The fact is the most common cause of death in the world is life. The way you live it can greatly effect how long it lasts. If for any reason your life does not take you as far as you wanted it to then it was ment to be that way. I have a 92 year old mother in law that has never worked a day in her life, never cooked a meal or washed a dish. Because of disabilties she was born with she has always been dependent on others. Next door to her is a star Football Player who had a stroke that left him 80% Paralized making him dependent on others how ever long he lives. Be glad for what you have and make the best of how long you last.
Dr Tuckson has a conflict . One of UnitedHealth group's largest clients is coca cola. Coca cola creates sugary soft drinks that add to our nation's obesity epidemic. To keep Coke as a client, Tuckson deletes mentions of sugary drinks and the risk of obesity from consumer education articles meant for health insurance customers. If he would manipulate studies and science, think of where lines are blurred elsewhere.
@Treaeam, BMI is only a single tool. It is a quick reference chart at best. I work out A LOT. I am healthy. My BMI is higher because I have muscle and low fat. I'm not attacking...just pointing out that BMI isn't the only reference point. It is just one tool of many.
I think the first place that people need to start changing their habits is at work. I sit for more than 45 hours a week at my workplace alone, and my small remote office does not make it possible to hold "walking meetings" or take a walking lunch break. And while all of these recent reports linking prolonged sitting to one chronic disease or another are informative (& scary)--they rarely suggest practical ways to shake the sedentary lifestyle.
Determined to find a way to incorporate more movement into my day, I installed a stretch micro-break software onto my computer that has made a world of a difference in my daily routine. After just 2 minutes of light stretching/exercising every hour by following along with a video pop up (www.themovementonline.net), I feel energized and have noticed my chronic neck pain is almost non-existent. Maybe one day my boss will splurge on a walking desk...but until then, I will absolutely be following along with my stretch break reminder software, because every little bit of movement helps!
Who is "you"? Are you one of these conspiracy guys?
The purpose of being concerned about obesity, is that being overweight to disease -- preventable disease. These doctors and epidemiologists and politicians and others are trying to help people stay healthy.
And where did you get the "8 lbs overweight" figure = "obesity". Did you make it up?
Well heck, if you keep lowering the bar as to what "obesity" is (its now somewhere around 8 lbs overweight) then everyone will be considered "Obese" and you can enact your long sought goal of food control. lol what a joke.
I'm curious...did you even read the article or do you just look at the pretty pictures? Do you really think this is just some big conspiracy to control you?
I hate to break this to your little self centered world view, but no one really cares that much about you. I really don't care what you shove in your fat little face.
What I do care about is how your irresponsible actions impact me. You being a fat slob is a drain on health care. You have more sick days than I do impacting where I work.
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I wonder what the % Black comparison is?
Determined to find a way to incorporate more movement into my day, I installed a stretch micro-break software onto my computer that has made a world of a difference in my daily routine. After just 2 minutes of light stretching/exercising every hour by following along with a video pop up (www.themovementonline.net), I feel energized and have noticed my chronic neck pain is almost non-existent. Maybe one day my boss will splurge on a walking desk...but until then, I will absolutely be following along with my stretch break reminder software, because every little bit of movement helps!
The purpose of being concerned about obesity, is that being overweight to disease -- preventable disease. These doctors and epidemiologists and politicians and others are trying to help people stay healthy.
And where did you get the "8 lbs overweight" figure = "obesity". Did you make it up?
I'm curious...did you even read the article or do you just look at the pretty pictures? Do you really think this is just some big conspiracy to control you?
I hate to break this to your little self centered world view, but no one really cares that much about you. I really don't care what you shove in your fat little face.
What I do care about is how your irresponsible actions impact me. You being a fat slob is a drain on health care. You have more sick days than I do impacting where I work.
Getting the picture yet?