New studies now show that smoking in Aus is no longer the biggest killer and burden on the average tax payer, now its the aussie obesity problem that the average aussie is paying waay higher health insurances to cover these pie loven couch potatos
Unless you are well over 7 foot tall, or have a health condition that prohibits your metabolism, and are in the 90 to 100kg weight range or above, you are in the obese range that pushes the every day healthy aussies health insurance premiums through the roof.
Time to get off the computer forums Australia, get out doors and enjoy life, good food and set a good example for your kids and grandkids, no matter how old you are, its not to late to get out and enjoy the benefits of being fit and healthy and not adding to the obesity problem in Aus.
And hey, you wont need that bigger kite or sail to get out in the lighter winds with ya other mates.
Thats rubbish theres a lot of football players running around that weigh heavier than those figures and are way fitter than some 70 kg weak arse folks. I mite take up smoking again to help adjust those figures.
That's why Medicare should come with a discount for people who can be bothered to pay a bit of attention to their own health.
A check up at tax time would be all that it takes. But too many fat activists would cry discrimination for that to ever get enacted.
So you're skinny are you Lotofwind?
Still won't help if your girlfriend is fat and putting pressure on your major organs.
I saw two policemen in NZ that were almost as round as they were tall. I was tempted to give them some lip and see if even I could out run them...but they had a really fit looking WPC with them...
Had a brain wave the other day.....
Not sure we are meant to eat everyday.....so now,one day per week I go very easy,say 500 - 1000 calories.
A salad and a few cups of tea.
Loto Why wouldn't you put your comment in the fat shaming thread which is literally right underneath this one??
Saying you need to be over 7 ft tall to weigh in at 100kgs and not be in the obese category is bs as this does not account for people with muscles. I am 6'3 and 100kg and am definitely not obese
The human body is quite amazing. It can adapt to many variable thrown at it. For example, have you ever wondering how a person who weighs 130Kg but is only of average height of 1.78M can walk around? Lets say the correct weight is 80Kg for that height, the extra 50Kg is a hell of a lot of extra to carry around. Just imagine you are carting two 25-Litres buckets of water all day ! Is that why Sumo wrestlers are very strong because they are used to carrying the extra slabs all day ?
The biggest tax burden?
Billion dollar planes. Billion dollar subs and Billion dollar companys' with off shore tax structures.
I'm sure there's more...
Hi Lotofwind - good topic
I believe three entities are behind this, but there's more to it than just that.
"Big Pharma" "Big Food" "Big Medic" (and as a sideshow, "Big Fitness & Health")
"Big Pharma" is a trillion dollar industry today providing pharmaceuticals.
It needs "Big Medic" to prescribe these pharmaceuticals to keep the wheels churning.
"Big Medic" also needs to provide dietary guidelines that keep people coming back to "Big Medic"
"Big Food" needs to provide the dubious nutrition that requires people to go to "Big Medic".
Talk about "conflicts of interest"
What I can't determine/understand is why any individual lets themselves go so as to join the merry-go-round of dietary stupidity.
PS: Maybe "dubious nutrition" is designed to make you keep eating "dubious nutrition" by overriding the "satiety gene"
What totally blows my mind is the weight loss industry its worth trillions yet it has a 99%failure rate .
What other industry could survive at such a level of failure & still be a growth industry.
Apart from governments.
Social engineering can be held responsible to a large degree. People have become obsessed with food. One only needs to look around the shelves in a supermarket and to observe the behavior of shoppers to appreciate that food has evolved from a necessity to a hobby.
Everywhere you look people are stuffing their gobs. Compare our food habits to those of a third world country and you have the answer to obesity.
I have posted this before but this guy, for me, is a major inspiration. In the interview he talks about how taste is a matter of conditioning. He also mentions that diet is a highly sensitive subject which many people will not broach.
I thought that heart disease was the biggest killer.
plenty skinny fit healthy eating peeps die from heat disease.