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maxsolomon

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22. You weigh 84 pounds?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:31 PM

Dec 17

I hope you aren't very tall!

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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