Facts About Obesity/How Many In Your Circle Are Round…?/Avoidance
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
These are the available CDC statistics on obesity in America
This, relatively outdated statistic said that
42.4% of American adults are obese, from 2017-2018
And that the statistics on severe obesity–
The sort of obesity no one sees, because
People don’t leave their house–
Those statistics
Almost doubled–
From 4.7% to 9.2%
Because, you know–
Of all the of the successful
Societal interventions…!
All that fat shaming
Is really, really helping people
Lose weight!!!
🤣
Fucking stupid asshats
So bigoted they don’t even know
What they don’t know.
You can’t see an epidemic
That is shamed into staying home.
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These statistics
Are PRE-COVID
2017-2018
So don’t blame the fucking pandemic
For your own weight anxiety–
The most popular thing nowadays is
Fearing weight gain more than fearing the virus itself.
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Anyway, the covid rant
Is for a different time–
I’m here to talk about
Facts.
Facts like
At least–
42.4% of Americans are obese.
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Let me ask you a question–
Do you have
More than two fat friends…?
What about more than one?
Do you have
Any?
I’m not saying
People you work with–
I’m not saying
People at church, people at synagogue, people
You glare at around town–
I’m talking about
People you text when you are down–
People that you look to
For advice, for company, for
Healthy relationship patterns?
Do you have
More than one fat person
In your life
That call you friend…?
At 42.4%–
If you don’t–
You are avoiding them.
42.4%
Is more than a third of the population.
Perhaps you don’t have two friends
To shake a stick at, let alone
Critique their body fat–
Is that because
You don’t know anyone, or is that because
You don’t respect them?
—
If you do have a fat friend–
Do you expect them to change, do you
Expect them to self-depreciate?
Do you see your time with them
As an excuse to “let go”
As an excuse to “overindulge”
Because you’re with your
Fat friend, of course–
This idiot doesn’t care about health–
Time to have some “fun”!
Fuck everyone.