Obesity is a major health issue in the U. S. and I have traveled in Europe and it is much the same. What are we going to do about it?

[Bricealan]

I don't' see any solution to the obesity problem. My neighbors on both sides of the street and on either side of me are morbidly obese, and they are in their early forties. The mother of my neighbor told me that her son. eats huge quantities of food every day, as does his wife, her daughter-in-law. I eat healthy, and exercise every day, and my weight is 145 lbs distributed over a small frame of 5'7.

My MD. tells me that his patients my age are 100 lbs overweight, AND he, himself has a huge belly. His PA, looks like an Olympic athlete, and is trim and fit, and I wonder why my Dr. does not see fit to follow the example of his PA.

All the kids ride electric bicycles and never walk.

[sage2021]

I've watched a lot of health videos and I believe that part of the problem is that they have replaced ingredients in our food that were more healthy and replaced them with one's that can actually contribute to obesity. So, there's that!

People are anxious about life in general, with the never ending changes that weren't so prevalent just years ago. I. e., the economy, it's very hard to find a job of any type now more than ever.

I know that you personally don't have to worry about much in your life, and maybe that's why you don't have such problems.

So some people turn to food for comfort. They are anxiety ridden and turn to food to quell their anxiety.

Some people (like myself) when I am stressed out, I don't want food. Others head for the fridge and can't stop eating.

I realize there's more reasons then the one's I have mentioned, but this contributes to the reason.

[Bricealan]

@sage2021 Well I do have a lot to worry about, since the spine surgery. I don't know if I will ever have normal use of my left leg.

[sage2021]

Thank you for the MHO 🙂

[purplepoppy]

Doctors have been telling people for decades to eat better and move more

Schools have been telling people for decades to lay off the junk food and exercise

The government has been telling people to stop stuffing their faces and move their asses.

And there's the problem, people don't like being told what to do and will go out of the way to do the opposite because "it's my right, you can't tell me what to do na na na na"

[Bricealan]

@purplepoppy And to 'top it off"... many 'youths' are tool damn fat to join the Military.

[Bricealan]

@purplepoppy Thank you for your reply!

[DryGermanGuy]

@Bricealan
I recently watched a documentary about the U. S. army recruiting new people. They had a fatcamp to get them to the actually required fitness level. Those who failed fatcamp were let go of the army contract.

[Bricealan]

@purplepoppy I read a study that said Americans on average eat 4 times the amount they need to maintain good health.

[purplepoppy]

Thats probably true for a lot of western countries

[DryGermanGuy]

Mate, are you trying to pull my leg? In our whole office building with 500-600 people, we had four or five fat people. In school, we had one fat kid in a class level of ~100 children. I'm sure, there are poorer areas in DACH, where people eat slop more similar to the United States, but all in all we are far from your state of things. The few times I have seen someone in an electric scooter here, it was always a very old/inform person. In the United States it's the preferred mode of shopping for fat people.

[Bricealan]

@DryGermanGuy It is a terrible situation in the United States.

[Bricealan]

@DryGermanGuy Hey my friend, I did not specify Germany in my comments about Europe and fat people.

[DryGermanGuy]

Spill the beans, where in Europe did you see a similar amount of fat people?

[Bricealan]

@DryGermanGuy I did not do a survey, per se. Just walking in the stores, on the street, I did see fatso waiters/waitresses. I did not intend to insult anyone, but obesity is a problem worldwide except maybe in Africa.

[fivebyfour]

hi, yes we have the same thing going on in UK,,,

Your BMI is 25.0 by the way, same as me actaully so all good in my humble opinion,,,

No foodstuffs imho are inherently unhealthy, it's a balance, even Mcd on occasions, but really pricey in UK now,,,

And a poorly balanced diet, different from a poor diet, tends to make people lethargic, calories aren't burnt off and weight gain happens,,,

And lethargy can induce not being bothered to cook from scratch, hence a self perpetuating cycle,,,

ok maybe I shouldn't comment as I smoke, sorry I went into italics there, I don't know how to turn it off lol,,,

[Bricealan]

@fivebyfour Actually my BMI is 22.4

[Nikki1989]

The current societal default settings—which favor driving over walking, highly processed foods over fresh produce, and quick fixes over chronic disease management—are the root cause, and it is very unlikely that will ever change. Money always rules over the lives of people.

[Nik1hil]

😏 Don't worry😏

Civil World war, With Starving and Fighting will Fix it within Months!..

Enemy is already inside the Door of Every nation, It Begins in 2027!

[boundless]

There seems to be war on the horizon... Either get fit or die. That's the way war goes.

[douride2]

Eat less & do more. You should lose the weight. In other words stop eating yourself to death.

[MikeTheBartender]

I've been all over Europe. A few fatties here and there but nowhere near the USA level.

[CherryLove007]

Stop being a glutton and eat real food from the trees and growing fresh. Stop eating pigs bacon or cow chow.

[Anonymous]

Ban processed food and make people work again

Only way to do that is to banish most technology from the last 50 years and depopulate on a permanent basis

[Cidknee]

Stop eating so much.