re: The obesity epidemic

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Mingo warned everyone, but no one listened

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Mingo wasn’t the lone/first voice in the wilderness on this.

Don’t give that jackass credit for shite.

Weight is a number. Don’t focus on it and it will improve if you eat right, take vitamins, and stretch/exercise.
The bottom line is just to eat less food. It’s that simple.

We need to add amphetamines to the water supply. Get these lard asses moving

The rise does correlate directly with rise in HFCS instead of cane/beet sugar used in a whole host of consumer products.

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I think my biggest objection to the obesity “epidemic” is how little scenery there is at American beaches these days. It’s awful.

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It's not just that. You now have morbidly obese people wearing clothes (or lack thereof) at the beach that should only be worn by the fittest of us all. I'm talking 230lb+ women in thongs and string bikinis.

A few years back I was only a family vacation at the beach with my kids. There was a girl in her 20's in front of us on the beach who easily weighed 250lbs (at least) in a string bikini with a thong bottom. My daughter (then 7) had never seen a thong bikini. She started giggling and asked my wife where was the rest of that lady's swimsuit?" Before my wife could answer I blurted out "Maybe her butt ate it?" My wife was furious I would say that in front of my daughter. My response was my daughter needs to know there should be some degree of "shame" associated with morbid obesity...and it had NOTHING to do with superficial beauty. It had everything to do with simply just a healthy lifestyle.

Just because "glorifying" an anorexic body type for females is harmful doesn't mean it is "good" to glorify a morbidly obese body type. BOTH can be bad.

I started putting on some weight as I've gotten a little older. I've since lost most of it in the past 6 months. You have to eat less as you age or increase your physical activity.

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As we age, our metabolism slows and the rate at which we break down food decreases by 10 percent each decade after age 20.

Metabolism is the amount of energy (calories) your body uses to maintain itself. The number of calories your body burns when it’s at rest is determined by your basal metabolic rate (BMR) as well as how much you exercise and your muscle-to-fat ratio.

“By the time we’re 50, there’s a 30 percent drop,” says Karen Andry, a licensed and registered dietitian and bariatric coordinator at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.

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As we age, our metabolism slows and the rate at which we break down food decreases by 10 percent each decade after age 20.

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This is not accurate. Our metabolism does slow a little but, but the actual studies show that weight gain is caused by people eating more and moving less as they age, not their near dropping.

I’m not defending anyone being overweight but men and women lose weight at different rates and places. I know y’all like to fat shame women, but maybe realize most gain 30 pounds per pregnancy and losing it takes hard work and discipline.

Women’s hormones and bodies are built to store fat for pregnancy, and beyond. As we get older those hormones make it much more challenging to lose weight. I was a size zero for 30 years now I’m a 4. I exercise daily and eat healthy, but it’s tougher as you age.

Next time you see an obese person, look for their soda or energy drink.

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Mingo wasn’t the lone/first voice in the wilderness on this.

Don’t give that jackass credit for shite.

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The obesity epidemic has been know for a long time. It's just the 800lb gorilla in the room no one and I mean no one wants to talk about.