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| Scientific American Accused of ‘Public Health Disinformation' After Claiming Fight Against Obesity Rooted in ‘Racism' |
| 2023-01-01 |
| Ah'm still full from Thanksgiving! [Breitbart] The fight against obesity is rooted in “racism,” according to a Scientific American essay that claimed black women “consistently experience weightism in addition to sexism and racism,” and the prescribing of “weight loss” has “long since proved to be ineffective.” In a tweet from the Scientific American Twitter account sharing the piece on Wednesday, the popular guide — which is the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S. — claimed the “heightened concern about black women’s weight reflects the racist stigmatization of their bodies.” |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #18 Lakota are red And Dale is true blue, Unless he's a Rooskie... But that's okay too! Have always enjoyed Dale's Terkelesque reportage (and of course the perennial puzzle of the precise nature of his employment (not asking!)). |
| Posted by: Bob Bigfeet5710 2023-01-01 21:30 |
| #17 Locally compounding pharmacists are mixing b12 with semaglutide Why B-12, Shomonter Prince of the Gepids2575? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-01-01 15:10 |
| #16 I don’t know about small circuit performers elsewhere, but here in Cincinnati groups are continually forming and reforming, individuals flowing from one group to the next — like Monty Python’s Toad the Wet Sprocket. And everyone has CDs now — at minimum something recorded in the basement, created on the household computer, artwork by Cousin Suzie — to send to bar owners before signing a contract and for selling to fans at the bar between sets for a little extra profit. Or rent a studio for a day and pay an artist or photographer to create something higher quality. Not many nowadays get the major studio treatment that used to be standard. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-01-01 15:03 |
| #15 Why The CDC Just Updated Its BMI Chart For Kids And Teens |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-01 14:52 |
| #14 Locally compounding pharmacists are mixing b12 with semaglutide, and it's 1/10th the cost. Quite effective, I instruct patients to only put 1/3rd usual portion size on plate or be very uncomfortable after eating. Slows gastric emptying initially, then induces early satiety. Not seen loss of efficacy like with traditional drugs. |
| Posted by: Shomonter Prince of the Gepids2575 2023-01-01 14:38 |
| #13 LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-01-01 13:07 |
| #12 Search on Shiloh Lakota comes up, uh, inconclusive. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-01 13:02 |
| #11 Shiloh Lakota of North Dakota broke every Dakota record. Tough as nails, she never fails, she's like a Toyota Accord. 😁 My little hat tip to your friend, Dale. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-01-01 12:59 |
| #10 I propose that I be placed on the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness where I would seek a national moratorium on shirts and skins pick-up basketball until this can all be worked out. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-01 12:49 |
| #9 Wyamine |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-01 11:51 |
| #8 Wikipedia: Semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, is an antidiabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and as anti-obesity medication for long-term weight management, developed by Novo Nordisk in 2012. I mentioned it to my endocrinologist, Penguin, who said that for at least the next 12-18 months they are having trouble producing enough of this and other diabetic medications for already diagnosed diabetic patients. Until that acute need is covered, the merely overweight and pre-diabetic will have to wait, Also, it is supposed to be coupled with exercise and a moderate diet, so it may well first be recommended for use in a controlled setting. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-01-01 11:48 |
| #7 Major opportunity for pharm companies. They have been working on it for decades. A couple products now look promising. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2023-01-01 10:18 |
| #6 I met Shiloh Lakota yesterday a native of North Dakota. Loves to fish and has several records to her name. Bad knees and bad back but lives on. I spoke of two cowboys I had met some time ago. She said they are full of life, drink, fights and so on. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-01-01 08:35 |
| #5 It's not just those of African heritage. The Navajo in the four corners suffered sever Covid consequence because they as a population are obese and suffer with elevated diabetes. The lands have never been a haven of bountiful agriculture. The introduction of readily available and accessible food has intersected with a body that evolved to pull every last bit of nutritional substance to ward off famine. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-01 07:22 |
| #4 FACT: Some people store more and burn less than others based on their Genetics. Then there are those that pig out and sit on their growing Butts and blame the world for it. But misusing the excuse of Racism has made the term RACIST meaningless and little more than a catch-all whine for too many. If, I was of a race that had real foundational racism still applied against it by others, like is done in Africa / Mid-east / Asia and Eur-Asia still today. I'd be pissed every time some yahoo "played" the Race Card for attention. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-01 05:11 |
| #3 Not dyin' be hard. For some. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-01-01 04:27 |
| #2 Don't like exercise? Eat less. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-01 02:11 |
| #1 This new stuff for weight loss semaglutide seems to be getting a lot of buzz. |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert 2023-01-01 02:04 |