Posted on 10/15/2017 1:29:45 AM PDT by markomalley
No different from the way opiate addiction has proven to be so profitable.
If a family is serious about healthy weight they need a hard intervention. Strict adherence to attendance and education in a group like Weight Watchers, a complete disconnect from almost all processed foods, massive increase in healthy home cooking skills, a diet as your wife suggests with fresh, whole vegetables from a good farm market, or grow your own.
Such a life changing course is impossible for most. Everything Americans think they know about food and its role in life is basically wrong.
We will continue to get fatter. There is no will for a change by any sector of society.
You can remove all junk food from the food stamp program, make sure it only goes to legal citizens. Better jobs means fewer people on food stamps.
And it is not just the food stamp crowd. Eldest son’s had his son on a Pediatrician requested restricted diet, his school was sabotaging it, they used swipe cards, and grandson would order extra food, then at the end of the month the bill was sent to the parents. When it came in, son blew a gasket, confronted the school, got the ‘we can’t do any thing about it’ routine. Son said ‘I can’ Cut UP the Swipe card and said, I won’t pay for any more food. And packed his son’s rationed healthy lunch from then on including a 0 caloric drink. As a type 2 Diabetic he knew how to feed his son less fat producing calories. He lost the weight the school allowed him to pack on, took months to do it.
Read a while back that they were going to change the weight requirements for those who were mostly muscle (not blubber) because muscle weighs more. Haven’t heard of any changes in that regard.
The military is threatened with a lot more internal rot than being overweight.
Dont see at all how that answers my comment but ok :)
The fifties and early sixties were even better. We roamed the neighborhood on our bikes, jumped off diving boards, climbed through jungle gyms, slid down metal slides, and played on teeter totters. Can't do those things anymore.
What stoner states have fat people who knew.
Momma was a depression era farmers daughter, with 14 siblings. She grew up cooking farm style and always from scratch. Well done meat, well done vegetables, spuds, and thick gravy. We grew up eating a lot of that good ‘ol farm style meals,but there were some raw veggies, gelatin salads etc... we 3 kids were skinny. I guess we played harder.
“Pork Chop Platoon”
Fat Body Platoon
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