bitcoinbadger on Nostr: ==== the same publications that carry so much advertising from pharma and med device ...
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the same publications that carry so much advertising from pharma and med device to treat the outcomes of obesity also encourage obesity.
there’s a really bad set of incentives here.
morbid obesity is a big business. and business is good....
the average american male now has a 40.5 inch waist. pants did not even come in that size in the 70’s. women are 38.7. ditto...
38 million americans have diabetes. type 1, you’re born with. it’s an autoimmune condition. but that’s only 2 million people. 36 million of them are type 2, and type 2 is acquired. it’s a disease of lifestyle and obesity.
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I totally agree with this post - and I worry about the phone call when people I care about find out they have Type-2 diabetes (or worse, heart disease) when they have been banging the body positive drum for years.
Interesting about pushups. I implement them in my lessons and my high school tennis sessions all the time. However, I've lowered the bar...they generally do 5 pushups at a time - or 15 to 20 squats.
I even bet them - when trying to hit targets - that they have to do 5 pushups if they miss all tries, but I'll do 25 pushups for every one they make. I have had to pump out 100 pushups with all of them counting...and I'm 56. Not a single one of my student-athletes could do 30...yet! Give me time (if I don't get kicked out of coaching for holding them accountable for fitness and striving for excellence).
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/from-physical-fitness-to-physical
the same publications that carry so much advertising from pharma and med device to treat the outcomes of obesity also encourage obesity.
there’s a really bad set of incentives here.
morbid obesity is a big business. and business is good....
the average american male now has a 40.5 inch waist. pants did not even come in that size in the 70’s. women are 38.7. ditto...
38 million americans have diabetes. type 1, you’re born with. it’s an autoimmune condition. but that’s only 2 million people. 36 million of them are type 2, and type 2 is acquired. it’s a disease of lifestyle and obesity.
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I totally agree with this post - and I worry about the phone call when people I care about find out they have Type-2 diabetes (or worse, heart disease) when they have been banging the body positive drum for years.
Interesting about pushups. I implement them in my lessons and my high school tennis sessions all the time. However, I've lowered the bar...they generally do 5 pushups at a time - or 15 to 20 squats.
I even bet them - when trying to hit targets - that they have to do 5 pushups if they miss all tries, but I'll do 25 pushups for every one they make. I have had to pump out 100 pushups with all of them counting...and I'm 56. Not a single one of my student-athletes could do 30...yet! Give me time (if I don't get kicked out of coaching for holding them accountable for fitness and striving for excellence).
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/from-physical-fitness-to-physical