Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

It's not a popular thing to say, but I think folks around here can have an honest discussion about this-- one of the main problems with COVID19, is that it so severely affects people with comorbidities.  And here in the USA, one of the most common and problematic comorbidities, is obesity.

I'm not trying to discount the severity of COVID19, but it has been significantly exacerbated by the problem of obesity in our population.

I believe we need much stronger messaging from health officials about this problem.  I believe we're currently very soft on it-- it's come to the point where there is a widespread social justice movement that actually focuses on protecting the feelings of obese people.  There is propaganda and rhetoric that there are all kinds of "healthy bodies" and that fat people can be healthy too.

They can't.  They aren't.  It's a massive issue.  And it's significantly affecting the deadliness of this virus in our country.

Surprisingly, the studies show that smoking doesn't seem to affect the severity of this virus at all.  But obesity most certainly does.

We need to take it MUCH more seriously.

I guess?  Does it work?  Does it make any difference?

Or are there other routes that could be more effective?

It's not a popular thing to say, but I think folks around here can have an honest discussion about this-- one of the main problems with COVID19, is that it so severely affects people with comorbidities.  And here in the USA, one of the most common and problematic comorbidities, is obesity.

I'm not trying to discount the severity of COVID19, but it has been significantly exacerbated by the problem of obesity in our population.

I believe we need much stronger messaging from health officials about this problem.  I believe we're currently very soft on it-- it's come to the point where there is a widespread social justice movement that actually focuses on protecting the feelings of obese people.  There is propaganda and rhetoric that there are all kinds of "healthy bodies" and that fat people can be healthy too.

They can't.  They aren't.  It's a massive issue.  And it's significantly affecting the deadliness of this virus in our country.

Surprisingly, the studies show that smoking doesn't seem to affect the severity of this virus at all.  But obesity most certainly does.

We need to take it MUCH more seriously.

And yet there are strong social justice movements promoting obese people as "another kind of healthy body" and many that take it even further, into fit-shaming people that are actually making efforts through diet and exercise, to stay healthy.

We're not allowed to call obese people "fat" anymore, it's insensitive and it might hurt their feelings. I can face the truth, there are times in my life when I've been up to 215 lbs.  At 5'10", my ideal weight is about 160. I've been outright fat.

I'm not even where I need to be currently, but I face reality and know when I'm heading off the path.  I straighten out the nutrition plan, get back to exercise, and move toward my health goals.

Far too many people have NOBODY telling them that their current diet and lack of exercise are the reasons they're unhealthy.

I think folks making these claims are a very distinct minority not taken very seriously by others.

Noise, not numbers.  And not even much noise.

I think folks making these claims are a very distinct minority not taken very seriously by others.

Noise, not numbers.  And not even much noise.