Obesity is on the rise, or at least admissions to hospital for it are is the latest health news. It seems that covid patients are more at risk if they are obese, but no-one is sure why.
But what to do about it? We've known about it for long enough, in fact I seem to have seen 'warnings' all my adult life and the statistics keep piling up (to use a sizeable description). The term 'Coach potato has been around for years, and in fact a quick Googly leads me to learn that it was a cartoon drawn of 2 lazy blokes named the Couch Potatoes in the 70s and thereafter used as a term for obsessive TV watchers and general slobs. Funny how words can become commonplace, I don't expect the original author thought that would happen.
In my experience, there appears to be some genetic influence on how obese we get, but I'm unsure how dominant this is. I'm also pretty sure that there are some underlying metabolic 'things' happening that keep some people thinner than others such as the person who seems to eat what they like but doesn't pile the weight on as you would expect.
Because obesity is so widespread (see what I did there?), we can get fooled into thinking that the outlying reasons (see above) are an excuse for not doing anything, and a quick glance around us will surely tell us that when you get older, your life gets a whole lot less pleasant if you're carrying a few extra pounds/stones.
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