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FakeNoose

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16. That's a good point, some were probably trying to lose extra pounds

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #12)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 07:42 PM

Dec 15

I just refrained from socializing, attending parties, drinking at my social club, etc. Even my choir practices were called off for over a year. I'm sure we all cut back from March 2020 (the initial lockdown) until the Covid vaccines were available at least a year later.

My best friend passed away in April 2020, and none of us were allowed to attend her funeral. We all made sacrifices and I'll never forget that horrible time. I'll never forgive Chump for doing NOTHING to alleviate or mitigate the danger to our country.

Sorry for the rant! I'm done now.

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Obesity rate among US adults fell in 2023 for first time in over a decade: Study [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 14 OP

We'll all look like Ethiopians this time next year. Meadowoak Dec 14 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 14 #2

So...it's the new "ozempic" types of drugs? orrrrrr..... FirstLight Dec 14 #3

"Nobody can afford fuckin food" indeed...and they really think tariffs and fascism are going to solve that. LOL Karasu Dec 14 #4

Eating healthy is expensive. Fattening, unhealthy foods and living on bread, Greybnk48 Dec 15 #15

"nobody can afford fuckin food " at140 Dec 18 #27

This time period includes the Covid lockdown FakeNoose Dec 14 #5

Obesity was a high risk factor for COVID as well NickB79 Dec 15 #12

That's a good point, some were probably trying to lose extra pounds FakeNoose Dec 15 #16

Yup Prairie Gates Dec 18 #26

That was my first thought. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 18 #30

The obesity rate climbed year-over-year every year for the ten year period, except that from 2022 to 2023 nmmi Dec 18 #33

I can bdamomma Dec 14 #6

Me too. I imagine there will be just as many obese people as now. maxsolomon Dec 17 #20

To save people from having to look, the full article said nothing about drugs like Ozempic nmmi Dec 14 #7

"the full article said nothing about drugs like Ozempic" BumRushDaShow Dec 15 #8

Thanks much for the research! nmmi Dec 15 #9

I think specifically in the case for the brand "Ozempic" BumRushDaShow Dec 15 #10

Still not buying the Covid connection -- it didn't cause a drop in obesity from 2019 to 2020!!! or 2020 to 2021, or nmmi Dec 15 #11

There are other underlying things BumRushDaShow Dec 15 #13

The JAMA article itself drmeow Dec 16 #18

Thanks much for the info 😃 /nt nmmi Dec 16 #19

You could just have a metabolism that burns calories well. maxsolomon Dec 17 #21

I was thinking about my past history, where I almost made it into the obese category nmmi Dec 17 #23

I'm one of them. I was put on Mounjaro Sept. 2023. I've lost 70+ lbs. Greybnk48 Dec 15 #14

Stress, COVID, obesity drugs, food costs BigmanPigman Dec 15 #17

You weigh 84 pounds? maxsolomon Dec 17 #22

I'm 5'1 1/2" tall BigmanPigman Dec 17 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author nmmi Dec 18 #25

For no apparent reason at all, the linked BMI calculator is on an erectile dysfunction website Prairie Gates Dec 18 #29

Thanks! /nt nmmi Dec 18 #32

The BMI calculator says both those are underweight nmmi Dec 18 #31

We went vegetarian 25 years ago and have stayed thin Ritabert Dec 18 #28