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I don't see many overweight people around where I live. I do know a lot of people who go to the gym or ride bicycles though.
Probably depends upon what part of the country you live in.
I do keep reading that people actually drink soda with their meals. Not tea of coffee or even water but soda. How much sugar is in that! Even diet soda is pretty bad for you and we don't really know what kind of junk they add to any kind of soda.
I also keep reading about new junk food places opening up. With soda and junk food, that's not a healthy trend. Some people can't help being fat--they have something genetically wrong with them or they're on some medicine. But the rest of the population doesn't seem to be trending toward eating normally, cooking at home, and so on.
True but I also see the promotion of more organic foods more than ever and people being more open to it.
Oh yeah, the south is TERRIBLE when it comes to obesity. Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana (to a less extent than the aforementioned) have a terrible obesity problems. I felt like a skinny twig compared to the people I came across.
You contradicted yourself...do you think things are turning around or not?
First of all, everything on social media is a kind of advertising for the self. And the idea that they’re all profiting in some way from something you liked enough to do for free is especially upsetting.
With such headliners all over the net, I don't believe fitness influencers are doing any good except filling their own pockets:
Until people buckle-down and get serious about eating a healthy, calorie-appropriate diet, I do not see
much in the way of an epic-shift away from fatness in the US.
Unless you are one of the few who can keep-up a schedule that burns LOTS of extra calories
via exercise, working-out does little to nothing to offset weight-gain from overeating/binge-eating.
It is important to note that the impact of obesity on society is not limited to the United States. According to Statistics Canada, two out of every three adults in Canada are overweight or obese.
Just a thought - Did the cessation of smoking contribute to the epidemic? So easy to replace a cigarette with a forkful of food.
It is important to note that the impact of obesity on society is not limited to the United States. According to Statistics Canada, two out of every three adults in Canada are overweight or obese.
Just a thought - Did the cessation of smoking contribute to the epidemic? So easy to replace a cigarette with a forkful of food.
Maybe a little bit. But scientists say that our huge spike in obesity began with the creation of "hyper-palatable" processed food. And interestingly enough, tobacco companies were behind some of the food companies that created these foods!
"Bet you can't eat just one." And we can't! so we overeat because we're tricked into needing more and more of them. High calories/low nutrition.
An example might be you might be satisfied with one baked potato but not with a few potato chips.
Stick with whole foods and avoid--(like the plague) the junk food aisles when you shop!
Right on. I agree completely. It amazes me when I walk into a grocery store and 95% of the food in there is unhealthy. I've felt that way for decades.
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