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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Body acceptance is great. People come in all shapes and sizes. Enabling obesity isn't great. Morality aside, no one should be that shape or size. There are those who are obese for reasons such as sexual abuse or other childhood trauma. There are those who are overweight or obese due to genetic or metabolic conditions. However, 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese. This is crazy town. As a society, we need to revamp what we see as food and how we eat. I'm a firm believer of loving food and celebrating food. It's part of the human experience. But perhaps we could refocus on what we see as food. If you go into the grocery store, how much of that is really food? I mean, real food. My kids are served a big pretzel and nacho cheese once a week at school for lunch. They are also served a yoghurt parfait with about 150 grams of sugar, pizza, and chicken nuggets. We're teaching people how to eat like complete crap and then are surprised they get fat.[/quote] I think you are oversimplifying the problem but you are spot on when you say that a societal problem requires societal solutions. Our food options are bad. We need to make healthy eating and exercise easier to access, especially for kids. One huge issue is that shaming and dieting both lead to more unhealthy habits. As a society that is another downward spiral we need to curb. [/quote] I was recently in the hospital and the options provided by the dietary service included cheeseburgers, tater tots, ice cream, mayonnaise, pancakes with artificial syrup, grilled cheese, etc. I couldn't believe how unhealthy the food was. Only the sugary kind of yogurt available. I tried to order things like salads and was given minuscule amounts of the fresh vegetables and fruit. Some of the fruit was clearly past its sell by date as well. I'm assuming that this is because hospitals are for-profit entities and the food service has been given to the lowest bidder. I was thinking about writing to Ralph Northam about it. I compare it to the kind of food that you are given in the hospital in Europe, etc. and it's appalling! Also, the emergency room was overcrowded and they were seeing patients in the hallways and you could overhear everything and EVERYONE except me was on diabetes medication. None of those people should be eating that crap. It truly is a structural problem, not an individual one. [/quote]
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