Then entire medical establishment is geared towards keeping homosexuals and boomers alive forever. It’s big money.

If boomers were healthier, they wouldn’t need all of this medical intervention. If they were healthier, they would also probably realize how stupid it is to live to be 100 years old.

The Guardian:

Baby boomers are living longer but are in worse health than previous generations were at the same age, despite advances in medicine and greater awareness of healthy lifestyles, a global study shows.

Researchers found people in their 50s and 60s were more likely to have serious health problems than people who were born before or during the second world war when they reached that age.

The results cannot be explained by people living longer, experts at the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) said. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases were all affecting people at younger ages.

Rates of illness and disability increased across successive generations during the last century, according to the findings published in the Journals of Gerontology.

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Researchers analysed health data for more than 100,000 people between 2004 and 2018, covering several generations of people aged 50 and above across England, the US and Europe.

They found increasing rates of chronic disease, especially when comparing people born between 1936 and 1945 and those born from 1955 to 1959.

…

Levels of grip strength, a good measure of overall muscle strength and healthy ageing, decreased across generations in England and the US, but either increased or remained constant in Europe.

The children of the boomers are going to die much younger, in part because they don’t have the money for all of these medical interventions and in another part because their boomer parents fed them poison slop when they were small children, something that the boomer’s own parents did not do to them.

in 1939, men were a whopping eating 3500 calories a day and only weighed 150 lbs…

families were eating 4 pounds of sugar a week, up to 10 pounds of meat, up to 10 pounds of flour, 10 quarts of milk, 2 dozen eggs…

yet less than 10% of people were obese vs 40% today

our… pic.twitter.com/5uzvU3oN9u

— Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ️🦙 (@AlpacaAurelius) March 31, 2024

Obesity rates have increased across the world over the last 50 years, but at varying speeds and from different starting positions.

The chart shows the change in the share of adults who are defined as “overweight” or “obese” across a range of countries. It is based on the latest… pic.twitter.com/rihNwxW8kF

— Our World in Data (@OurWorldInData) September 30, 2024

Well, this sounds like bullshit to me.

Why are we reporting on this?

The Guardian:

Children who are susceptible to type 1 diabetes and eat bananas, oats and yoghurt are more likely to contract the disease, while consuming strawberries and blueberries lowers the risk, research has found.

Wheat also emerged from the study as a risk factor for the autoimmune form of diabetes, while vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage have a protective effect.

Well, that’s true.

Wheat is poison.

But no one will listen to that. People are fat and retarded, which is one reason why billions must die.

The professor behind the findings said the fact that some fruits contain traces of pesticides may explain why some of them heighten, but others cut, the risk of type 1 diabetes.

Suvi Virtanen and colleagues at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare analysed the diet of 5,674 Finnish children who were genetically susceptible to the disease, following them from birth to the age of six. Ninety-four of the children had developed type 1 diabetes by that age and another 206 had developed islet autoimmunity, which meant they were at much higher risk of getting it.

Most “yoghurts” are poison.

The researchers analysed 34 different food groups and found that the more fruits such as bananas, oats or rye children ate, the greater their risk of getting the disease.

That finding may perplex parents because, Virtanen added, “many of the foods that we found to be associated with increased risk of type 1 diabetes and the disease process are considered part of a healthy diet”.

However, in contrast, eating strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and other berries seemed to protect children from the condition. The more they ate, the lower their risk.

Yeah, hey – people should eat real food instead of processed poison.

Very true.

How animal protein worsens insulin resistance. https://t.co/MM3WHQ3Q2v pic.twitter.com/HyqIjPnxMU

— Michael Greger, M.D. (@nutrition_facts) March 19, 2023

That tweet aged horribly. Vegan doctors want people to believe that the problem is animal foods.

Every few years, there is some new magical “sweetener” that is supposed to give you the joys of sugar without the consequences (the primary consequence being obesity and its consequences). Every single time, a few years after the sweetener is introduced, it is revealed that it is a toxic chemical that causes all kinds of problems.

Further: judging by the people I see drinking Diet Soda, it doesn’t appear to help much with obesity either.

There is a life lesson here: nothing is free. If you want to indulge in the joys of sugar, you are going to have to deal with the consequences. For normal, healthy people, they can have a sugary desert now and again, and not end up obese. But if you want to replace water with soda, and just drink that crap all day, you’re going to end up with a problem.

