Pretty eye opening.

[rtp]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html

There needs to be a national campaign to educate people about obesity and the severe health risks associated with it are. We've done it for smoking, drugs, alcohol, etc. They had a campaign forever teaching people about their Food Pyramid which was totally wrong. Now they need to reverse course and educate people on what is actually healthy to eat and what a proper portion of food is. Bacon, eggs, cheese, nuts, butter, yogurt, limited fruit, green vegetables, etc. America needs to get off the carbs and processed foods. Large, cheap quantities of food are horrible for our bodies.

Off my soap box now.....

[Charles]

Should we shut down the country, take away peoples Freedoms and Liberties in hopes of flatting the obesity curve?

[rtp]

Should we shut down the country, take away peoples Freedoms and Liberties in hopes of flatting the obesity curve?

Hell to the no It never should have been shutdown period.

This is just another example of people addressing the symptoms of a problem and not the root cause.

[Hogmauler]

Bacon and eggs is all I have left bro!

[SmTx]

The shutting of the gyms down threw me off my routine. Now I've gained weight.

Gov't trying to kill me

[flywise]

If people Don’t know what good and what’s bad at this point no campaign will do any good.
Hell, we actually
Need a certain % of people dying daily

[CEO]

Promoting obesity is all the rage now.

[GarGuy]

Fat should kill d be a protected class.

Like LBGTQFat

[Rush2Judge]

Ummm... that pretty much reflects the US population so is there really a correlation?

73.6% of pop is overweight as defined by BMI. So when they say 78% of covid hospitalizations were overweight, it's really not that shocking.

[scott1022]

Wait a minute!

I thought that if you wanted to be healthy all you had to do was wear a mask, stay 6' apart, and don't leave your house?

[rtp]

If people Don’t know what good and what’s bad at this point no campaign will do any good.
Hell, we actually
Need a certain % of people dying daily

Im shocked by what people think is healthy food and what a proper portion is. The amount of food on a plate at a restaurant is mind blowing and people routinely finish it off. People have been programmed to eat carbs, carbs and more carbs.

[Charles]

Hell to the no It never should have been shutdown period.

This is just another example of people addressing the symptoms of a problem and not the root cause.

Sorry. I forgot my sarcasm emoji in my original reply.

Hate it when that happens.

[GarGuy]

Wait a minute!

I thought that if you wanted to be healthy all you had to do was wear a mask, stay 6' apart, and don't leave your house?

Folks keep taking that mask off when the blue bell shows up.

[rtp]

Ummm... that pretty much reflects the US population so is there really a correlation?

73.6% of pop is overweight as defined by BMI. So when they say 78% of covid hospitalizations were overweight, it's really not that shocking.

The article says 42% of the population is considered overweight/obese. Maybe Im misreading something in it?

[Landrover]

Ummm... that pretty much reflects the US population so is there really a correlation?

73.6% of pop is overweight as defined by BMI. So when they say 78% of covid hospitalizations were overweight, it's really not that shocking.

You beat me to it, most of the nation is overweight! Thanks for saving me the typing.