I know none of the following is going to be implement in the near or distant future because obesity is the norm in countries such as the United States and Australia and to implement the suggestions below would take a substantial amounts of work and a complete change in mindset.
Obese people should be admitted to hospital! Obesity is a disease. An illness that needs to be treated. I know that the mobidly obese are often admitted into clinics but what about the Obese. They are still on the road to killing themselves. They are heading down the road to insulin resistance and type II diabetes, which is pretty much a death sentence for most. There are so many other diseases that are caused or result from obesity. The list is huge. here are just a handful; cancer, gout, gall bladder disease, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis and so on.
Why is it that people who are excessively thin get sent to hospital and not people who are excessively fat? How is it that we can openly tell someone they need to eat a little more or that they can do with putting on a few pounds when we generally shy away from do the opposite to obese people and tell them that perhaps they should be eating so much or perhaps that they could/should lose a few pounds. I know that some of you may say that larger/obese people don't necessarily eat more than the average person but that's a rarity. At some stage in an obese persons life there had to be a stage of positive energy balance for them to get that way. What about it being genetic some of you might ask? Well see that's a completely different story. Ok the may be a chance that genetics does play a role but, excluding possible genetic mutations is genes that control hunger and so on, that means that the person who passed on the genes were most likely obese or fat as well. We need to ask ourselves. If the prevelance of obesity is increasing are we breeding an obese population by passing on our genetic inheritance i.e genetic predisposition to be fat? If so then are you or dpo you know someone who may be possible creating such a scenario i.e your obese and will have children
There's no doubt that obesity epidemic is a terrible thing. There are many things that need to change. As individuals we all need to develop a healthy mindset that involves adherence to a well planned out exercise regime throughout life. We also need to be super mindful about what we put into our bodies. This is super important but just one part of the equation. As a community we need to educate people at tell people that it's not healthy to be obese. I don't freakin' care about the obese person you saw on Oprah tell you how they feel healthy in their own body. That's bullshit! You have a BMI over 40 and that's not healthy regardless of how happy you are. You are deluding yourself and putting an excessive strain on our fragile health care system. So, as a community we need to instill a sense of responsibility into people about the downfalls of obesity. Tell an obese person that they shouldn't be eating that large piece of cheesecake just like you would tell the a friend that perhaps they should consider giving up smoking or taking drugs.
Perhaps we need to start coming down on these people so they will hear what we have to say. Get off your lazy arse and loose some for your own good. If not for your own good then do your bit in the community by placing a little less stress on the health care system. What about you kill 2 birds with one stone. Sell your car and buy a push bike. That way you will be exercising more as well as decreasing carbon emission. Hey perhaps that not a reasonble ask for some but you know what I mean.
Anyhow they are just my thoughts.