CNN:

A low-calorie sweetener called xylitol used in many reduced-sugar foods and consumer products such as gum and toothpaste may be linked to nearly twice the risk of heart attacks, stroke and death in people who consume the highest levels of the sweetener, a new study found.

“We gave healthy volunteers a typical drink with xylitol to see how high the levels would get and they went up 1,000-fold,” said senior study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

“When you eat sugar, your glucose level may go up 10% or 20% but it doesn’t go up a 1,000-fold,” said Hazen, who also directs the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Microbiome and Human Health.

“Humankind has not experienced levels of xylitol this high except within the last couple of decades when we began ingesting completely contrived and sugar-substituted processed foods,” he added.

This is the problem.

People should be eat real foods. There is no way around that reality. There is no trick. You have to either eat whole foods, or deal with the consequences. Nothing is free. Maybe it is worth it to you to be a fat slob in order to indulge in chemical crap, but even if that is the case: just drink normal sugar.

Do not mess with these “deal with the devil” chemicals.

In 2023, the same researchers found similar results for another low-calorie sweetener called erythritol, which is used as a bulking sugar in stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products.

Some health food people are still promoting stevia. These people are vicious retards.

The only “healthy” sugar is from fruit, and even that is not really very healthy.

Additional lab and animal research presented in both papers revealed erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to clot more readily. Clots can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, triggering a stroke.

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“Xylitol is cheaper to make than cane sugar and so more and more keeps getting incorporated as a sugar substitute into food. Some 12-ounce drinks that use xylitol as a major artificial sweetener can contain 30 grams or more,” he said. “You can even buy it in bulk at the grocery store where you’re told to use as a one-to-one substitute for sugar in home cooking.”

Research has shown some artificial sweeteners may create a backlash in the metabolic system, triggering the body to expect more calories, thus making weight loss more difficult.

It is literally a “weight loss substitute” that makes you fatter.

People are so retarded.

I’d be happy to see this artificial sweetener taken off the market after so many dog deaths.
My pup was near death from 5 pieces of chewing gum & they refuse to add warning labels! #ToxicToDogs

Xylitol is prothrombotic and associated with heart attack https://t.co/aYTJhFv7kd pic.twitter.com/w4rDyCCGxE

— Nanci Guest PhD, RD, CSCS (@NanciGuestRDPhD) June 7, 2024

Surgeons Transplant World’s First Genetically Edited Pig Kidney Into a Living Human

“This pig kidney had 69 genomic edits to improve compatibility and to reduce the risk of infection from viruses.” pic.twitter.com/wfVzTMZj84

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) March 22, 2024

The doctors and scientists who did the first pig kidney transplant into a live human patient said it’s a big step forward. They think it could help the patients waiting for kidney transplants or on dialysis https://t.co/IBI8Y36DBH pic.twitter.com/rBzuwZ5kx5

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 22, 2024

The Science is at it again!

Turning humans into pigs!

CNN:

Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday.

The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954.

The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation who had been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, is recovering well and expected to be discharged from the hospital soon.

Doctors said Thursday that they thought his new kidney could last years but also acknowledged that there are many unknowns in animal-to-human transplants.

In a written statement provided by the hospital, Slayman said he had been a patient in the hospital’s transplant program for 11 years. He previously received a kidney from a human donor in 2018 after living with diabetes and high blood pressure for many years. That kidney began to show signs of failure five years later, and he resumed dialysis in 2023.

When he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year, he said, his doctors suggested that he try a pig kidney.

“I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive,” Slayman said in the statement.

Doctors who were not involved in the case said the surgery represented a significant medical milestone.

“To finally see this come to fruition after years of work and collaboration is really a huge step forward and a great moment for transplant,” said Dr. Parsia Vagefi, chief of surgical transplantation at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, director of the Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplant Tolerance and the surgeon who performed the operation, said the pig organ was exactly the same size as a human kidney.

When they stitched it in, connecting its blood vessels to Slayman’s, Kawai said, it immediately “pinked up” and began to make urine. The 15-member transplant team in the operating room burst into applause, he said.

“It was truly the most beautiful kidney I have ever seen,” Kawai said Thursday in a news briefing that was emotional for the doctors involved, some of whom have worked on this research for their entire careers.

