[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Those activist fucks are the worst of humanity. It's one to flout your own life, it's another thing to actively encourage people to stay fat and ignore solid medical advice. People don't like being fat and are desperate to believe anything that will enable them to stay that way and not make change. It takes so much work to convince someone that they genuinely do need to get serious, but it only takes one fat blogger with a big, stupid mouth to say fat is healthy and people cling to that. They are truly, truly horrible.
[–] TwoTonTessie 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Reminds me of a guy with anal cancer I once worked with in the hospital. He and his wife ran hot dog stands in front of grocery stores, etc. You can have your opinions, and as an RD I have mine. This was "an occupational hazard" for people unwilling to maintain a balanced diet.
[–] EarthquakesAreScary 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I couldn't believe how many obese women I saw at a recent breast cancer awareness event. Obesity can raise the chances of developing it by something like 30 to 60 percent! That's like having a lung cancer awareness event where half the people working there are chain smoking every minute of it.
[–] TwoTonTessie 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Yes, and the American Cancer Society refuses to make obesity a focus area. They don't care. Because the more cancer, the better for the cancer industry. Again, my opinion, but I worked for them for 7 years.
[–] Mustlovedogs 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
So sorry for you, losing someone you love is difficult...losing someone from something preventable is heartbreaking/rage inducing...again sorry...
[–] That_wont_do_pig 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Seems like the UK is the only place doing shit about obesity. In American all we have is my 600 lb life and some other atrocious TLC shows, but in UK they have like 8 different shows about obesity. I want to watch an American version of Supersize vs. Superskinny where fat people are super triggered by anorexic people.
[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I'd like to agree. But it's all superficial. A whole night of cancer awareness, not one mention of obesity. We also had a bake sale for cancer. Says it all.
The obesity post mortem was hidden away online instead of front and centre. Diabetes awareness programme recently but more emphasis on fruit and veg consumption rather than weight. Idiots just think they need a few more apples and that'll do.
We had a childhood obesity policy announcement. Prime minister bottled it, weak af.
It's having almost zero impact. Capitalism rules!
[–] HarpoonTheFatty 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
To be fair the obesity autopsy was on BBC 3 which is all online now. My town has posters everywhere on the buses to say people should get off the bus one stop earlier and walk that extra distance. We do have the traffic light stuff on foods to raise awareness of what we're eating and in general it has worked to an extent. The five a day campaign was good too, although it changed to 7 at which point we all just got fed up. There's definitely not zero impact, it's just slow change.