Posted on 03/08/2017 8:04:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
"There's increasing evidence that adults with overweight may live as long as and sometimes even longer than normal-weight adults, making many question whether you have to take it seriously," Zhang added.
Even in clinical practice, Zhang explained, treatment for overweight is typically considered only if patients exhibit two or more additional risk factors, like hypertension or high cholesterol.
Another possible cause for the lax perception of body weight is the increased social acceptability. With obesity becoming the norm, many feel less pressure to lose weight, Zhang noted.
One theory is that body acceptance trends on social media may have been wrongfully interpreted by a large number of people, who found a sense of comfort in their body image and chose the easy path toward better self-esteem.
While body acceptance advocates do promote body positivity, they do not however promote obesity and an unhealthy lifestyle. In fact, the idea is that embracing who you are should be the cornerstone of a personal improvement plan, by applying a positive attitude toward your body to get better results.
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Don’t call me a fat sh1t you g-d hater! /s
My mother tried everything. Richard Simmons diets, Weight Watchers, Starch Stoppers, you name it. Never lost any weight. She’s over 300 pounds at 5’2” and she’s 89. Dieting would kill her.
Unbelievable
Answer me this:
1. How many adults 60 to 65 years of age do you know who are over 300lbs?
2. How many adults over 70 do you know who are over 250lbs?
3. How many adults over 80 do you know who are over 200 lbs?
4. How many people over the age of 50 who are over 350 lbs do you know?
In short, to say fat people live as long as thin or normal weight people is a lie.
They’re just another victim group now. Victim status is good. “Fat shaming” is bad.
And they’re surprised that dieting and weight loss has fallen out of fashion?
Maybe because more and more research, coupled with the personal experience of everyone who’s ever had a weight problem, is showing that Diets Don’t Work. People get slim, feel good, drop the diet, gain the weight back and then some. I don’t think science has given us any particularly effective methods of controlling weight.
The answer remains less calories and more exercise, but diet plans apparently do not provide an effective means of long term change.
Come on you know what this is, it’s afrocentrism..#
it’s urban hip hop BS.
it’s the whole stupid thicc movement, curvy, whateverz.
Its ridiculous
“I am woman,hear me roar.In numbers too big to ignore.”
I like burgers. It seems to be missing a bunch of buns. :)
Ths is just about the retaurant trying to be cheap and save the buns. :)
They have a different conception of beauty, in the african american commurnity.
Not necessarily fewer calories, but certainly better, more well thought out calories. We tend to have a problem with processed carbs in this country. Cut back on that, move those calories over to animal proteins and fat, exercise regularly (preferably weight training), and that fat will recomp into muscle fairly quickly. It's all about consistency, that's why "diets" fail. It's seen as a thing to do for a short time and then you can dump it and go back to what you were doing.
That approach is guaranteed to fail, but people don't like to change even when their current habits are killing them quickly.
“How many adults over 80 do you know who are over 200 lbs?”
Me. I also have about 10% body fat, however.
Of course, I’ve weight lifted and boxed (now gym only) my entire life.
And my mom is alive and well at 105. Just lost her DL this year. Quite a blow.
We have this bizarre situation that has never happened before in history where the poorest are the most likely to be obese. Super cheap fattening foods, less physical labor, more non-physical entertainment options, public social assistance all contribute, and now maybe more acceptance of the obese. It’s one of the reasons I doubt that there will ever be any sort of sustained civil unrest in the near future.
Freegards
I shed 60 lbs two years ago and have kept it off. But you are right. It takes a permanent change it eating.
I pretty much removed all high carb staples from my house and learned to cook and eat vegetables. No grains, potatoes or rice based foods are allowed in the house.
Husband mewed a bit a first, but as my cooking skills improved with practice and I experimented with new flavors, he has discovered stuff he likes.
Of course you’re going after extreme examples that are NOT what the studies are talking about. Most of the studies are in the 20lb “extra” zone, which really means they’re showing the BMI is full of crap. Of course another part of the problem is that people who fight their weight a lot crash diet a lot, and that is extremely unhealthy, eat too little and your body starts digesting itself which takes years off. The real test of fitness isn’t weight, it’s basic functionality. If you can’t walk a mile without being winded and exhausted you’ve got problems thin or fat. Can you pick up a gallon jug and pour a glass? That’s a big problem for older folks and great reason to keep some level of weight training in your life.
Huh?
Maybe it is because people are sick and tired of the Marie Osmand commercial.
Government paid-for health care and insurance for everything is a factor. It used to that if people got fat, didn't eat nutritionally, took dangerous drugs etc., they knew they were accountable and their bad habits could kill them. Now, there's an over-priced drug for everything. The result is that too many people aren't holding themselves accountable for their health.
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