The big cost of obesity in South Africa

[Virex]

You're a fatty!

There. What now?

We should ask to mods to change his username from @Big Rat to Big Fat

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Te lui om te kak.

Nee, te lui om te loop...

 

[Cosmik Debris]

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.

Excellent idea. Apparently, of the billions from the sugar tax, only about 1% goes to health education. The rest to the fiscus and pockets.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Same man, Tito is retired, give it to:
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Mr no open toe shoes and knee length pants during Covid but barefoot and shorts allowed? Clueless about health.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

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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.

Big C, please be careful prescribing diets to others, keto might have worked very well for you, and congrats on the weight management, but it might not work, or exasperate underlying condition in someone else.

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[MagNorthDigital]

500% duties on any pants, shorts, or underwear bigger than a size 36.

Kortgat.

 

[Geoff.D]

You mean constant diabetes jabs? Point is that is pretty expensive over time, and why doctor symptoms if you can address the cause...

Because that is not what big pharma does ---- they are totally committed to treating symptoms because it ensures lifetime annuity income.

 

[Geoff.D]

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?

Yup. The generalisations that are going on in this thread are just unbelievable. The fact is medical science has yet to come up with a complete and accurate explanation of how diet contributes to obesity and overweight. And yes, it is wrong to lump these two groups together.

 

[Thugscub]

You eat like a pig you look like a pig.

 

[wingnut771]

Mr no open toe shoes and knee length pants during Covid but barefoot and shorts allowed? Clueless about health.

*same = shame

I agree, they are all clueless, Tito is retired, Patel needs to finish what he started, he was the expert before banning cooked chicken and flip flops.

 

[wingnut771]

Big C, please be careful prescribing diets to others, keto might have worked very well for you, and congrats on the weight management, but it might not work, or exasperate underlying condition in someone else.

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IMHO, it's only blood type O than is compatible, the OG of blood types, the descendants of our cave man ancestors.

 

[6spdmanual]

Healthy food is expensive.

 

[3WA]

Healthy food is expensive.

Cabbage, celery, carrots. All reasonably cheap (to a middle class household) and versatile. Chop it up, mix it, and keep it in the fridge. It'll stay good for over a week. It's ready to go in stir fries, salads, cole slaw.

Add some eggs or chicken (fresh or IQF depending on budget) and you have the basics of a healthy diet.

 

[6spdmanual]

Cabbage, celery, carrots. All reasonably cheap (to a middle class household) and versatile. Chop it up, mix it, and keep it in the fridge. It'll stay good for over a week. It's ready to go in stir fries, salads, cole slaw.

Add some eggs or chicken (fresh or IQF depending on budget) and you have the basics of a healthy diet.

Sounds like You’re not obese?

 

[3WA]

Sounds like You’re not obese?

1.8 m tall and 88kg. Adrian Gore wants me at 82kg to get all my Vitality points.

 

[BBSA]

Healthy food is expensive.

Being sick is also expensive.

You can actually get healthy foods on a budget.

 

[6spdmanual]

Being sick is also expensive.

You can actually get healthy foods on a budget.

I think if I’m honest it’s more a mindset thing. That’s the excuse I’ve always used.

I know I can do better though and there’s room for improvement when it comes to food choices.

 

[6spdmanual]

1.8 m tall and 88kg. Adrian Gore wants me at 82kg to get all my Vitality points.

Nearly there Bro! Keep at it.

 

[R13...]

1.8 m tall and 88kg. Adrian Gore wants me at 82kg to get all my Vitality points.

Unless it's mostly muscle then you're overweight.

 

[BBSA]

Unless it's mostly muscle then you're overweight.

I told him he must go on the carnivore diet, but he doesn't want to listen.....