The internet is annoying tonight. I'll provide you with some links to demonstrate.
When I logged on, this came up on my homepage:
And so on and so on: Obesity 'socially contagious,' study finds A landmark study has found that whether those closest to you are overweight or slender can significantly influence your own body shape and that of others
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This isn't to ignore the fact that a lot of people, obese and overweight especially, should be working out more and eating healthier. But what's the cause of the problem? Several things:
*The US is the only industrialized nation that spends <10% of it's net income on food, because of our ridiculous supply levels. This is in large part because of the ag revolution of the past 20 something years that continues to this day. Technology has exponentially increased our supply of wheat, corn, soybeans, that sort of thing (including the meat products we get from our overabundance of said products), faster than it has evolved for produce ( ... )
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The U.S.-specific information is interesting, because I didn't know it.
I'm not sure I understood your point about Medicare vs. private insurance companies, though. What's the significance of the differing overhead costs? *feeling sorta dim* I barely have an idea what Medicare is, to be honest, but it's government-provided health care? Is that federal, or state-to-state?
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I had enough presence of mind to save what I was writing, so here we go.
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Actually, I am far less inclined to believe these days that weight is much of a health risk at all.
A few months back, Scientific American Reports did a big story on the claims of books like The Obesity Myth. (Have you heard of/read that one?) Their conclusion: said claims are more truthful than they are out to lunch. Assuming I'm remembering this all correctly enough (I hope I am ( ... )
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Even with all that in mind, the diet industry for the most part isn't a solution, because it's mostly fueled by quick fixes and yo-yo dieting. The real solution involves addressing the social issues I mentioned, but that won't happen until politicians acknowledge the connections.
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a waist-to-hip ratio greater than 80% is considered unhealthyI think that's something which needs to be placed in context, like the BMI. (Which too often isn't.) I just wouldn't want to see that misused the way the BMI has been. (For example, my mother has a friend whose husband is a weightlifter. He's 250lbs of rock-hard muscle, but he can't get life insurance because his BMI is too high. Insurance agents who've never clapped eyes on him are convinced he's "obese ( ... )
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34 inch ass... FUCK YOU... my 40 inch ghetto booty makes me healthier apparently
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