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Actually, it is, as it tends to be intergenerational[1]. Parents that don't care about their health will raise kids that don't care about their health. [1] htt
by dvt 5y ago
Actually, it is, as it tends to be intergenerational[1]. Parents that don't care about their health will raise kids that don't care about their health.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5305001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5305001/
- coolso 5y agoFurthermore, even outside of an immediate family, the more overweight people are, the more socially acceptable it becomes, resulting in more obesity. There’s also the massive costs to our healthcare system and insurance premiums.
- threeseed 5y agoAnd yet obesity whilst being a problem for decades has not caused an epidemic of obese people. Why is that ? Because obesity is not contagious and most people don't make decisions about what they eat and their activity levels based on choices other people make.
- dvt 5y ago> And yet obesity whilst being a problem for decades has not caused an epidemic of obese people. Really? Over 40% of US adults being obese[1] is not an epidemic? [1] https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
- threeseed 5y agoI know this may come as a shock but the world is bigger than the US. COVID strikes people of all backgrounds not just those from wealthy countries who can afford to eat well.
- hazza_n_dazza 5y agoobese people suffer worse outcomes from covid
- Scharkenberg 5y agoThat's not what contagious means.
- dvt 5y agoWrong: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124998/ (also see footnote 1).
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