Obesity

[Uther]

Not that I'm a huge fan of BMI as a measure, this is quite shocking, especially the numbers of children...

Number of obese people worldwide surpasses one billion

The study, carried out by a network of scientists from around the world, found around 16.8 million people in the UK are obese.

news.sky.com

 

[VincentHanna]

I was more shocked where Japan was in the underweight category to be honest.

 

[engee]

I'm not at all surprised to be honest.
Just walking down a high street, when you actually make a conscious effort to look you'll see more overweight people than not.

 

[Uther]

I was more shocked where Japan was in the underweight category to be honest.

Underweight or 'just normal?...'

I'm not at all surprised to be honest.
Just walking down a high street, when you actually make a conscious effort to look you'll see more overweight people than not.

That's true. Overweight seems to be just normal now, and it doesn't even need to be a conscious effort to see it. It's the 'thin' people that stand more to me.

 

[VincentHanna]

Underweight or 'just normal?...'

Underweight:

I recently watched a program on Channel 4 called 'Around the World in 80 weighs':

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/around-the-world-in-80-weighs

On Episode 2 they showed Tonga, and in particular a young girl who had both legs amputated because of her diabetes, and she still hadn't changed her ways. I can't understand people who won't lose weight after getting a health scare.

(It wasn't helped that Tongans are quite poor and can't afford to go to the doctors and hospitals - She could have easily saved both legs by getting infections sorted)

 

[Wing-Man]

not shocked, everywhere you look now days you see a belly.

 

[robj20]

Doesn't surprise me.
It's so normalised, it really doesn't help anyone other than people's feelings.

 

[Quartz]

Yes, I am a fat 127 kg lardbutt. Too much food and too little exercise.

 

[Wing-Man]

Yes, I am a fat 127 kg lardbutt. Too much food and too little exercise.

ive been around 200lb most of my life, im now 240lb.
i do go to the gym and always have for looks but now i just lift heavy and eat cake

 

[Uther]

Underweight:

I recently watched a program on Channel 4 called 'Around the World in 80 weighs':

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/around-the-world-in-80-weighs

On Episode 2 they showed Tonga, and in particular a young girl who had both legs amputated because of her diabetes, and she still hadn't changed her ways. I can't understand people who won't lose weight after getting a health scare.

(It wasn't helped that Tongans are quite poor and can't afford to go to the doctors and hospitals - She could have easily saved both legs by getting infections sorted)

I watched that, quite shocking really. I have a feeling that one woman in it ( I eat what I like) isn't going to lose much tbh. I think they did group weigh ins just so they wouldn't hurt anyones feelings...

It seems to be a cultural thing NOT to be fat in Japan, which is a good thing really.

 

[200sols]

For some reason we have normalised being fat. Call it out like smoking, after all it is now a bigger killer.

 

[Freakbro]

Prosecute parents of obese children for child abuse.

 

[Pipe & Slippers]

ive been around 200lb most of my life, im now 240lb.
i do go to the gym and always have for looks but now i just lift heavy and eat cake to my mouth

FTFY

 

[Trifid]

Is anyone surprised? People gorge on low quality fast food when out and eat huge amount of ultra processed food when at home and they go between these 2 places by car, getting no exercise.

 

[Uther]

Yes, I am a fat 127 kg lardbutt. Too much food and too little exercise.

Have you thought about making changes, or are you just happy / used to it now (Not a dig btw, I'm currently a stone overweight and sorting it out through lifestyle changes. I actually feel uncomfortable being overweight)

 

[Goksly]

When I first saw the headline on BBC it said something along the lines of "1b people LIVING with obesity". Living with? Put yourself there more like it - no one wants to take responsibility...

 

[explicit4u]

Can't say i agree with seeing more obese people than non-obese but it is always a bit depressing seeing obese kids. More often than not they also have overweight parents so you know the kid basically has no chance, its like seeing parents smoke in front of their kids.

Wasn't SureStart pretty good at tackling this before it got decimated? Still think thats one of the worst decisions in recent UK government performance. If only they treated this as seriously as they're treating kids vaping.

 

[potatolord]

Comparing photographs of people in the 1980s and earlier shows how people have gained weight in recent decades.

If you look at old group/ crowd photos, you'll see the majority are fairly slim. Even the fattest are only moderately overweight by modern standards.

 

[Glanza]

The rise of ultra processed foods doesn't help, you look at the average diet these days compared to previous generations and it's a world of difference.

 

[Quartz]

Have you thought about making changes, or are you just happy / used to it now (Not a dig btw, I'm currently a stone overweight and sorting it out through lifestyle changes. I actually feel uncomfortable being overweight)

No, I'm not happy. I am well aware of how unhealthy it is. But I just eat too much.