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I found this Video tonight from 09/06/19.
Bill Maher is discussing American healthcare, and how people want universal coverage for pre-existing conditions.
He agrees that some pre-existing conditions should be covered, but argues in his satirical way that many ills people want covered are caused by being overweight.
I've been thinking about this for a while, as I grew up during the era, being a teen around the time of the photo he shows at time stamp 2:50 in the video. It's of people celebrating the Apollo 11 moon landing back on 06/12/69. Amazingly, yes I recall most people did look like that.
I also remember it was sometime in the mid-90's when I actually started noticing an increase in the number of overweight, and obese citizens. I can also recall it was also around the 70's and 80's when fast food became a major source of meals. About that same time we saw sugar (including corn fructose) being added to more and more processed foods.
Now I have been wanting to bring this up because these days, even in a small city environment where I currently live, I see the majority of people are either overweight or obese. This includes children as young as eight to ten years old.
As Maher points out, there are MANY ills that result from being overweight. Not just the one's people normally associate, like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, but also joint, muscular, bone, eyesight, depression, and pain problems.
Can fat be beautiful, he asks? That's in the eye of the beholder. But is it healthy? NO!
He admits it's a controversial thing to say these days, but we should not be accepting of obesity. He does not call for "taunting," but he does call for talking about getting healthy. Not letting it go, but instead advise and encourage people to eat less and have more active lives. Don't play up "fat acceptance." Instead go back to showing what healthy physiques look like, and push diet and exercise.
I agree. IMO we should also address the food industry. I think I may even have talked about this in some ancient Forum post. But I think there should be regulations against adding sugar and fructose to foods during processing. If the item has naturally existing sugars, fine. But no more adding this as "flavoring." Leave that to the consumer to control at home.
If our society ate healthier, IMO we would see far fewer "pre-existing conditions" to worry about, and maybe healthcare would be less of a burden. That's how I see it anyway.
Bill Maher is discussing American healthcare, and how people want universal coverage for pre-existing conditions.
He agrees that some pre-existing conditions should be covered, but argues in his satirical way that many ills people want covered are caused by being overweight.
I've been thinking about this for a while, as I grew up during the era, being a teen around the time of the photo he shows at time stamp 2:50 in the video. It's of people celebrating the Apollo 11 moon landing back on 06/12/69. Amazingly, yes I recall most people did look like that.
I also remember it was sometime in the mid-90's when I actually started noticing an increase in the number of overweight, and obese citizens. I can also recall it was also around the 70's and 80's when fast food became a major source of meals. About that same time we saw sugar (including corn fructose) being added to more and more processed foods.
Now I have been wanting to bring this up because these days, even in a small city environment where I currently live, I see the majority of people are either overweight or obese. This includes children as young as eight to ten years old.
As Maher points out, there are MANY ills that result from being overweight. Not just the one's people normally associate, like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, but also joint, muscular, bone, eyesight, depression, and pain problems.
Can fat be beautiful, he asks? That's in the eye of the beholder. But is it healthy? NO!
He admits it's a controversial thing to say these days, but we should not be accepting of obesity. He does not call for "taunting," but he does call for talking about getting healthy. Not letting it go, but instead advise and encourage people to eat less and have more active lives. Don't play up "fat acceptance." Instead go back to showing what healthy physiques look like, and push diet and exercise.
I agree. IMO we should also address the food industry. I think I may even have talked about this in some ancient Forum post. But I think there should be regulations against adding sugar and fructose to foods during processing. If the item has naturally existing sugars, fine. But no more adding this as "flavoring." Leave that to the consumer to control at home.
If our society ate healthier, IMO we would see far fewer "pre-existing conditions" to worry about, and maybe healthcare would be less of a burden. That's how I see it anyway.
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