How do people not take better care of themselves?

[Anonymous]

Seriously, how can you be a functioning adult and not have a workout routine? It's just shocking to go out into the NoVa burbs or out into other parts of the country and see the sheer number of desperately ill people in wheelchairs, oxygen masks, people in their 30s walking with canes, etc. Didnt' we all take health class and talk about how the body works and the basics of healthy eating?

[Anonymous]

I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

But being poor doesn't require you to live a sedentary lifestyle. Is it the influence of television? This started happening long before social media and smart phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

If it's not diet, what is it?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes things aren’t as they appear, it’s easy to judge and assume that people aren’t taking care of themselves but sometimes medication, illnesses and other things create limitations for people.

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I was around Capital One Arena and there was a concert that attracted primarily people in their 20s and 30s. I was shocked that easily 80% of them were obese. Like, really obese. And these were folks who could afford concert tickets, so not ultra poor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

But being poor doesn't require you to live a sedentary lifestyle. Is it the influence of television? This started happening long before social media and smart phones.

But poor diet is what is making people fat, not lack of exercise. Of course exercise is necessary for a healthy lifestyle but exercising and yet eating processed food and junk food you’ll still probably be fat.

[Anonymous]

Wow, OP. Instead of being judgy, maybe you should feel grateful that you are healthy and have the resources to have a workout routine and eat healthy foods.

[Anonymous]

I was just at Hershey park and it really was concerning. Families weighing thousands of pounds, waddling around or in scooters, mainlining junk.

There should be mass semaglutide injection sites ala the covid vac where you could get your weekly shot and a bag of celery for free. I don’t understand why the government isn’t supporting this. Overweight and obesity leads to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths a year, decreased fertility, unfitness for the military, bullied children, Alzheimer’s, acne, brain fog, etc etc.

[Anonymous]

“Workout routines” didn’t exist before the ‘80s or so. Only muscle heads went to gyms. And yet people were thin. There are lots of us out here who are very healthy and don’t have “workout routines.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes things aren’t as they appear, it’s easy to judge and assume that people aren’t taking care of themselves but sometimes medication, illnesses and other things create limitations for people.

Totally. I don't like at an individual and think "ugh, how could you let yourself go like this?" because you're right, maybe it's medication, maybe it's some medical condition and you know, could be genes or whatever.

But when you stop at a WalMart in PA on your way to the Adirondacks or something and inside the store is a sea of enormous people, leaning on carts for support, struggling to walk, breathing heavily, carts stuffed with processed foods... you have to think, why? And they can't ALL be on medication or suffering from a thyroid disorder...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Workout routines” didn’t exist before the ‘80s or so. Only muscle heads went to gyms. And yet people were thin. There are lots of us out here who are very healthy and don’t have “workout routines.”

This would suggest diet or somethign else in the culture...

But, workout routine or not, I suspect you are an active person, and everyone knows being active helps you live longer, be healthier, etc.

[Anonymous]

What a very privileged position for you to take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, how can you be a functioning adult and not have a workout routine? It's just shocking to go out into the NoVa burbs or out into other parts of the country and see the sheer number of desperately ill people in wheelchairs, oxygen masks, people in their 30s walking with canes, etc. Didnt' we all take health class and talk about how the body works and the basics of healthy eating?

Americans don’t age well. We elevate convenience over doing what’s best for our long term health, and many of us are reaping the fruit of that mindset.