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re: What will it take to reduce the obesity rate in the US?
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:01 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:01 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
You hit an important point. Building healthy diet and exercise habits young is huge. Most people aren't changing lifestyle dramatically when they get into their 30's.
I was raised trying to eat healthy and playing sports. I don't see a ton of that nowadays.
The issue is a lot of parents have no diet and exercise habits and kids tend to take after their parents. Breaking that cycle would be the biggest thing, but it isn't easy.
I'm also really disappointed Trump rolled back attempts at healthier diet and exercise in schools. We have an obesity epidemic and any bit of that helps. I'm going to wind up subsidizing the health problems of kids who aren't learning healthy lifestyles.
I was raised trying to eat healthy and playing sports. I don't see a ton of that nowadays.
The issue is a lot of parents have no diet and exercise habits and kids tend to take after their parents. Breaking that cycle would be the biggest thing, but it isn't easy.
I'm also really disappointed Trump rolled back attempts at healthier diet and exercise in schools. We have an obesity epidemic and any bit of that helps. I'm going to wind up subsidizing the health problems of kids who aren't learning healthy lifestyles.
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Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:04 pm to weagle99
What gets me is the amount of fat kids I see at the beach all the time. And no, I'm not talking about "baby fat" either, these kids are straight up lard asses already. 
May as well start taxing junk food to pay for it.
May as well start taxing junk food to pay for it.
This post was edited on 9/13/18 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:06 pm to weagle99
pretty simple, stop giving them government money and subsidizing bad choices. Hungry people do crazy shite, like get jobs and not eat as much. Crazy how that works.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:07 pm to weagle99
Nothing drives people the way money does. There should be a tax break for people based on their BMI and ideal body weight. Larger tax breaks for people who are in their IBW and a perfect BMI. Maybe an official body fat test (paid for by each person) to receive an even larger tax break. This motivates people to go from good to great shape. Smaller tax breaks for people who are just outside of their BMI and IBW.
This will motivate fatties to get in shape and people who are borderline fat to also get into shape. Gym memberships will increase. Less obesity will decrease the burden on health care.
People don’t care about their health. They care about money.
Pay people to be healthy (by a tax break) is the only answer that will see results.
This will motivate fatties to get in shape and people who are borderline fat to also get into shape. Gym memberships will increase. Less obesity will decrease the burden on health care.
People don’t care about their health. They care about money.
Pay people to be healthy (by a tax break) is the only answer that will see results.
This post was edited on 9/13/18 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:10 pm to ctiger69
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Nothing drives people the way money does. There should be a tax break for people based on their BMI and ideal body weight. Larger tax breaks for people who are in their IBW and a perfect BMI. Maybe an official body fat test (paid for by each person) to receive an even larger tax break. This motivates people to get in great shape. Smaller tax breaks for people who are just outside of their BMI and IBW.
This will motivate fatties to get in shape and people who are borderline fat will get into shape. Gym memberships will increase. Less public obesity will decrease the burden on health care.
People don’t care about their health. They care about money.
Pay people to be healthy (by a tax break) is the only answer that will see results.
frick YOU with that BMI bullshite. That is for weak arse nancy boys who don't lift. SHould be bf% based.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:10 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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What? I mean I suppose if you just sit in front of an xbox all day long feeding your face as you play Fallout , you might get fat, but that's hardly the fault of the video game.
Saving the world ain't easy, Jack.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:14 pm to oleheat
The scale of the obesity problem really hits you when you come back from overseas. Just stepping back into an American airport is jarring. A few days later, you are numb to it again.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:14 pm to lsu777
Body fat would be a good measure too. Of course dateline would run some sad story about a fat person crying because they can’t get into shape because they have a health condition. The entire program would be called fat shaming and be an example of bigotry.
This post was edited on 9/13/18 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:16 pm to weagle99
Much less fat people.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:17 pm to Rep520
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You hit an important point. Building healthy diet and exercise habits young is huge. Most people aren't changing lifestyle dramatically when they get into their 30's.
I was raised trying to eat healthy and playing sports. I don't see a ton of that nowadays.
The issue is a lot of parents have no diet and exercise habits and kids tend to take after their parents. Breaking that cycle would be the biggest thing, but it isn't easy.
