The army is having a difficult time recruiting due to too many fatties. https://youtu.be/_a_lzYcbW6I?si=dTPgaXrVBLoM4pAS
--Michael D. Clarke
This inflation and coming global depression should help
shareMore walkable cities and third spaces to hang out at. They don't exist in the southeastern United States. Military requirements used to not be as strict; new recruits used to be able to climb ropes and tie all different kinds of knots with them before any kind of training. Practical skills have been neglected, too. Lowering the age for unskilled, manual labor in the workforce is not the solution, though.
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Ultimately it comes down to better education and for doctors and the health industry along with major food corporations to stop producing and promoting bad foods and habits. We've known for a long time that sugars, sweeteners, and complex carbs are bad for you. However, the health industry says just eat wheat based products instead of flour, nonfat products (which is another marketing deception by the industry - pointing all the blame on fat when we should be reducing carbs and processed food), and just look for those foods that say zero sugar which are full of, just as bad, sweeteners. These are all things you have to dig to find when it should be taught in schools. Obesity in the US is a major problem. The produce section of the grocery store is probably at most a 1/4 of the store yet look at the aisles and aisles of wheat/flour and sugar filled products.
So personal responsibility, but also better education and correct healthy promotion is the solution. Once people stop buying these, essentially poison filled products, the food companies will fall in line, but they have such a stranglehold on the marketing and are in bed with the health industry it's very hard to overcome.
Agreed. Added sugar is the main culprit.
--Michael D. Clarke
It's not just sugar, but modified wheat that our bodies cannot process. The wheat that was ate even a hundred years ago is vastly different than it is today. Two pieces of white or whole wheat bread cause a higher insulin spike (fat storing hormone) than ice cream, yet the US pyramid of health says that 40% of what you should eat should be grains. That 40% should be non-starchy vegetables.
shareLol the food pyramid. That takes me back to the 90s in elementary school. Do they still do that nonsense? 🤣
Another big problem is people eating more than they can burn.
--Michael D. Clarke
It's still up in my dentist's and doctor's office - ridiculous.
Yes, that is quite true as well. Portion size at restaurants are large which I am fine with, hey you're going out to eat and paying quite a bit, no problem with it filling you up and it should taste great. But, portion sizes at home or your packed lunch at work, where you should do the vast majority of your eating, should be much smaller. Don't need to eat until your overly stuffed every time.
Better regulation of ingredients. There's no need for all the food colouring, sugar and preservatives in alot of food. Then there's all the hormone packed meat - that's not a thing anywhere else. No care for animals or those that eat them. Also, bread should be savoury, not sweet 😕
shareChange the definition of "obesity", so to eliminate the link to crisis.
sharemake every overweight person carry around 100 pounds of guns and ammunition everywhere they go.
shareWhen I visited the States in the summer, it was shocking to see the size of some people.
It was sad to see someone in their 20s so huge that they could only move around on one of those buggie carts.
The food is way too processed, too much sugar, too much salt.
The free refills in the restaurants is pretty much a curse. They don't even ask you if you want a refill, they just take your glass and bring you a new one.
In the end, to lose weight, it's down to the discipline of each individual. You need to make the choice yourself, and be prepared for the fact that you have to eat less, eat less tasty things, and avoid all snacks and sugar.
Exercise, in my opinion, should be done more with the focus of getting healthier rather than to lose weight (but it does help).
Apps like MyFitnessPal are great, simply because you learn about what goes in and it helps you to adjust accordingly.