The amount of fat-shaming, food-shaming, and shaming of poor folks for being poor in this thread is just gross. I’m terribly disappointed in all of you concern trolling here under the guise of “health.” Wellness culture, a thing to which this Libertarian a-hole clearly subscribes is toxic. Is it good to eat things…

Stress really is the number one killer in America. Some of us calm ourselves with food, others alcohol or drugs, some of us run ourselves to emaciation (for fear of the above two + the ‘shame’ of obesity) and destroy our bodies that way. I would argue that the last one is going to be associated with the most unhappy…

What the actual fuck?

I see a lot of "concern trolling" under this post, honestly I'm a little surprised but I know I shouldn't be. 

THIS. I once had a friend express surprise that I could buy the exact same free-range, “happy” beef at the local discount grocer that they get at WF, but for half the price. Plus that local discount grocer pays their employees well above minimum wage, and offers great health insurance and PTO to everyone from the…

You can buy frozen vegetables at the Dollar Tree. The idea that these items are only available at “luxury grocery stores” is asinine.

It’s weird he chose those as examples too. Like Whole Foods doesn’t sell “French-fried potatoes”, popcorn and ice cream 🙄

Do you know what else is a fact?

Ahhh yes, wiser food buying choices....like $6 asparagus water!

This attitude is precisely why so many of MY patients waited and continue to wait too long to receive care, often for things that would increase their success in achieving healthier habits. Can you tell me where the time and money comes from for these visits? Also, what about the millions without insurance? Food…

The article isn’t suggesting that obesity isn’t a comorbidity. It’s saying that structural, systemic issues help lead to obesity. People love unhealthy food all over the world. Why is the situation worse in the U.S.? The CEO of Whole Foods is blaming the individual. Kelly is only pointing out that no one lives in a…

No one’s arguing with the importance of a healthy lifestyle, it’s just that a healthy lifestyle is not equally accessible, and is completely inaccessible to many. It is not a “personal choice” for most people, and when it is framed as such that’s when people get “attacked by the left.” The targets should be systemic…

Is it true that being obese leads to a higher risk of mortality from COVID? Yes

Multiple factors impact levels of covid in communities and and yes, a lot of the diseases that actually cause death are preventable and based on personal choices like eating, smoking, & drinking. Some factors are out of our control like genetics and stress (half out of our control really). Serving sizes and the…

Honestly, we’re already in the war. It’s just not going to look like guns on a battlefield, it looks like the white supremacist who murdered Heather Heyer by driving into a protesting crowd.

That Venn diagram is a circle, my friend.

This.

That, or have just seen Sling Blade a few too many times. Probably a little of both.

People who say, “French fried potatoes” instead of just “french fries” are 100% serial killers.

My family was working poor, and we were even on food stamps for several months at one point, despite two parents working allegedly good full-time jobs.