I'm also really disappointed Trump rolled back attempts at healthier diet and exercise in schools. We have an obesity epidemic and any bit of that helps. I'm going to wind up subsidizing the health problems of kids who aren't learning healthy lifestyles.
I myself think a lot of issues could be resolved with year round school. The days of agrarian needs dictating summers off so Jimmy can work on the farm are long gone.
Going to year round school would allow us to use that extra time for things like dietary classes , more PE, financial classes teaching kids to better shepard their resources, that sort of thing. By and large of course teachers do not support this because what's good for the students isn't their number one priority.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:19 pm to weagle99
Revise dietary guidelines and offer guidance on different lifestyles. Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day for a farmer, but it is significantly less important (and quite possibly unnecessary) for an office worker to get a full and hearty breakfast.
Also, we should stop treating all fruits and vegetables as identical foods that serve the exact same dietary functions - they don't. For instance, bananas, asparagus, and potatoes all serve different nutritional roles.
I also feel like we screamed advocating for a low fat diet from the rooftops in the '80s and '90s, and we're only whispering now that healthy fats are good, and maybe the unhealthy fats weren't as bad as we thought. It's still amazing how many supermarket products are still primarily marketed as "low-fat". Twizzlers (loaded with sugar) marketed themselves as a "low fat snack".
Also, we should stop treating all fruits and vegetables as identical foods that serve the exact same dietary functions - they don't. For instance, bananas, asparagus, and potatoes all serve different nutritional roles.
I also feel like we screamed advocating for a low fat diet from the rooftops in the '80s and '90s, and we're only whispering now that healthy fats are good, and maybe the unhealthy fats weren't as bad as we thought. It's still amazing how many supermarket products are still primarily marketed as "low-fat". Twizzlers (loaded with sugar) marketed themselves as a "low fat snack".
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:21 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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I mean I suppose if you just sit in front of an xbox all day long feeding your face as you play Fallout , you might get fat, but that's hardly the fault of the video game.
Kids need more play time outdoors, even at school.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:22 pm to weagle99
use an actual chart from 2018
they use the BMI, to classify more people as over weight and put you on medicine. think it's a co-inky dinky that the biggest Medical talks on obesity are sponsored by big pharma.
c'mon
they use the BMI, to classify more people as over weight and put you on medicine. think it's a co-inky dinky that the biggest Medical talks on obesity are sponsored by big pharma.
c'mon
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:23 pm to BRIllini07
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. Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day for a farmer, but it is significantly less important (and quite possibly unnecessary) for an office worker to get a full and hearty breakfast.
This is untrue. A healthy breakfast is important to overall health because it helps get the entire day off to a good place. For example, if you don't have a good breakfast, you are more likely to snack through the morning, and or overeat at lunch.
It's not about whether you need the calories of a breakfast for your lifestyle.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:26 pm to weagle99
Considering that obese is someone that's 10 lbs overweight that will mean a lot of the population dying.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:27 pm to weagle99
1) provide cheaply prepared healthy meals instead of food stamps for those receiving government benefits.
2) allow health insurers to require a physical and price accordingly for avoidable health issues (yes, I know this part would open a can of worms).
3)provide tax incentives for restaurants that don't offer fatty options.
2) allow health insurers to require a physical and price accordingly for avoidable health issues (yes, I know this part would open a can of worms).
3)provide tax incentives for restaurants that don't offer fatty options.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:27 pm to weagle99
Tell fattys to stop eating out.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:27 pm to StringedInstruments
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It is astounding and more so that most people have no clue. I’m 15 pounds overweight with jiggly love handles and my family speaks to me like I’m a starving Ethiopian.
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StringedInstruments
Alabama native, checks out.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:28 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Kids need more play time outdoors, even at school.
True enough, but the video game hasn't made anyone fat.
Posted on 9/13/18 at 12:34 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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This is untrue. A healthy breakfast is important to overall health because it helps get the entire day off to a good place. For example, if you don't have a good breakfast, you are more likely to snack through the morning, and or overeat at lunch.
It's not about whether you need the calories of a breakfast for your lifestyle.
There's so much wrong with this I don't even know where to start. Breakfast is completely unnecessary in every sense. Hormones, calories, everything.
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