The big cost of obesity in South Africa

[Insint]

Really sad part is that some of it can be reduced by just changing lifestyle and diet eg. reversing Type 2 diabetes. Yes we already have a sugar tax, but how is that actually helping consumers? Considering the money govt gets in, and the fact they issue recommendations on diet, etc, why is so little (is there anything?) done about raising awareness around lifestyle choices.Maybe fast food is just too cheap and available. Processed food should carry clearer warnings about the chemical and other added contents.

Yes the good old-fashioned whole food is still best ;-)

Hey, you want to tell somebody that they have a problem by being a fatty? How dare you, fat shame people.
It's fine to be fat. Fat people are now models for magazines. How dare you want to tell people what they should do about their health?

For anybody not following the above was sarcasm.

 

[Big Rat]

"Healthy as can be"

healthy and fit are two different things in my opinion.
Fit, run all day long, play sports i am not fit, i can hold my own for a bit, but fit, nope.
VS
Healthy, no heart problems, no cholesterol, no blood sugar. So not sickly.
Sheldon Cooper is healthy, but i would not imagine he is fit.

Hope that clears any misunderstanding

 

[Big Rat]

The truth is now nasty words?

Look I'm not being mean or anything. But it's like you're determined to say you aren't fat when the blubber is staring us in the face

I'm not a Vogue reader pretending a whale on the cover is "plus sized"

Fat is three chins, stomach hanging over the pants, walks like a duck.
Would you accept chubby?
The point i started to make was that fat (like me) does not always equate to sick, worse on medical aids etc etc.
And with me on 150/160 kg.. That sound like a big ol' fat bastard, but I do not look 'that'fat.

Weight or pants size over 36 like said somewhere above, hopefully tongue in cheek, is not the single biggest factor of fat and sick. can we agree on that part?

 

[ShaunSA]

Fat is three chins, stomach hanging over the pants, walks like a duck.
Would you accept chubby?
The point i started to make was that fat (like me) does not always equate to sick, worse on medical aids etc etc.
And with me on 150/160 kg.. That sound like a big ol' fat bastard, but I do not look 'that'fat.

Weight or pants size over 36 like said somewhere above, hopefully tongue in cheek, is not the single biggest factor of fat and sick. can we agree on that part?

Look if you're asking whether you're my type the answer is yes. I prefer my men with meat on them

 

[BBSA]

healthy and fit are two different things in my opinion.
Fit, run all day long, play sports i am not fit, i can hold my own for a bit, but fit, nope.
VS
Healthy, no heart problems, no cholesterol, no blood sugar. So not sickly.
Sheldon Cooper is healthy, but i would not imagine he is fit.

Hope that clears any misunderstanding

You would be dead with no cholesterol and blood sugar

 

[Big Rat]

Look if you're asking whether you're my type the answer is yes. I prefer my men with meat on them

turned south a bit quick

 

[ShaunSA]

turned south a bit quick

It was the easiest way to respond

 

[konfab]

I'm built like Shrek, yes I admit, fat.
However, started to chow more veggies and fruit.
Drinking meds for issues serious weightloss can solve.
Started walking again - am more fit than expected but nowhere close to where it should be.
Besides, suggesting a fat dude starts running will result in a throat punch.

Run as much as you can, walk when you are about to go into cardiac arrest.

 

[HunterNW]

Fat is three chins, stomach hanging over the pants, walks like a duck.
Would you accept chubby?
The point i started to make was that fat (like me) does not always equate to sick, worse on medical aids etc etc.
And with me on 150/160 kg.. That sound like a big ol' fat bastard, but I do not look 'that'fat.

Weight or pants size over 36 like said somewhere above, hopefully tongue in cheek, is not the single biggest factor of fat and sick. can we agree on that part?

@The_Mowgs What do you say ?

 

[surface]

It was the easiest way to respond

Curious. Why do you project yourself as gay when you said you are not ?

moenie unzip nie nou.

 

[ShaunSA]

Curious. Why do you project yourself as gay when you said you are not ?

moenie unzip nie nou.

I said I wasn't gay? Must have been projecting @Polymathic for the day

 

[surface]

I said I wasn't gay? Must have been projecting @Polymathic for the day

You did. Something like 'You guys are crazy to take my posts seriously'

But, no worries, it is perfectly fine to experiment at your tender age.

 

[Polymathic]

I said I wasn't gay? Must have been projecting @Polymathic for the day

No, I'm not going to have a threesome with you and @surface

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Here i am, considered to be a fattie at 150kg, dropped a few. but i am healthy, 120/80 blood pressure, bloodsugar on the dial, cholesterol on the dial. Keep frustrating my doctor because all tests show me as healthy as can be, just the weight factor.
Then comes my buddy who cannot be in the same room as i when i sneeze, he will be blown away, he he has cholesterol in the 9's.
Or another skinny chap who is heavy diabetic, injects twice a day.
So how does me matching their combined weight make me the fat unhealthy bastard?

Look up ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph.

 

[Danie_V]

Horrible that people have access to cheap food.

Cheap is not cheap if it results in health complications to be funded by the individual or taxpayers. Maybe real food should make cheaper by using the income from the sugar tax to subsidize it.

 

[konfab]

Cheap is not cheap if it results in health complications to be funded by the individual or taxpayers. Maybe real food should make cheaper by using the income from the sugar tax to subsidize it.

Tell you what, we will get Tito Mboweni to determine what food is healthy and should be subsidised.

 

[wingnut771]

Tell you what, we will get Tito Mboweni to determine what food is healthy and should be subsidised.

Shame man, Tito is retired, give it to:

 

[Cosmik Debris]

why do you think they have pimples on their back?

High testosterone levels do that to teenagers too. Some suffer into their 30's with pimples on their backs due to high testosterone. I grew up before roids became available and some of the kids had those symptoms of high testosterone.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

If ZA has an obesity problem, how is it possible that many Citizens go hungry?

Because a Low fat, High Carb, High Sugar diet doesn't promote a feeling of satiation. Fat makes a person feel full quickly, limiting the intake. Carbs are metabolised into sugar in the liver and stored in fat cells.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

I'm built like Shrek, yes I admit, fat.
However, started to chow more veggies and fruit.
Drinking meds for issues serious weightloss can solve.
Started walking again - am more fit than expected but nowhere close to where it should be.
Besides, suggesting a fat dude starts running will result in a throat punch.

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You can lose weight by eating big meals as much as you like with no increase in exercise by eating the High Fat, Low/No Carb, No Sugar diet. I have seen over 20kg lost in 6 months. Health problems you need meds for now disappear.