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The organ came from a pig that was genetically modified by a company eGenesis Bio to make it more compatible with a human. Other companies are also working to make pig tissues and organs suitable for xenotransplants.

People will say “oh well, I wouldn’t want to die either.”

But is that true?

Would you really rather become part pig than simply die?

Is dying really that big of a deal?

Nurse removes the pig kidney from its box.

I’m shocked to find that these people in the media/government/academy are lying to me again.

I thought at some point, they would have to say something truthful. But apparently not.

The Guardian:

The chances of a person developing type 2 diabetes can increase even if they eat red meat just two times a week instead of an alternative option, researchers have said.

Replacing red meat with plant-based protein sources, such as nuts and legumes, may reduce the chances of developing the condition and would also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change, according to experts at Harvard University.

Type 2 diabetes is one of the world’s fastest growing major health threats. Its prevalence has risen sharply everywhere in the last three decades, according to the World Health Organization.

More than 400 million people have been diagnosed, but millions more are estimated to be in the dark about the fact they have the condition. It is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation.

Research increasingly suggests that one of the main things you can to do lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, as well maintaining a healthy weight, is improve your diet.

Previous studies have indicated a link between red meat consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, but researchers say new research by Harvard adds a greater level of certainty about the association.

In the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers looked at health data from 216,695 people from the Nurses’ Health Study, Nurses’ Health Study II, and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) in the US.

People were asked to complete questionnaires about their diet every two to four years, for up to 36 years. During this time, more than 22,000 of them developed type 2 diabetes.

That seems very reliable.

I too remember perfectly everything I’ve eaten in the past 2 years.

Those who ate the most red meat had a 62% higher risk of developing the condition compared with those who ate the least.

The research suggests that every additional daily serving of processed red meat was associated with a 46% greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes. Every additional daily serving of unprocessed red meat was associated with a 24% greater risk, the study found.

First author Xiao Gu, postdoctoral research fellow in the department of nutrition at Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, said: “Our findings strongly support dietary guidelines that recommend limiting the consumption of red meat, and this applies to both processed and unprocessed red meat.”

It’s really strange that this new science information coincidentally lines up with the global warming austerity agenda.

YouTube is filled with people reversing type 2 diabetes using carnivore or meat-heavy keto diets.

What does The Science say about them?

The basic fact is this: red meat is the single healthiest food of all.

Other than maybe fish. Depending on the type and sourcing.

I was just sitting around this afternoon, thinking to myself “why are niggers so fat?”

I should have guessed – it’s white people’s fault!

Who else would make niggers fat, other than evil whites??

The College Fix:

“Structural racism” contributes to higher Type 2 diabetes rates in black Americans, according to a new paper from Emory University researchers.

The researchers used a framework that “consider[s] the domains of health behaviours and social norms, structural racism, access to high-quality care, economic development, and public awareness.”

“Structural racism play[s] a prominent role at all levels,” of these domains, the scholars wrote in The Lancet.

They list practices such as redlining and predatory lending from decades ago as part of their hypothesis of why black people today have higher rates of Type 2 diabetes than white citizens.

“Past policies, laws, and economies contribute to where people live, their access to sufficient and healthy food, and their access to health-care services,” the research team wrote.

“These factors, stemming largely from structural racism and discrimination, play an important role in driving racial and ethnic inequities in diabetes and diabetes-related complications,” they wrote.

Blacks deserve better.

White people need to go in and figure out a way to make blacks stop being so fat.

It’s the least we could do, what with the Holocaust and so on.

We gassed these blacks by the millions, for no reason. Turned the poor black bastards into soap!

Soap!

Wait, no, sorry – I mean, slavery.

We did slavery to them.

It’s time we fixed their weight problems.

I’ve been telling people for 20 years that they’d be better off drinking corn syrup than Splenda.

No one listens to me.

That’s the story of my entire life: people not listening, even though I am always right about everything.

People have known about Splenda for years. This shit literally is not a sweetener, but tells your brain it is a sweetener. Why would anyone think that was safe?

If you’re that in need of sweet taste, you might as well just start doing fentanyl for your dopamine fix.

New York Post:

America’s favorite artificial sweetener could have some bitter health effects, including damage to your DNA.

Splenda is the brand name for sucralose, often added to diet sodas, baked goods, chewing gum, gelatins and frozen desserts.

It’s even found in drug products like Tylenol, Pepcid and cold and flu medicines.

Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar and is the best-selling artificial sweetener in America, with sales roughly double those of its nearest rival, Sweet’n Low.

But sucralose has been found to be genotoxic, meaning it breaks apart the DNA in chromosomes and can lead to cancer, according to new research published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.

In the human body, sucralose breaks down into a compound called sucralose-6-acetate, which can damage the lining of the intestine.

“Other studies have found that sucralose can adversely affect gut health, so we wanted to see what might be happening there,” Susan Schiffman, PhD, study author and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University, said in a news release.

What they found was alarming: “Sucralose-6-acetate significantly increased the expression of genes associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and cancer,” the study authors wrote.

“Our in vitro studies used human tissue, so the findings are directly relevant for the human body,” Dr. Schiffman added.

The new study adds to earlier research that finds sucralose and sucralose-6-acetate can also cause intestinal damage.

“When we exposed sucralose and sucralose-6-acetate to gut epithelial tissues — the tissue that lines your gut wall — we found that both chemicals cause ‘leaky gut,’” Dr. Schiffman said.

“Basically, they make the wall of the gut more permeable. A leaky gut is problematic because it means that things that would normally be flushed out of the body in feces are instead leaking out of the gut and being absorbed into the bloodstream,” Dr. Schiffman added.

It’s a bigger problem than that. Your entire immune system and even your cognitive function is linked to your gut. Your gut regulates the entire bacterial makeup of your body, and it regulates your hormone system.

“Independent scientific studies show that ingestion of sucralose can damage the cell membranes of the gut and cause irritable bowel syndrome,” Dr. Schiffman told Newsweek.

The makers of artificial sweeteners, however, assert that their products are safe.

Imagine that!

“Sucralose has undergone one of the most extensive and thorough testing programs conducted on any food additive in history, resulting in consensus on its safety throughout the global scientific and regulatory community,” a representative for the International Sweetener Association told Newsweek.

Some health experts also question the relevance of the new study.

“The findings raise potentially concerning findings that deserve further study, but do not practically reflect what occasional or even frequent ingestion of sucralose-sweetened food and beverages have on health,” Dr. John Damianos, a hospital resident at Yale School of Medicine, told Medical News Today.

Nonetheless, artificial sweeteners have been scrutinized for years, and several studies have linked the products to health risks.

A 2020 study published in the journal Cell Metabolism found that sucralose in combination with carbohydrates (like those in baked goods) can swiftly turn a healthy person into one with high blood sugar, the Washington Post reports.

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Considering the risks of all added sweeteners — artificial as well as natural — Dr. Damianos encourages people to consider healthy, low- or no-sugar options.

“Instead of soda or diet soda, switch to seltzer water,” Dr. Damianos recommends, adding, “Instead of highly processed foods and drinks to satisfy that sweet tooth, grab fruits with their natural sugars paired with an abundance of health-promoting fiber and phytonutrients.”

Fake sugar is literally less healthy than anything else, including and especially real sugar.

Imagine that the government goes around whining about cigarette smoking, when studies showing that tobacco and nicotine are unhealthy are much more contested than the studies showing that most of what is put in processed food is highly dangerous and even volatile.

Just eat food, retards.

Stop eating this processed crap, which many insects won’t even eat.

Look how absolute stupid everything has become. The normalization of ill health. https://t.co/A6NWCeblru

— J.D. Haltigan, PhD 🏒👨‍💻 (@JDHaltigan) October 27, 2022

Is it just me, or does she look a little like Greta Thunberg?

“Fat acceptance” has transformed into “fat celebration.”

They said “oh you should be nice to these people, they have a problem” and when people were like “okay, well, we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings,” they said “actually, it is good to be fat and more people should be fat.”

The Guardian:

Disney has debuted its first plus-size female protagonist in a short film that is being praised for exploring body positivity and overcoming self-doubt.

The animation, Reflect, tells the story of Bianca, a young ballet dancer who “battles her own reflection, overcoming doubt and fear by channelling her inner strength, grace and power”.

It forms part of Disney’s Short Circuit series of experimental films, released over the Disney+ streaming service last month.

The six-minute feature has been pitched as an uplifting tale of conquering body dysmorphia and self-doubt.

The Disney animation artist and director Hillary Bradfield, who also worked on Encanto and Frozen II, said she hoped viewers could “feel more positively about themselves and how they look” after watching the short.

