Economic impact laid bare by findings has implications for UK where about two-thirds of people are overweight or obese

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  • @TheEntity
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    191 month ago

    Because the obesity and their bad health likely has a single cause. Whether it’s neglect, bad mental health or something else, it all increases the likelihood of obesity and being otherwise unhealthy. This headline seems to paint the fat people as leeches of the system, while they are often already sick and obesity just one of their symptoms.

    • Nate Cox
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      121 month ago

      Conflating fat people with bad people is pretty standard fare unfortunately.

      I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life; I have a long history of being physically active while also being overweight. For example: I have a black belt in martial arts, which means I spent a decade of my life in a dojo three to five times a week exercising… while still fat. I don’t eat terribly either. My body just holds onto every fucking calorie.

      But many many people have made shitty assumptions about me based entirely on my weight. The “personal responsibility” people are particularly obnoxious.

      I was a kid in the 90s when every TV show had a stupid lazy fat guy as a cheap joke factory. That was super cool for my self esteem.

      • @[email protected]
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        Taking BMI as gospel is another problem, to be considered in an ideal weight, I’d have to weigh as much as when I was 17 and that was when I was the most active in my whole life (walking to and from school, PE at school, going outside with friends daily, etc.) No chance I can cut to that weight at 35 in a healthy way.

    • @asteriskeverything
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      91 month ago

      It is my opinion this article is a symptom of the current culture that being fat is some sort of moral failing. The fact that they can tie it to some vaguely tangible monetary cost is the justification.