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There needs to be a big movement towards physical fitness in the US. Get people doing calisthenics at home (almost everyone can do incline pushups as a start),

There needs to be a big movement towards physical fitness in the US. Get people doing calisthenics at home (almost everyone can do incline pushups as a start), going to the gym, using indoor bikes, eating less, whatever it takes. Improving the health system won't fix everything.

scaredginger 4y ago
...or we could find a real solution
- FartyMcFarter 4y ago
  Living a healthier lifestyle in order to rely less on the healthcare system should absolutely be part of a "real solution". Both for cost reasons as well as the fact that some problems caused by obesity simply can't be fixed. It also has other benefits like improving general quality of life.
mcv 4y ago
Why indoor bikes? Why not outdoor bikes? That will solve even more problems. > Improving the health system won't fix everything. Of course there's no silver bullet that will fix everything, but it's silly to think you can fix the outrageous costs of the healthcare system without fixing the healthcare system.
- FartyMcFarter 4y ago
  > Why indoor bikes? Lower barrier to entry. A lot of cities have no good infrastructure for outdoor biking. I agree that the healthcare system needs fixing as well, in addition to making the country healthier by lifestyle.
docdeek 4y ago
"But the harsh fact of the matter is that there is also an increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies—whose physical fitness is not what it should be—who are getting soft. And such softness on the part of individual citizens can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation. For the physical vigor of our citizens is one of America’s most precious resources. If we waste and neglect this resource, if we allow it to dwindle and grow soft then we will destroy much of our ability to meet the great and vital challenges which confront our people. We will be unable to realize our full potential as a nation." - President-elect John F. Kennedy, Dec 26. 1960 https://tomnikkola.com/soft-american/ https://tomnikkola.com/soft-american/

scaredginger 4y ago

...or we could find a real solution

FartyMcFarter 4y ago
Living a healthier lifestyle in order to rely less on the healthcare system should absolutely be part of a "real solution". Both for cost reasons as well as the fact that some problems caused by obesity simply can't be fixed. It also has other benefits like improving general quality of life.

mcv 4y ago

Why indoor bikes? Why not outdoor bikes? That will solve even more problems. > Improving the health system won't fix everything. Of course there's no silver bullet that will fix everything, but it's silly to think you can fix the outrageous costs of the healthcare system without fixing the healthcare system.

FartyMcFarter 4y ago
> Why indoor bikes? Lower barrier to entry. A lot of cities have no good infrastructure for outdoor biking. I agree that the healthcare system needs fixing as well, in addition to making the country healthier by lifestyle.

docdeek 4y ago

"But the harsh fact of the matter is that there is also an increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies—whose physical fitness is not what it should be—who are getting soft. And such softness on the part of individual citizens can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation. For the physical vigor of our citizens is one of America’s most precious resources. If we waste and neglect this resource, if we allow it to dwindle and grow soft then we will destroy much of our ability to meet the great and vital challenges which confront our people. We will be unable to realize our full potential as a nation." - President-elect John F. Kennedy, Dec 26. 1960 https://tomnikkola.com/soft-american/ https://tomnikkola.com/soft-american/