“Sometimes you go to the dark place to get to the good place. And that just makes the good place that much more beautiful,” she said in an interview before the film’s release.

In a clip released by Disney over social media, Bianca is seen practising ballet in front of a mirror as the reflected image begins to break apart. Struggling with her confidence, she eventually finds her feet and dances until the mirror fades away.

An all-new Short Circuit Experimental Film has arrived! Stream “Reflect” and all the Short Circuit Experimental Films by Walt Disney Animation Studios artists now on @DisneyPlus. 🩰 🎆 pic.twitter.com/c0gw5U4ecc

— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 14, 2022

The film has drawn mixed reviews online.

“This is very encouraging and I am glad Disney decided to include a ‘plus-sized’ heroine,” one person tweeted.

“I wish I could have seen this when I was younger! But so happy things are changing!” another said.

This is disgusting.

Fatness is ugly, for one. That might be the most important thing: no one wants to see this. It is anti-social to go out there fat and expect people to have to look at your disgusting rolls.

The other thing is that it is just not healthy at all. I want fat people to die, but the science is allowing them to live for a very long time. Very long. Much longer than they should live.

In other cultural fatness, that fat bitch from The View told another fat bitch that men like to see fat women naked because they are “chubby chasers.”

So this happened on The View.

Ana Navarro: "I have never been skinny enough to be sending nudes, you know, to the cloud."

Joy Behar: "Some guys like that. They're chubby chasers. They like it."

Joy then asks their producer whether or not he minds a "chubby girl." pic.twitter.com/xrWa9kY5Oe

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 28, 2022

“Chubby chaser” is a racist term for black men.

I am currently – literally – WEDGED between two OBESE people on my flight.

This is absolutely NOT acceptable or okay. If fat people want to be fat, fine. But it is something else entirely when I'm stuck between you, with your arm rolls on my body, for 3 hours. pic.twitter.com/9uIqcpJO8I

— Dr. Sydney Watson (@SydneyLWatson) October 10, 2022

Fat people are really colonizing normal people’s space with their weight, and it’s just not right.

The airplane is definitely the most obvious example of this, but even when you’re walking in stores and so on, the fats are getting up on you and blocking your path.

If fats want to be fat, they should have to pay some kind of extra tax for the way they push other people out, and they should just be banned from planes entirely.

What are these fats even doing on planes? Why would a fat person need to leave their den?

New York Post:

A conservative commentator shut down after her foul rant about sitting between two overweight people on a short flight has received an unexpected token of goodwill from the airline.

Sydney Watson, a right-wing Australian American political journalist who is no stranger to controversial subjects, took to Twitter last month in an unruly campaign arguing: “If you need a seat belt extender, you are TOO FAT TO BE ON A PLANE.”

Her offensive comments came after she was seated between obese siblings on a three-hour American Airlines flight, during which she claimed she was being touched throughout.

She claimed in a lengthy Twitter post she had been “WEDGED between two OBESE people” on the flight, which she argued was “absolutely NOT acceptable or okay.”

At the time, American Airlines responded by saying it didn’t discriminate against body types.

“Our passengers come in all different sizes and shapes. We’re sorry you were uncomfortable on your flight,” the Twitter account for the airline replied.

In a surprising update revealed by Watson on Tuesday, it appeared the airline had a change of heart.

In an email sent to Watson on Monday, a representative said they “sincerely regret the enjoyment and comfort” of her flight was “diminished due to another customer exceeding their seat’s space.”

The representative informed Watson she would have been entitled to move seats had there been an alternate option available on the flight.

In a “gesture of goodwill,” she was issued a $150 Trip Credit.

“I can understand your disappointment with the situation not being remedied to your satisfaction,” the email also read.

“We appreciate you contacting us regarding this matter. Above all, we appreciate your business and look forward to welcoming you aboard again soon.”

Watson posted a particularly offensive reaction in a new tweet that followed the email.

“I’d rather take the $150 American Airlines offered me as a refund and give it to someone who needs a PT or a gym membership,” she wrote.

The saga has attracted viral attention from both sides of the fence, with many saying her plea was entirely uncalled for, while others felt her stance was justified.

“I’ve been touched by tall people, muscular people, just about anyone who isn’t 5’4” and sitting clinging to themselves. Seats are what they are,” one response read.

