Someone has to be pretty damn skinny for it to be unhealthy, and even then, depending how they got that way and are staying that way, it may not be unhealthy at all. Fat people, on the other hand, create all sorts of problems. EMS personnel get injured trying to lift them after they have their heart attack. Firefighters are exposed to more risk and for longer periods if they have to pull them out of a burning building and a sniper or police officer can't shoot the bad guy hiding behind the tub-o-lard. There are studies out now that prove obesity (being fat) can cause various cancers, it causes depression (in more ways than one), and then there are the obvious: high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stroke, etc, etc, etc. Don’t get me wrong here, I don’t hate fat people; my dad is pretty fat and I have good friends that are large to outright fat.
Some people say that it is not a persons’ fault and it is all genetic, but that is a load of crap; genetics are involved, but only to an extent. Eating right and exercise can take care of a lot of it. The Army has height/weight standards that everyone is expected to meet (more or less) and I use to think that it was pretty dumb when someone who could pass the physical fitness test without any problem had to meet the weight standard. Since then I have came to the realization that you can be very unhealthy, and still be able to do things that make it appear you are healthy. It is much like not saving money for the future, it all seems fine and dandy right now, but down the line it creates a lot of problems.
http://health.msn.com/centers/cancer/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100173476
http://health.msn.com/centers/depression/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100124161
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http://health.msn.com/encyclopedia/healthtopics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100068926
4 comments:
I believe either extreme is not particularly good. Too skinny often leads to some serious health problems just like obesity. Unfortunately, American society leans toward fat, due to its poor eating habits and lethargy. I'm not sure what it will take to move a society prone to laziness toward a change, both in diet and level of activity.
i was a very, very skinny person all my life. i had been called names for it just as an overweight person would be. i cant even count how many times people asked if i was anorexic. i found that is was damaging also. drawing any sort of negative attention to anyone's appearnace is damaging. its unfair that we put so much empahasis on it.
hahaha well your blog is very true and interesting.. i might now wanna be a fire fighter now that i heard this .. ps i always meant to tell you thanks for serving for our country.. im very supportive of troops.. so thanks man
i liked that spin and looking at the logical side of how being fat affects people who are from a different perspective. I thought the examples of fat people being pulled out of burning buildings and such were nicely put in there. Good to think about both sides----not just skinny people like models and "killing Me softly" stuff. It's funny, though, that that title fits with fat people better than it does with skinny people. maybe not. maybe change soft...
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