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Why is the advice "Try to maintain a healthy weight?" Just maintain it. Sure, some people are genetically predisposed to obesity, but we should stop coddling th

Why is the advice "Try to maintain a healthy weight?" Just maintain it. Sure, some people are genetically predisposed to obesity, but we should stop coddling the rest. Obesity puts you at 300% risk for cancer and several other lethal diseases. A great place to start is by not spending money on drinks that contain sugar and carbs - drink water. The recipe for healthy weight is 85% diet (less carbs) and 15% exercise (elevated heart rate). Check out the books: Cancer Code, Obesity Code, Diabetes Code

Ekaros 2y ago
Also stop being poor. Just earn more and spend less. Then spend the money you earned and saved to improve living conditions so you have less risks. It is very simple and no one should have any trouble with it. /s
- Kalanos 2y ago
  woah woah woah. can you please phrase that as "try to earn more and try to spend less" we don't want to offend anyone here
ajross 2y ago
Your point is what, that behavioral disorders aren't disorders? Do you give the same advice to addiction patients or anxiety or OCD sufferers? Some people have an easier time controlling some behaviors that some other people, and that fact is important where it intersects with health and worthy of consideration as a "medical" condition worthy of treatment, and not knee-jerk judgement on HN. Surely you personally are a skinny guy whose never had trouble with weight. Equally surely there's some behavioral quirk you have that you'd like to change but have struggled with. So... maybe hold off on the "just do it" framing?
- Kalanos 2y ago
  Notice that everything else is phrased as "Don't smoke." It's tiptoeing around obesity
infecto 2y ago
Why do you think anyone is coddling when saying "Try to maintain a healthy weight". Its also not about carbs but calories.
- Kalanos 2y ago
  Everything else is phrased affirmatively, but it tiptoes around obesity with "try" Not all calories are created equal: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/carbs-calories-weight-loss/#:~:text=Nutrition%20expert%20David%20Ludwig%20of,maintain%20long%2Dterm%20weight%20loss https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/carbs-cal....
  - infecto 2y ago
    That is just noise for undisciplined people. If you track calories you will not be overweight.
LordKeren 2y ago
“The solution to this problem is just don’t have this problem”
- Kalanos 2y ago
  Be an adult, take care of yourself.
542354234235 2y ago
Depressed? Just stop being sad. >but we should stop coddling the rest While it is comforting to fall back on reductive and overly simplistic answers that simply blame the individual for not having the willpower to "just maintain" a healthy weight, the reality is a bit more complicated. The intersection of education, food availability, economics, genetics, mental health, etc. all play a factor.
- Kalanos 2y ago
  Notice that everything else is phrased as "Don't smoke." It's tiptoeing around obesity
  - 542354234235 2y ago
    Smoking cigarettes is distinct act you can choose not to engage in at all. Obesity is a result of how much food you eat, the types of food, how active you are, etc. and each of those are influenced by many factors like eating habits learned growing up, local economics, how able bodied or disabled you are, etc. Smoking isn’t an outcome of a variety of actions, obesity is. Saying “motorcycles are dangerous, don’t ride motorcycles” is very different than saying “don’t drive dangerously”. You can simply choose not to buy or ride a motorcycle to reduce your risk of injury. But “not driving dangerously” is not so simple. Do you need glasses and don’t realize it? Did you learn bad driving habits? Are there too many distractions in your car? It isn’t a simple answer. It is the same with obesity. It isn’t tiptoeing around it.

Ekaros 2y ago

Also stop being poor. Just earn more and spend less. Then spend the money you earned and saved to improve living conditions so you have less risks. It is very simple and no one should have any trouble with it. /s

Kalanos 2y ago
woah woah woah. can you please phrase that as "try to earn more and try to spend less" we don't want to offend anyone here

ajross 2y ago

Your point is what, that behavioral disorders aren't disorders? Do you give the same advice to addiction patients or anxiety or OCD sufferers? Some people have an easier time controlling some behaviors that some other people, and that fact is important where it intersects with health and worthy of consideration as a "medical" condition worthy of treatment, and not knee-jerk judgement on HN. Surely you personally are a skinny guy whose never had trouble with weight. Equally surely there's some behavioral quirk you have that you'd like to change but have struggled with. So... maybe hold off on the "just do it" framing?

Kalanos 2y ago
Notice that everything else is phrased as "Don't smoke." It's tiptoeing around obesity

infecto 2y ago

Why do you think anyone is coddling when saying "Try to maintain a healthy weight". Its also not about carbs but calories.

Kalanos 2y ago
Everything else is phrased affirmatively, but it tiptoes around obesity with "try" Not all calories are created equal: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/carbs-calories-weight-loss/#:~:text=Nutrition%20expert%20David%20Ludwig%20of,maintain%20long%2Dterm%20weight%20loss https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/carbs-cal....
- infecto 2y ago
  That is just noise for undisciplined people. If you track calories you will not be overweight.

LordKeren 2y ago

“The solution to this problem is just don’t have this problem”

Kalanos 2y ago
Be an adult, take care of yourself.

542354234235 2y ago

Depressed? Just stop being sad. >but we should stop coddling the rest While it is comforting to fall back on reductive and overly simplistic answers that simply blame the individual for not having the willpower to "just maintain" a healthy weight, the reality is a bit more complicated. The intersection of education, food availability, economics, genetics, mental health, etc. all play a factor.

Kalanos 2y ago
Notice that everything else is phrased as "Don't smoke." It's tiptoeing around obesity
- 542354234235 2y ago
  Smoking cigarettes is distinct act you can choose not to engage in at all. Obesity is a result of how much food you eat, the types of food, how active you are, etc. and each of those are influenced by many factors like eating habits learned growing up, local economics, how able bodied or disabled you are, etc. Smoking isn’t an outcome of a variety of actions, obesity is. Saying “motorcycles are dangerous, don’t ride motorcycles” is very different than saying “don’t drive dangerously”. You can simply choose not to buy or ride a motorcycle to reduce your risk of injury. But “not driving dangerously” is not so simple. Do you need glasses and don’t realize it? Did you learn bad driving habits? Are there too many distractions in your car? It isn’t a simple answer. It is the same with obesity. It isn’t tiptoeing around it.