Obesity is the real pandemic

mandatory keto

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What can we do to make America less fat? It's a drain on our society.

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Let COVID do it's thing.

I had no idea that obesity was a communicable disease.

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Tie welfare income to key health data such as blood sugar and blood pressure. You don't manage it you don't get paid

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It would never happen, but don't allow food stamp recipients to buy shite food. Americans on food assistance are on the whole more overweight than those that are not.

i keep hearing dumb arse people or those pushing an agenda pointing to why the virus is SOOOOOO much more deadly in the US

Is it really that hard to understand why?





which one of these people are covid "at risk"?



the correct answer im being told is all of them

This is never talked about in relation to the virus, but my pulmonologist who is one of the main ICU doctors in BR said an overwhelming majority of patients that due poorly are overweight.

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I had no idea that obesity was a communicable disease.

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Should be much easier to prevent since it’s not communicable

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Americans on food assistance are on the whole more overweight than those that are not.

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Not saying that’s not true, but do you have data to support that?

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Should be much easier to prevent since it’s not communicable

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It's a multilayered issue that really doesn't have an easy solution. It's not just poor folks either, so while adjustments to WIC benefits would help it wouldn't come close to solving the problem.

Until we address the cultural aspects of obesity, it won't work. Legitimate education early on, better quality food in schools, more programs promoting healthy living (especially within insurance companies/benefits), etc. And even more importantly, addressing nationally the largely sedentary lifestyles we live. We don't have the benefit of other countries where there's a focus on biking and walking to work (due to sheer proximity and availability of automobile transport) so we have to find a way to offset that.