I just don't understand how someone can't have enough self-respect to stay in good shape? I mean I exercise every day and the thing is, is that it's FUN! The reason people don't like to do it is because it's too hard but if you'd just do it from the beginning it wouldn't be hard. Someone please explain to me how people can be comfortable being so overweight. There's health risks, it just looks bad, you can't move around to the best of your ability, why would you let this happen!?
As I mentioned before, obesity is a disease created by cultural influences. When a child is raised by overweight parents, they are statistically more likely to be overweight. A child who's main exposure on how to manage their diet is overweight models their own diet, and is often subjected to the same diet out of necessity, as that role model. In addition, people who were overweight for a long part of their lives have a harder time managing their weight, even when at optimal weight, compared to people who were never overweight.
And then there's the culture of exercise. You know who finds exercise rewarding and fun? Fit people. You know who doesn't? Overweight people. It requires more effort and energy to move a heavier body, often with muscles which aren't developed for strenuous activity.
In addition, there's a stigma around overweight people, especially the obese and morbidly obese, with exercise. People say that an overweight person should lose weight, but these same people often look at those who try to exercise to lose weight as disgusting when they try it. It's a double standard a lot of overweight people feel pressure from, as they're told to exercise to be healthy, but ridiculed and insulted when they try to exercise. They're not actually being held to the standard of health, but the standard of attractiveness. A fat guy running is not pretty, but he'll be laughed at anyways despite it being the healthy option because he doesn't look good doing it.
Basically, it's not like people want to be unhealthy, sedentary, or overweight, but often that the choice is made for them before they realize it's a choice, and then faces the pressures of culture and biology while fixing that choice.
And then there's the culture of exercise. You know who finds exercise rewarding and fun? Fit people. You know who doesn't? Overweight people. It requires more effort and energy to move a heavier body, often with muscles which aren't developed for strenuous activity.
In addition, there's a stigma around overweight people, especially the obese and morbidly obese, with exercise. People say that an overweight person should lose weight, but these same people often look at those who try to exercise to lose weight as disgusting when they try it. It's a double standard a lot of overweight people feel pressure from, as they're told to exercise to be healthy, but ridiculed and insulted when they try to exercise. They're not actually being held to the standard of health, but the standard of attractiveness. A fat guy running is not pretty, but he'll be laughed at anyways despite it being the healthy option because he doesn't look good doing it.
Basically, it's not like people want to be unhealthy, sedentary, or overweight, but often that the choice is made for them before they realize it's a choice, and then faces the pressures of culture and biology while fixing that choice.
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Originally Posted by Oracle
As I mentioned before, obesity is a disease created by cultural influences. When a child is raised by overweight parents, they are statistically more likely to be overweight. A child who's main exposure on how to manage their diet is overweight models their own diet, and is often subjected to the same diet out of necessity, as that role model. In addition, people who were overweight for a long part of their lives have a harder time managing their weight, even when at optimal weight, compared to people who were never overweight.
And then there's the culture of exercise. You know who finds exercise rewarding and fun? Fit people. You know who doesn't? Overweight people. It requires more effort and energy to move a heavier body, often with muscles which aren't developed for strenuous activity.
In addition, there's a stigma around overweight people, especially the obese and morbidly obese, with exercise. People say that an overweight person should lose weight, but these same people often look at those who try to exercise to lose weight as disgusting when they try it. It's a double standard a lot of overweight people feel pressure from, as they're told to exercise to be healthy, but ridiculed and insulted when they try to exercise. They're not actually being held to the standard of health, but the standard of attractiveness. A fat guy running is not pretty, but he'll be laughed at anyways despite it being the healthy option because he doesn't look good doing it.
Basically, it's not like people want to be unhealthy, sedentary, or overweight, but often that the choice is made for them before they realize it's a choice, and then faces the pressures of culture and biology while fixing that choice.
That's fair for a lot of it but I do want to say something on that:
The one person an obese person is safest from feeling judged is a gym. I've never seen anything but GIGANTIC (no pun intended) support of obese people when they're doing something about it. Do I get a bit disgusted when I see an obese person at McDonalds? Yeah. But you know where I'm willing to do anything I can to help them? When they are on the treadmill.
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You, just like you said, have a choice. You can worry about the stigma of being fit and whatnot but that's a REALLY good problem to have compared to dying early from heart disease.
For the record, because I didn't clarify before:
I study Kinesiology. I specialize in Fitness, Nutrition, and Business. My official title would be "Exercise Scientist". I had to overcome a life of anorexia and transform myself into a guy who almost competed in bodybuilding. I have terrible genetics, my joints hate me, but I made the choice to push through all that. I have the academia knowledge (biomechanics, kinesiology, etc), the personal experience, and personal training experience.
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I sacrificed my firstborn for this great human being to join (M) ~R
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Just to make a fair warning statement: my finger is on the button for closing this. Last time, it ended in a huge shitstorm. Keep the discussion nice.
Besides, what does OP even want to achieve? What's there to 'think' about obese people? Isn't it just obvious that they should try to lose weight to stay within the safe zone? Isn't it obvious that we should all support them in that decision? Is there any other ethical point of view on this matter? What's there to discuss?
Besides, what does OP even want to achieve? What's there to 'think' about obese people? Isn't it just obvious that they should try to lose weight to stay within the safe zone? Isn't it obvious that we should all support them in that decision? Is there any other ethical point of view on this matter? What's there to discuss?
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