"thin girls look so unusual at the moment because there are so many fat people"
03-12-2012, 11:17 AM
Technically being overweight isn't a disease (neither is obesity), but both can contribute to diseases such as heart / diabetes.
http://news.discovery.com/human/obesity-...11017.html
The WHO definition is:
a BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight.
a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obese.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/
That said, no one should ever look at being overweight as a positive trait. That is why fat acceptance is such a huge problem. People are openly and publicly endorsing (and in some instances promoting) an unhealthy lifestyle that has been proven to be detrimental to human health.
What we need is a cultural shift of norms in our society. In the 80s and 90s government groups finally made a push to highlight the dangers of unhealthy diets. We've made great strides in creating healthy options, the problem is that people are still making poor choices when it comes to their daily diet (what they eat and how much). It doesn't help that a large percentage of the country relies on food stamps, which is spent on unhealthier (but cheaper) alternatives. Why get fresh produce when you can get twice as many junk food meals for the same price? -- That's the kind of reasoning you see out there... that and many people just don't have the discipline.
Until such shift occurs (whether by some kind of enforcement or gradually), America is going to eat itself to death.
http://news.discovery.com/human/obesity-...11017.html
The WHO definition is:
a BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight.
a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obese.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/
That said, no one should ever look at being overweight as a positive trait. That is why fat acceptance is such a huge problem. People are openly and publicly endorsing (and in some instances promoting) an unhealthy lifestyle that has been proven to be detrimental to human health.
What we need is a cultural shift of norms in our society. In the 80s and 90s government groups finally made a push to highlight the dangers of unhealthy diets. We've made great strides in creating healthy options, the problem is that people are still making poor choices when it comes to their daily diet (what they eat and how much). It doesn't help that a large percentage of the country relies on food stamps, which is spent on unhealthier (but cheaper) alternatives. Why get fresh produce when you can get twice as many junk food meals for the same price? -- That's the kind of reasoning you see out there... that and many people just don't have the discipline.
Until such shift occurs (whether by some kind of enforcement or gradually), America is going to eat itself to death.
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