. I posted a thread about this yesterday, but people just don't truly understand how bad our food is for us.
Its 100% this. Absolutely riddled w/ refined sugars, seed oils, 0 fiber, and lacking in most basic vitamins and nutrients. The US diet is atrocious. Mexico has adopted it in recent decades and has shot to the top of unhealthiest nations. All other people from other countries who move here and adopt the diet become just as unhealthy as your average American.

It's unbelievable because its 2022 and the information is out there. The lack of knowledge excuse could be used 20 years ago, but now it's inexcusable.
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the elites who own that industry wont stop and they cant be beaten
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Industrial society did this to us

Kazynski was right


Also following his lines of thought with how the leftist mind works it will go like this.


Outlaw speaking against fat people (discrimination)

-create an even worse obesity epidemic

Outlaw junk food for the greater good or change regulations so all junk food now use officially “healthy” foods. These will most likely alter hormones etc to make people more docile and able to harmonize with the system

-now freedoms taken away and even worse discrimination and overall loss of freedoms due to same policies that didn’t allow a more moderate approach to be taken.


He would of course note that no system of food production should even be apart of large scale technology but rather it should be prioritized into each individuals daily power process fulfillment. But whatever.
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Originally Posted By Duckliver
Industrial society did this to us

Kazynski was right


Also following his lines of thought with how the leftist mind works it will go like this.


Outlaw speaking against fat people (discrimination)

-create an even worse obesity epidemic

Outlaw junk food for the greater good or change regulations so all junk food now use officially “healthy” foods. These will most likely alter hormones etc to make people more docile and able to harmonize with the system

-now freedoms taken away and even worse discrimination and overall loss of freedoms due to same policies that didn’t allow a more moderate approach to be taken.


He would of course note that no system of food production should even be apart of large scale technology but rather it should be prioritized into each individuals daily power process fulfillment. But whatever.
Pure cope. If you're an obesecel, just admit you have no self control. LOL at implying that society should revert to pre-industrial levels because people can't exhibit self control. That's communism.
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