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There’s was a report done by the European Association for the Study of Obesity that ranked “obesity” as the 5th leading risk for global deaths.
They say that at least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
Here are some other startling figures they reported:
Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980.
65% of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women have obesity.
That’s scary stuff.
But what about here in the U.S. – how is obesity impacting Americans?
About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The study also predicts that in 29 states, more than half of the population will have obesity, and all states will have a prevalence of obesity higher than 35%. The study’s researchers estimate that, currently, 40% of American adults have obesity and 18% have severe obesity.
The study was published in the December 19, 2019 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
There is an obesity epidemic and it’s threatening to kill many Americans and crush our healthcare system, but nobody’s really talking about it. The government certainly is mum on the story.
Instead, the left is focused on pushing “fat acceptance” and “beauty at any size.” Which, despite some good intentions, gives many people who are struggling with food issues and obesity an excuse to stay in their dangerously unhealthy lifestyle.
Think of it as the “Lizzofication” of America.
Music artist Lizzo has put her obesity front and center, and made her weight the cornerstone of her brand.
So, you can imagine how things got heated back in 2021, when she went on a 10-day “cleanse” and naturally started to lose weight (and get healthier). She faced intense backlash.
Artists such as Lizzo and Adele have recently come under fire for their attempts to lose weight. Being body positive has never meant you can’t also shed a few pounds, so why do we hold female musicians to different standards than we hold both ourselves and men to? As Victoria explores, it seems that female artists can’t be perceived as body positive if they express that they’re losing weight, no matter how healthily they do it.
Late last year, Lizzo posted on her Instagram story that she had done a ten-day, smoothie-based detox. She’s previously been worshipped as a body positive icon, and her music promotes self-love, whatever that may look like for each person. But her fans were outraged at her making a choice about her own body.
Her reaction to the backlash was telling. Instead of continuing to lose weight and get healthier, Lizzo is celebrating when she gains weight.
Lizzo wants you to know she gained weight and still feels “good as h-ll.” Thank goodness she doesn’t have COVID.
On Sunday, Jan. 2, the body-positivity singer kicked off the new year with a video on Instagram featuring herself dancing in a one-piece captioned, “I gained weight.”
“I look TF GOODT [sic],” she added.
The post was met with the same online excitement routine among the singer’s fans celebrating obesity despite its status as a top comorbidity for COVID-19.
“Ugh this made me feel better, I love you!” one user wrote.
“You are perfect just the way you are,” wrote another with a heart emoji.The New York fashion publication Paper Magazine similarly gave Lizzo praise, highlighting “a flood of proposals and well-deserved compliments.”
However, Lizzo’s promotion of obesity and poor health is a dangerous disservice to the millions of people who support her.
At this point, this is no longer “body positivity.” It’s now enabling unhealthy, obese people to stay stuck in a cycle of overrating, and potentially bad health and or death. And this type of enablement is everywhere nowadays.
Journalist Steve Sailer wrote a brilliant tweet on this very topic:
And here is what people online are saying:
“It’s not working at all, but there is an entire career ecosystem built around lying to the public through coordinated media campaigns about fatness, trans, benefits of diversity, etc. so the gaslighting will continue until they move onto the next scam.”
“It worked on women, who were the actual target of the social engineering.”
“There is some logic to something like fat Victoria secret models, as women get fatter it’s just marketing to them. Woman’s fashion changed with high waisted jeans that basically function as a girdle replacing low rise jeans.”
“Blacks are at risk from diabetes and heart problems (controlling for weight) than White/Asians
So the fat black woman that they are beautiful, and normalizing this behavior will lead to a short lifespan. Also less fertile and more prone to miscarriage.”
Hurling nasty comments at obese people is cruel. In many cases they are struggling with more than just a “big appetite.”
There are studies showing a link between eating disorders and sexual abuse. Victims of sexual abuse are more likely to be obese.
Having empathy and treating people who are clearly struggling with kindness should go without saying.
However, a “body positive” movement that forces everyone to celebrate obesity as “beautiful” is wrong on every level, especially for the victims, who likely need mental and physical help.
Lizzo is not doing herself or her fans any favors by pushing poor health for “clicks” and “likes.”
The Lizzofocation of America could result in countless deadly outcomes.
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