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mezame

(295 posts)
28. Silly Humans...
Mon Mar 8, 2021, 06:44 PM
Mar 2021

HFC...in everything...for years, and BigAgro still has its' way with us in parallel profit streams (looking at you meat industry). I'm shocked, shocked that anyone finds this surprising and then start victim blaming. The Obesity epidemic within a pandemic, further highlights the consequences of crappy policy, so-called bad habits (luv them sin taxes), and this residual re-activeness I see in this thread (and others), has been baked-in to our twitter/fb brains for half a decade - likely longer.

Moral of story: the healthier you are to begin with, the better chance you have of surviving covid, especially when you get vaccinated. I'm old enough to remember mandatory vaccinations for pre-schoolers (polio eradication days), and there was no nattering about religious liberties then. Nosirreebob! We had McCarthy on a different kind of witch-hunt back in the day.

Silly Humans. Trids are for Kicks!

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CDC's BMI calculator progree Mar 2021 #1
Per Healthline 36.5% are obese and 32.5% are overweight. This looks like a nothing burger. Native Mar 2021 #5
That calculator is a tough cookie. jimfields33 Mar 2021 #6
Would most people consider somebody 5'11" and 180 pounds to be overweight? greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #10
When I was an absolute stud I was 5-11 and 185 and not an ounce of fat (that was long long ago) groundloop Mar 2021 #14
Not at all. jimfields33 Mar 2021 #15
They don't-- I've seen body builders 5'8" weighing 220. But, that's extreme. I suspect most of us... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #11
Yes, I recall that Evander Holyfield's BMI put him in the obese category. In his prime. Midnight Writer Mar 2021 #12
I don't know about the calculator PSPS Mar 2021 #18
Question The King of Prussia Mar 2021 #2
This means absolutely nothing since 2/3 of the U.S. is either overweight or obese Native Mar 2021 #4
I guess me dropping 20+ pounds during this time, helped me. Javaman Mar 2021 #3
Studies have found COVID needs cholesterol to help fuse to and get into the cell Chakaconcarne Mar 2021 #7
42% of Americans are "obese" and we gain weight as we age, usually Cicada Mar 2021 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2021 #9
Overweight and obese people were hospitalized in a greater proportion to their numbers PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #13
High school yearbooks are a terrible source. milestogo Mar 2021 #16
Actually, they are a good source because in modern yearbooks PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #32
Not very significantly, according to the CDC. whopis01 Mar 2021 #19
According to the CDC, 73.6% of adults are overweight or obese. whopis01 Mar 2021 #17
stupid headline. drray23 Mar 2021 #20
Ayup greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #22
Says to me bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #21
Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds NickB79 Mar 2021 #23
No sure this means much since most Americans fall into one of those categories. GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #24
I congratulate you. riversedge Mar 2021 #25
Even without any discussion of the standard dsc Mar 2021 #26
This means nothing birdographer Mar 2021 #27
Silly Humans... mezame Mar 2021 #28
Some researchers connect this to poorer Vitamin D absorption JenniferJuniper Mar 2021 #29
Fat shaming should be received as badly as any other discriminating ideas... Moostache Mar 2021 #30
If you are muscular, don't bother using a BMI calculator, it will say you are obese. marie999 Mar 2021 #31
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