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Study: Obesity Raises Risk Of Early Death By 90 Percent
The Federalist ^ | FEBRUARY 28, 2023 | Tristan Justice

Posted on 03/02/2023 7:11:55 AM PST by george76

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1 posted on 03/02/2023 7:11:55 AM PST by george76
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“According to a new paper...people who are obese or carry excess weight face a risk of death anywhere from 22 to 91 percent higher than those at a healthy weight.”

I’m not overweight, so I guess I’m not going to die?


2 posted on 03/02/2023 7:13:38 AM PST by BobL
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22-91 is a pretty big range...in fact...unless you break it down further, it’s absolutely stupid.


3 posted on 03/02/2023 7:14:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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Overpopulation is getting so bad that we’ve got experts and geniuses EVERYWHERE! More than you can shake a stick at.


4 posted on 03/02/2023 7:15:09 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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someone tell the SI supermodels.


5 posted on 03/02/2023 7:16:08 AM PST by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: george76

In my doctors office, the doctors/nurses/practitioners are forbidden from telling patients they should lose weight to solve any medical problems (i.e. high blood pressure); the rarely even weigh patients anymore as part of check-in - they have gone so woke, they don’t want to hurt anybodies feelings - even have new posters hanging in each exam room celebrating that all body types are beautiful.

Doctors just now do the bidding of the drug companies - keep ‘em just sick enough that they need a lifetime of medicine.


6 posted on 03/02/2023 7:16:59 AM PST by qwerty1234
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To: george76

The same could be said for being “a black male”.


7 posted on 03/02/2023 7:19:20 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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In my 60 some odd years I only see bone skinny old people at their end of life stages.

Now 500 pound obese 50 year old women of color riding on scooters, burning thru Food Stamp benefits on grape soda and packaged pudding cups is a whole nother matter. They kick the bucket from diabetes, kidney failure, leg circulation insufficiency, and heart failure.

8 posted on 03/02/2023 7:20:32 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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. . . or spending time in the company of black males.


9 posted on 03/02/2023 7:21:42 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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Wasn’t there a study showing that elderly folks who were a bit overweight (not obese) were generally healthier and better able to recover from illness and injury? And another found that elderly folks with low cholesterol were less able to recover and experienced higher rates of cognitive decline. (Cholesterol is not the bogeyman it’s been made out to be.)


11 posted on 03/02/2023 7:25:32 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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I knew a maintenance guy who worked at an old folks home. He told me horror stories about the bariatrics wing’s often clogged sewer pipes. The stuff of nightmares. I guess there are a lot of old folks in the land whale class, at least in the last few decades.

We live in some dystopian sci-fi story from the 30s where the poorest are the most likely to be obese and the affluent are the most likely to be fit and thin.

Freegards


12 posted on 03/02/2023 7:36:13 AM PST by Ransomed
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Stories ‘explaining’ early death are much more frequent now, partly because the MSM is trying to rationalize all the “died suddenly” deaths.


13 posted on 03/02/2023 7:41:06 AM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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That is why the elites are pushing the “fat is beautiful” stuff—they know fat people die younger—great way to help depopulate the planet.


14 posted on 03/02/2023 7:44:06 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: BobL

It’s a matter of accrual of circulatory problems....in the heart first...then in the periphery...
I have seen heart transplant patients go from shriveled, cachectic, hollow eyed, bedridden cases to robust , healthy skinned, strong, smiling post successful heart transplant specimens. It’s traumatic....i.e...they take your bad heart out....so you are basically dead if the new one sewn in doesn’t work....but the successful results are astounding....best to avoid this scenario by staying as slim as is healthy...and moderate exercise....


15 posted on 03/02/2023 7:48:53 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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That is why the elites are pushing the “fat is beautiful” stuff—they know fat people die younger—great way to help depopulate the planet.

That's an excellent point. People need to realize that the government AND medical community at large are not looking out for their best interests.

People need to be their own self-advocates and take charge of their own health.

People who accept their obesity are either shortening their lives or reducing the quality of it. There is nothing beautiful about it.

16 posted on 03/02/2023 7:50:31 AM PST by SamAdams76 (4,895,899 Truth | 87,656,930 Twitter)
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My rule is I never trust anyone who wants to “save the planet” because at the end of the day that means they want me dead—as soon as possible.


17 posted on 03/02/2023 7:56:58 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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“Existing studies have likely underestimated the mortality consequences of living in a country where cheap, unhealthy food has grown increasingly accessible, and sedentary lifestyles have become the norm,”

There, fixed it.

I doubt the type of food has much to do with it, unless the type of food contributes to the amount of calories consumed.

Even people on mostly rice diets can become obese.

I have seen some people on KETO diets, eating lots of meat and fat, who are very fit, even skinny.

18 posted on 03/02/2023 8:01:00 AM PST by marktwain
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of course testosterone is low, nearly all the girls are giant cows. Who wants to hit that


19 posted on 03/02/2023 8:05:55 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: qwerty1234

You need to find a new doctor.


20 posted on 03/02/2023 8:38:24 AM PST by Freedom4US
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