Americans continue to get fatter and it's delivering a huge blow to the country, both in higher health care costs and undercutting military recruiting, according to a huge new study.
The 14th annual State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation bluntly reported that 70 percent of the nation is obese or overweight.
And while the rate of obesity growth is leveling off, the costs aren't. The report, for example, said additional health care for obese adults and children is $150 billion a year and billions of dollars more in lost worker productivity.
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Oh good, a health topic.
ReplyDeleteSo, I can repeat: Olive oil, guacamole: Good for Omega-3 fatty acids.
I kept wondering why fish/grass-fed beef gave me such energy, and I think it's the Omega-3 fats.
I'm technically not "overweight", but I'm currently trying to lose some weight. I certainly will never have health problems from my weight, though I tend to be sedentary if not careful.
Being overly sedentary is another health risk.
I walk an hour on the beach/pier each day. You have to make it the highlight of your day and no excuses. :)
DeleteBesides the overweight youth there is the ADHD kids that have been on Ritalin most of their lives. Also factor in the massive use of pot - it is almost double what it was with HS seniors in the late 70's. Then there are the snowflakes who freak when anybody uses an authoritative voice like a drill Sergent does.
ReplyDeletethe snowflakes who freak when anybody uses an authoritative voice like a drill Sergent does.
DeleteI guess they think they should have a 'safe place' while undergoing training. :)
That safe space bs is not what people think it is.
DeleteIt creates little anti-American bubbles "protected" from the fictionally oppressive mainstream society. There they receive propaganda, one-sided arguments.
So, it's radicalising these kids to hate America.
I'm all for whatever ethnic pride and religious groups that wish to associate, but such is not the purpose of safe spaces.
We hear about "Hitler Youth camps" that brainwash children. Basically, that's what safe spaces are. It's just less obvious and less direct.
Hadn't exactly thought of that, but am sure you are correct. Thanks.
DeleteNext to the invention of the smart phone the worst thing that ever happened in America was the end of the draft.
ReplyDeleteMight be!)
DeleteFirst, kudos to Weaver. Outstanding. I could not have said it any better than what you did.
ReplyDeleteBasic training is supposed to be a rite of passage. You are not the same person graduating from basic training, as you once were when you entered. I am a former NCO (E-7). It has been my observation that when ever a group of lower enlisted get together to socialize, they will share their basic training experiences. And they all want to believe that there was some element of their training that was a little more harder or challenging than the other guys. So, want made your worst time in basic, will be a source of pride, because you got through it. In my never to be humble opinion, I consider myself to a superior to my peers who did not enlist. In addition, looking back 40 plus years, my drill sergeants ought to have been even harder and more demanding of me.
Basic training is supposed to be stressful. Personally I think basic training is way too easy and soft. If you can not cope with a drill sergeant getting in your face, saying thing that hurt your feeling or are offensive in a loud and harsh tone of voice, you will not be able to cope with the demands of a possible combat environment?
Basic training is supposed to be the most demanding and difficult. But, it is structured as to get as many recruits through it as possible. It is supposed to teach a young adult the life lesson that your greatest obstacle is yourself; the reason why you could not do something was not because you unable, but you thought it could not be done.
Basic training in brief: If you do not know how to do something, we will teach you. If you do not want to do something, we will make you.
Here is THE irony of it all. The young adult who can go to collage, is NOT qualified to enlist. They can still in the classroom and given enough time, leave with their office certified piece of paper called a degree. Yet, that same young adult is NOT smart enough to learn what the military skills needed to their jobs. Their inflated GPAs does not give them common sense. They lack the emotional maturity to make through basic training. If you need a "safe space", you've proven my point, poster child. If you can not pass the military's physical standards just to get in, then you are one sorry, contemptible POS for a young adult.
To all you collage students out there, know this, the next time you see some one in uniform, you are seeing someone who is superior to you (and likely always will be). He accomplished something that you could not because you don't have what it takes; graduate from basic training. Offended? Tough s--t, I don't care.
If you can not cope with a drill sergeant getting in your face, saying thing that hurt your feeling or are offensive in a loud and harsh tone of voice, you will not be able to cope with the demands of a possible combat environment?
DeleteExcellent point as well as the rest of your comments. I went through Ft Bragg in 9/10 ? '66 and after the first week, it was pretty laid back.