Big Food vs. Big Pharma: Companies bet on snacking just as weight loss drugs boom

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12. Kudos on taking charge of your diet! And it sounds like you're rescuing

your husband from his bad health habits.

Diabetes is nothing to ignore. Medicine can't do enough if a person ignores the need for a healthy diet and exercise. A cousin of mine in his early 70s just lost half of one leg to diabetes, and the same thing happened to a neighbor of mine in his early 50s twenty years ago.

We don't do enough in this country to teach people, including children, about nutrition, and so they're left at the mercy of a food industry that mostly cares nothing about people's health, and a medical establishment quick to offer prescription meds rather than suggesting lifestyle changes - though that's partly because suggestions of lifestyle changes are often ignored.

If it's hard to get your husband to exercise, at least get him what's called an under desk bike, which will not only burn some calories but strengthen and help the circulation in his legs. They come in a variety of styles and a wide range of prices:

https://www.verywellfit.com/best-under-desk-bike-5195001

You can find dozens of options on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Peddler-Bike/

I have one - bought for my mother years ago, when I was her caregiver - and I use it occasionally, though I also have large pieces of exercise equipment, and weights.