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It likely depends on culture but in America that is the more common reason than medical issues. Add on top of it many Americans don't exercise and there will be issues.Of course, there are many people who are overweight due to poor diets, poor medical decisions, etc.,
medication was the significant weight gain
People cannot seem to understand when to appropriately apply "Orwellian."
The problem with weight shaming is that it doesn't help a person lose weight,
When I visited my family in California years ago, I gained like 5 kilos (11 pounds) in 2 weeks.There are different reasons people gain weight and shaming people doesn't help anyone. But coddling them makes the problem worse. The vast majority of overweight people are that way simply because of their habits.
I've been to North America many times and had the opportunity to see how it works. I actually just came back from a trip to Canada, and believe me, it wasn't easy to come back to France the same size.
It's not hard to understand why there is so much obesity: over consumption of food and high calorie drinks - and most of the food is processed. Add the lack of exercise and poor sleeping habits and there's the reason why such a huge percentage of the population is overweight.
I've seen a lot of studies on nutrition and it seems that the amount of people who gain weight for other reasons - including medication - is not that high.
Several years ago I quite quickly lost about 25% of my body weight. The reason? I'd stopped taken a medication.
Allow me to add a resource to my thoughts here:From my view weight isn't always a good indicator of health. I know plenty of slightly obese people who are very healthy. Then you have me- a 98 pound person who is underweight and am unhealthy in a number of ways.
Sometimes weight sure can alone cause health problems. But not always. I wouldn't judge anyone for being chubby nor will I assume just cuz they are overweight they unhealthy. Healthy for them due to genetics and frame might be a little overweight.
I mean I'm underweight no matter how much i eat I can't gain cuz of high metabolism. Some folk might be the opposite. Low metabolism no matter how little they eat they gain.
It all depends on a wide variety of factors if being overweight is unhealthy for someone or not.
But researchers at UCLA and the University of Minnesota evaluated nearly two dozen studies and concluded that there was “no clear relationship between weight loss and health outcomes.” In other words, shedding pounds didn’t meaningfully lower blood pressure, diabetes risk, or cholesterol.
Equating being heavier with having poor cardiometabolic health and being thin with the opposite is way off the mark, researchers at the University of California concluded. They pored over data from more than 40,000 participants in the government’s annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found that nearly half the people classified as “overweight” (and more than a quarter labeled “obese”) had perfectly healthy blood levels of lipids and glucose, meaning they were cardiometabolically fine. Meanwhile, a full 30% of the “normal-weight” participants had unhealthy levels of these markers.The bottom line: Weight alone is not indicative of health, so nobody can tell whether or not a person is healthy based on their weight
I've been told that smoking is used (or was) by some young women to suppress their appetite in order to keep slim. With the reduction in smoking in the UK I suspect it's not as prevalent as it was.Conversely, over a decade ago now I put on several stone in a couple of years. Despite my best efforts, a fairly healthy diet and a modest amount of exercise, I’ve been unable to shift it. The reason? I stopped smoking (tobacco, like all recreational drugs, can be a form of self medication).
When I was talking to a schizophrenic I met while in the army (who was later released due to his mental health issues), he told me that one of the main issues he had from antipsychotic medication was the significant weight gain despite barely eating anything. And he was still overweight in the army despite working out regularly and eating very little.
I've been told that smoking is used (or was) by some young women to suppress their appetite in order to keep slim. With the reduction in smoking in the UK I suspect it's not as prevalent as it was.
I agree, eating out & convenience seem a high priority for many people here in North America.There are different reasons people gain weight and shaming people doesn't help anyone. But coddling them makes the problem worse. The vast majority of overweight people are that way simply because of their habits.
I've been to North America many times and had the opportunity to see how it works. I actually just came back from a trip to Canada, and believe me, it wasn't easy to come back to France the same size.
It's not hard to understand why there is so much obesity: over consumption of food and high calorie drinks - and most of the food is processed. Add the lack of exercise and poor sleeping habits and there's the reason why such a huge percentage of the population is overweight.
I've seen a lot of studies on nutrition and it seems that the amount of people who gain weight for other reasons - including medication - is not that high.
The thread and the video aren't advocating weight-shaming, they're just pointing out the absurdity of celebrating something that should in fact be treated as a problem regardless of the causes.
Just because we're not pointing our fingers at something doesn't mean we have to start clapping.