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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fat phobia in this country is unreal. [/quote]

No, the willingness to allow ourselves and our kids unmitigated access to crappy, processed foods and lack of movement (read: to be fat) - and then at risk with diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular issues, and compromised immune systems is what's unreal.  [/quote]

No, it's the fat phobia. Thanks for trying, though. [/quote]

http://www.annclinlabsci.org/content/41/2/107.full
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-consequences/health-effects/

And, specifically related to the current COVID situation, see the following quote (and read the article for information about diabetes and cardiovascular disease):

"Obesity and Lung Function/Respiratory Disease

Excess weight impairs respiratory function via mechanical and metabolic pathways. The accumulation of abdominal fat, for example, may limit the descent of the diaphragm, and in turn, lung expansion, while the accumulation of visceral fat can reduce the flexibility of the chest wall, sap respiratory muscle strength, and narrow airways in the lungs. (32) Cytokines generated by the low-grade inflammatory state that accompanies obesity may also impede lung function.

Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea are two common respiratory diseases that have been linked with obesity. In a meta-analysis of seven prospective studies that included 333,000 subjects, obesity increased the risk of developing asthma in both men and women by 50 percent. (33)"

These are EXACTLY the comorbidities that put people "at risk" with this virus, and they are all VERY controllable with diet. Not sure what to tell you, if you don't think that maintaining a healthy weight and immune system through proper nutrition and activity levels is important.

But go right ahead with your fat shaming narrative...

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DP.  We're talking about kids who are temporarily prevented from going to PE class or organized sports.  A few months of changed routine will not cause obesity, asthma, sleep apnea, and impaired lung function.

It's far phobia.[/quote]

No...

It's people who care about their health and the health of their kids - and setting their kids up with good habits.

Not sliding into an eat-because-I'm-bored/don't-exercise-because-I-"can't" habit that then becomes hard to break.

People have a phobia about contracting this virus - which can kill them.

Why is it that we don't have the same concern with weight gain/overweight/obesity - which can, and does, kill us? [/quote]

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