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It's strange. Obesity is our biggest preventable health problem, and it gets almost no attention in the media or by public officials. We heard endlessly from he

by kiba 5y ago

It's strange. Obesity is our biggest preventable health problem, and it gets almost no attention in the media or by public officials. We heard endlessly from health officials and news media personalities to wash our hands, stay indoors, wear a mask, get vaccinated, but nothing about eating healthier, eating less, exercising more? Because it's been going on in the background so long, that it became part of the background. Also, it's not like it's not noticed by public officials. You hear all the time in recommendations and guidelines we should lose weight and get more exercise. That said, I would also note that current public health policy is basically a failure in that we largely failed to move the needle regarding the obesity pandemic or getting the recommended exercise dose.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> recommendations and guidelines we should lose weight and get more exercise We also don't understand it, not well at least. You can't go to Walgreens, get a shot and be cured of obesity.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  What part of obesity is not well understood? Societies with easy access to calories and sugar/carbs/sat fats and reduction in movement and increase in sitting have more obesity, right?
  - kiba 5y ago
    Societies with easy access to calories and sugar/carbs/sat fats and reduction in movement and increase in sitting have more obesity, right? I am doubtful that easy access to calories means more obesity. The Japanese is a wealthy society and is less obese than the American, for example. Also, societies that move more doesn't necessary have an increase in TDEE as society that move less. Your basal metabolism adjusts and accounts for physical activities. you would probably need to go to extreme to adjust your TDEE upward.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      I’m sure there are cultural and genetic components also, but you can simply compare parents and their children over the past few decades in countries with obesity problems to control for some of that.
  - mensetmanusman 5y ago
    It would be a great experiment to ramp up sugar taxes on certain parts of the country and see weight change over the decades.

by kiba 5y ago

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> recommendations and guidelines we should lose weight and get more exercise We also don't understand it, not well at least. You can't go to Walgreens, get a shot and be cured of obesity.

lotsofpulp 5y ago
What part of obesity is not well understood? Societies with easy access to calories and sugar/carbs/sat fats and reduction in movement and increase in sitting have more obesity, right?
- kiba 5y ago
  Societies with easy access to calories and sugar/carbs/sat fats and reduction in movement and increase in sitting have more obesity, right? I am doubtful that easy access to calories means more obesity. The Japanese is a wealthy society and is less obese than the American, for example. Also, societies that move more doesn't necessary have an increase in TDEE as society that move less. Your basal metabolism adjusts and accounts for physical activities. you would probably need to go to extreme to adjust your TDEE upward.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    I’m sure there are cultural and genetic components also, but you can simply compare parents and their children over the past few decades in countries with obesity problems to control for some of that.
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  It would be a great experiment to ramp up sugar taxes on certain parts of the country and see weight change over the decades.