Today will be my final day of Chaplain internship in a major hospital in San Antonio. It's been quite an interesting time of learning amongst health care professionals.
I have witnessed while here that a real health threat among Americans is obesity.
It complicates everything about medical recovery should someone get ill, and kills people younger than would normally happen.
Obesity is a common factor for many on our hospital gurneys.
Try not to have it.

Blessings,
Mark

So you are nominating this to be "Pick on the fat kid day"? Fine, yall just pile on I can take it ya little stick person!

Move to the right lane brother
Your body is your temple so you need to keep the chicas from frying yous more goooodies.

so true , you all no that I've been fighting cancer for some years now , well i had put weight on over that time ,plus getting older, well this pass new years day I said to myself , I need to loose some weight , started watching what I ate and walking more , I'm 35 pounds down and going , the true is I feel so much better , A trapper friend said ,Roy you been carrying a 35 pound beaver around every day ,

Sell the castor on that beav Roy!

Obesity not only hinders recovery but increases chance of getting sick in the first place. Big food companies pumping out purposely tasty garbage does not help. Short term thinking corporate greed killing people and the country in the process. Our country too.

Years ago I gave up soda and beer.
Best thing I've ever done for my health.
That got passed on to my kids and they are passing it on to their kids.

So true. Obesity compounds many other factors that destroy your health.

Obesity in hospitals is not only on the gurneys. I see more obese people working at the hospital as I see in WalMart. Leading by example is rare. Just an observation.

If you look at the covid death numbers closely, obesity places a major role in the death because of comorbidity.

Mark,

this is so true.

The cost in terms of peoples health and $ is astronomical

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

I hadn't seen those stats IL. Wow.
All I'm saying is when the doc comes in and says ok, what's going on with you.... the extra l.b.s. are not going to make anything easier for the doc. Or you.

It's sad that medical science is still bought/ paid for by "Big Food"'s low-fat + sugar + veg oils high profit deadly slop that fills the grocery shelves.

Obesity/diabetes is the #1 cormorbidity for covid and cancer loves sugar.

Obesity is so prevalent in the USA and Canada that if you’re an appropriate weight you’re liable to hear about how skinny you look from a bunch of fatsos.

Kids are told to never smoke while mom keeps them addicted to processed sugar and regular fast food meals. It’s a health crisis.

Yup, I'm the obese one your talking about. 6 foot tall 300 lbs. I'm very active. Worked construction and the farm. Hunt fished trapped and raised a family. Now have great grandkids five and one years old. Been this big for decades. Guess I'm lucky I don't have the health problems you talk about colestoral, sugar etc all in check but do have elavated blood pressure but meds keep that in check. Had high blood pressure when I was a sparrow arsed youth too.
Mark I know my body is my temple so I eat good foods and not fast food, fried food, candy and soda probably just to much. I thank the Good Lord for my health every day I do agree that obesity is a health threat.
Now time to prep the venison roast and sweet potatoes!
Bon Appetit

Obesity is a struggle for many of us. It is for me.

Thin may be in !! But fat is where its at !!!
i must admit my pot belly is like having a partner !! used to work it off in couple weeks come spring...now i crippled up and dont work as hard... but i sure not going to miss out on my brides pot roast ,taters and gravy!!

I recommend a book called “It starts with food”. Its kind of paleo, yet not completely.

Another good book is Obesity Code. Their system works but it is not something a person can easily do for a lifetime.