“Maybe instead you should give it to a charity, and then do some deep reflection. You are milking the humiliation of two people for your own gain,” another said.

Sidney is a dumb bimbo and a hardcore slut, but I’m glad she got her reparations.

No one deserves to have their airplane seat colonized by the fats.

Plus, Sidney isn’t even really that bad. I’m not going to say she’s not a slut, because she obviously is – and a very nasty road dog at that – but she does some good work.

She defends whites, at least – which is more than I can say about most sluts grifting off the right-wing.

That said, Lauren Southern upped the ante where now if you want to be a slut grifter on the right-wing, at minimum you actually have to torpedo black people’s ships in the Mediterranean.

Fat people are just the worst.

Being fat is worse than being a fentanyl junkie. At least a fentanyl junkie can clean up and make it look like they don’t have a serious problem. A fat person’s serious problem is always on full public display.

The Guardian:

Doctors and nurses often “weight-shame” people who are overweight or obese, leaving them feeling anxious, depressed and wrongly blaming themselves for their condition, research has found.

Who exactly are they supposed to be blaming?

Unless someone’s literally tying you down and force-feeding you, or you’re a small child, there’s absolutely nobody else to blame.

Such behaviour, although usually the result of “unconscious weight bias”, leads to people not attending medical appointments, feeling humiliated and being more likely to put on weight.

The problem is so widespread around the world that health professionals need to be taught as students that excess weight is almost guaranteed in modern society and not the fault of individuals, so they treat people more sensitively, according to the authors of the study, who have shared their findings with the Guardian.

Dr Anastasia Kalea and colleagues at University College London analysed 25 previous studies about “weight stigma”, undertaken in different countries, involving 3,554 health professionals. They found “extensive evidence [of] strong weight bias” among a wide range of health staff, including doctors, nurses, dieticians, psychologists and even obesity specialists.

Yes.

They are “health staff.” They are “biased” against things that are unhealthy. That is literally their job.

Why do we not apply this standard to smoking or alcoholism? Being a chain-smoking alcoholic is nowhere near as dangerous as being obese. Like, being obese is at least an order of magnitude worse than being a chain-smoking alcoholic, if you include all potential health outcomes. That is a fact. Fact. Fact.

Their analysis found that a number of health professionals “believe their patients are lazy, lack self-control, overindulge, are hostile, dishonest, have poor hygiene and do not follow guidance”, said Kalea, an associate professor in UCL’s division of medicine.

She added: “Sadly, healthcare, including general practice, is one of the most common settings for weight stigmatisation and we know this acts as a barrier to the services and treatments that can help people manage weight.

“An example is a GP that will unconsciously show that they do not believe that the patient complies with their eat less/exercise more regime they were asked to follow as they are not losing weight.

“Or [it could be] a dietitian, as specialist in weight management, judging the patient for not being able to follow a very low-calorie diet for a long period of time but not providing other support. Or a nurse that will be bothered by the patient needing a different set of scales to take down their weight.

“The result is that patients are not coming back or they delay their follow-up appointments, they avoid healthcare prevention services or cancel appointments due to concerns of being stigmatised due to their weight.”

She was “shocked” to find that during the Covid pandemic, when many NHS services were suspended, “many patients mentioned that they were happier with the online sessions for their treatments and they were not missing any appointments. They felt that they were not judged from the moment they leave their house to go and see their doctor.”

Kalea and her team’s findings have been published in the journal Obesity Reviews. They aimed to identify which strategies help to train health professionals to be less judgmental in how they talk to patients who are worryingly overweight. In the UK, two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, which has sparked warnings of even more cases of diseases such as cancer and diabetes in years to come.

The language health professionals use with such patients is vital to building a rapport, getting them to engage in attempts to reduce their weight and avoiding them feeling blamed for it. “Using patient-first language when they refer to someone living with being overweight or obesity is the beginning. It is ‘a patient with obesity’, not ‘an obese patient’. It is ‘someone who is managing their weight’, not ‘struggling with their weight’. It is more than semantics.”

Medical students, nurses and other health specialists need to be trained in “non-stigmatising weight-related communication”, the authors say in the paper.

This term – “weight shaming” – is nonsensical. Being fat is not healthy. Everyone knows that.

But I guess if you’re going to say black people have the same intelligence as whites, and you’re going to believe in trannies even, then you might as well just say that fat people are secretly healthy somehow.