OFFICIAL Make America Healthy Again Game Thread - Featuring Dr Anthony Chaffee
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Tim for Health and Wellness Board with @pawz as moderator?
The Muddy Pawz Spa and Resort?
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That’s fair. I can see the argument either way (EWIWBI?).We had similar issues when the @creepycoug Finance Board was still around. It’s tuff to not bring politics/government into certain topics.
So let’s keep the discussion higher level (RIP Pup)
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Do you recall when the cigarette companies took over food?
Weird. Late 80s/early 90s -
Fucking Vanilla…
Yella said - Nail on the head @Doog_de_Jour The affluent communities are generally living healthy lifestyles. How do you democratize that?
That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? Rich people are always gonna have better shit, be it healthcare, schools, cars, college football programs, etc.
Things have been tried…
Food stamps/vouchers/WIC - I have no idea about the current effectiveness of those systems. When I was unemployed/broke, Uncle Sam always told me to fuck off - I apparently didn’t qualify at that point, which baffled me. I know they’ve tried to make it less prone to abuse (as a kid of the 90s many a political figure would scream, THEY’RE BUYING BOOZE WITH IT!)
Education - another dead end. How many variations of the food pyramid have we seen? Nutrition and Home Economics are non existent in most schools. We all gotta learn to code!
Labeling - Some improvements have been made. Consumers at least have a better idea of what they’re about to put in their mouth - even if it’s garbage.
RFK Jr. isn’t wrong in trying to take down a lot of this stuff. But as we all know, laws are useless unless they’re enforced. And who will make sure the food and beverage companies are compliant? -
I think that might’ve changed. I believe Nestle and Tyson still own the largest share…maybe Pepsi and Kraft?
I don’t have Google. 😉
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Those 1980's Oreos and Cocoa Puffs were so much healthier before Big Tobacco got involved.
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In ancient times the wealthy were the fat ones since the peasants all starved. Race was there.
I too observe that people look much less healthy when I leave the suburban bubble. The suburban bubble isn't perfect but it is ahead of the game.
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I hope this can stay out of the Tug but it definitely wades into a ton of government policy, and we haven't even gotten into the philosophical side of personal freedom and responsibility.
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CNN suggested I was a HYPOCRITE for being hopeful about @RobertKennedyJr 's MAHA agenda, but opposed to Michelle Obama's food crusade in 2010. I still stand by what I said back at Fox. If I want to be a fat fat fatty and shovel French fries all day long, that's my choice. But the government shouldn't be LYING to us about the chemical poisons in our food.
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Health insurance should be rated on obesity rather than age. That would make people get their fat asses in shape pretty damn quickly.
