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American is the most overweight and obese nation in the world. It shouldn't be "socially acceptable" to pander to unhealthy lifestyles and telling people to ex

American is the most overweight and obese nation in the world. It shouldn't be "socially acceptable" to pander to unhealthy lifestyles and telling people to exercises shouldn't be seen as "shaming" them. If you don't tell them to get off their butt and do some form of exercises, you're basically encouraging and loving them to an early death.

Fricken 3y ago
So many problems related to physical health, mental health, social and community health, as well as environmental and economic health are exasperated by one thing: cars. Meanwhile Fewer kids are walking or biking to school than ever before, setting them up for a lifetime of sedentarism and it's consequences. The obesity rate will continue it's steady march upwards and to the right.
- lotsoweiners 3y ago
  I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “you can’t outrun a bad diet”. Nutrition is much more important than exercise/physical activity overall but of course a good balance of both is ideal.
  - Fricken 3y ago
    You're bound by popular myths entertained by people who struggle, and they struggle because they're bound by popular myths. I can outrun a bad diet just fine. Possibly you were trying to outdrive a bad diet. Our diets haven't gotten meaningfully worse in the past quarter century. per capita sugar consumption peaked in the mid 90s, but obesity rates have continued to rise, steadily.
edmundsauto 3y ago
> If you don't tell them to get off their butt and do some form of exercises, you're basically encouraging and loving them to an early death. Ah, yes, the approach that ignores any of the psychological root causes of diseases that are clearly partially psychological. It also happens that telling people things in an empathy less way can backfire. The solution to obesity is not as simple as your experience makes you think - or it would already be a solved problem.
- thrownaway561 3y ago
  yay... i really don't care about your feelings. you're obese... lose weight or suffer the consequences. No one cares about your circumstances and issues, everyone has their own that they have to overcome and if they can do it, you can do it.
Zigurd 3y ago
The way to fix it is better public policy about food, pricing, roads, active travel (make biking and walking more useful for work and shopping), etc. Making a shitty environment so more big box stores and casual dining chains can open and then berating fat people is as cruel as it looks.

Fricken 3y ago

So many problems related to physical health, mental health, social and community health, as well as environmental and economic health are exasperated by one thing: cars. Meanwhile Fewer kids are walking or biking to school than ever before, setting them up for a lifetime of sedentarism and it's consequences. The obesity rate will continue it's steady march upwards and to the right.

lotsoweiners 3y ago
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “you can’t outrun a bad diet”. Nutrition is much more important than exercise/physical activity overall but of course a good balance of both is ideal.
- Fricken 3y ago
  You're bound by popular myths entertained by people who struggle, and they struggle because they're bound by popular myths. I can outrun a bad diet just fine. Possibly you were trying to outdrive a bad diet. Our diets haven't gotten meaningfully worse in the past quarter century. per capita sugar consumption peaked in the mid 90s, but obesity rates have continued to rise, steadily.

edmundsauto 3y ago

> If you don't tell them to get off their butt and do some form of exercises, you're basically encouraging and loving them to an early death. Ah, yes, the approach that ignores any of the psychological root causes of diseases that are clearly partially psychological. It also happens that telling people things in an empathy less way can backfire. The solution to obesity is not as simple as your experience makes you think - or it would already be a solved problem.

thrownaway561 3y ago
yay... i really don't care about your feelings. you're obese... lose weight or suffer the consequences. No one cares about your circumstances and issues, everyone has their own that they have to overcome and if they can do it, you can do it.

Zigurd 3y ago

The way to fix it is better public policy about food, pricing, roads, active travel (make biking and walking more useful for work and shopping), etc. Making a shitty environment so more big box stores and casual dining chains can open and then berating fat people is as cruel as it looks.