I went and saw Wall-E, very cute BTW. I got a good laugh out of the humans which are portrayed as hugely fat, spending their days on special floating chaise lounges equipped with a TV screen that sits right in front of the persons field of vision and a cup holder for their GIANT sized cups of liquid food. Their feet, never used, have dwindled away to practically nothing because they have lost the ability to walk.
I did a Google search to see if I could find a picture and instead I found a lot of controversy over the films portrayal of fat people. It seems a lot of people took offense to PIXAR's portrayal of these future humans.
Get real. We are already a nation of fat people, what exactly do we think the future holds? I'm one of the fat, I'll be one of the first to admit it. And I know exactly why I'm fat - I like to eat, have no will power and don't like to exercise. I'm not going to blame society, hormones or stress, the shape I'm in is my fault and I'm very honest about that.
When I was a child a large soda was 16 ounces. Now a large is 48 ounces or more - many people suck down 2 or 3 of those a day. Soda has an average of 100 calories per 8 ounces, that adds up pretty quickly. Remember when you went to McDonald's and got a regular cheeseburger, small fries and a 12 ounce soda? Now you have the Double quarter-pounder, the extra large fries and the 32-ounce soda. Our society has become super-sized and the consequence is a dramatic increase in hypertension, diabetes, back problems, joint replacements and all the other medical and physical problems caused by obesity.
In health care it used to be rare to see a patient over 300 pounds and now we see them routinely. Weight loss surgery is in such high demand it is many hospitals new cash cow. Type two diabetes is being seen with increasing frequency in children!
So the funny fat people on Wall-e? All too possibly a portrayal of our future, sad but true.
Monday, September 1, 2008
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Hear hear! I'm afraid that if all of America jumped at the exact same time, we would knock the earth off it's axis. Sad...and a little pathetic. Like your blog BTW.
We have become a nation more concerned with appearances and feelings, than with reality. Imagine if they read and understood Harrison Bergeron.
One of my pet peeves is..."I'm a diabetic, how much longer?/I got to eat."
Well, why don't they bring a snack with them or money for the vending machine? OR eat before hand? We are NOT a fast food restaurant! Also being a diabetic doesn't speed up the ER visit. Why do people feel this way?
I even had one pt (wt 350 lbs) deny eating a sandwich that we provided for her about 1 hour after arrival. I promptly then lifted the bread crumbs from the pt's lap and the pt said "oh, well I'm still hungry." The pt's glucose was 135 before they ever even ate. It is no wonder that the CC was bil knee pain.
So you are "And I know exactly why I'm fat - I like to eat, have no will power and don't like to exercise." You are driving up health care cost. You are eating too much food, consuming too much resources when children are starving, right in your city. As you tell immigrants to "go back to where they come from" because they haven't learned fluent English in 3 whole years, why don't you try to reduce the size of your ass by just an ounce a day and see where you will be in 3 years ?
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