# Why the country is becoming "obese"

**URL:** <https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069>\
**Category:** Health\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069 "2022-12-05T19:45:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/kcflyer/32/5299_2.png) [@kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/kcflyer)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/22 "2022-12-07T14:17:32Z")

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> [@smartpolitics](#):
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> Pregnant lady says: what’s that? Your clump of cells or fetus is doing well. You can’t assume she wants to have / keep the baby so you can’t call it a baby

She was talking about weight. A side mention of pregnancy, but it wasn’t the focus of the post. BM can correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe she was referring to anything about abortion…only that it’s become politically incorrect for a doctor to mention weight, lest he be accused of fat shaming.

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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/23 "2022-12-07T14:53:45Z")

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![Screenshot 2022-12-07 at 07-51-49 Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 07 2022 GoComics.com](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c5f4c5375b4fa1da9851ca9a25b26bd7b8b609d2.png)

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**Author:** ![BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BridgeMaven)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/24 "2022-12-07T15:58:14Z")

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> [@kcflyer](#):
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> was talking about weight. A side mention of pregnancy, but it wasn’t the focus of the post. BM can correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe she was referring to anything about abortion…only that it’s become politically incorrect for a doctor to mention weight, lest he be accused of fat shaming.

Kc - you are right. I was talking about the fact that doctors didn’t want their patients to gain too much weight when they were pregnant for health reasons. The reason why I mentioned my weight before I was pregnant was to illustrate that even though I was thin at that time my doctor still didn’t want me to gain too much weight while I was pregnant.

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**Author:** ![smartpolitics](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/smartpolitics/32/10597_2.png) [@smartpolitics](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/smartpolitics)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/25 "2022-12-07T16:28:34Z")

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Thanks KC and BridgeMaven

I definitely think we’ve become too politically correct

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**Author:** ![Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/payless/32/17422_2.png) [@Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Payless)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/26 "2022-12-07T16:32:29Z")

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![image](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/27e9d08de1748d87c75ccd94bb4318fbf839804c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Henrius](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Henrius)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/27 "2022-12-11T20:27:27Z")

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Hey I think another brand (Lucky Strikes?) claimed the same thing. Hard to believe it was advertised as being good for the throat.

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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/28 "2022-12-11T20:29:36Z")

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> [@Henrius](#):
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> Lucky Strikes

LSMFT - Lucky Strikes Means Fine Tobacco

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**Author:** ![Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/sister/32/6143_2.png) [@Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Sister)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/29 "2022-12-11T20:35:49Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bnKLpO9qhOE/hqdefault.jpg "The cigarette preferred by doctors") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKLpO9qhOE)

This is what I grew up watching

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**Author:** ![Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/sister/32/6143_2.png) [@Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Sister)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/30 "2022-12-11T20:39:27Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o83xxWCel8g/hqdefault.jpg "Hamms Beer Commercial - Vintage Black and White") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g)

Cartoon for beer

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**Author:** ![Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/payless/32/17422_2.png) [@Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Payless)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/31 "2022-12-11T20:41:04Z")

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Then there were Candy cigarettes also.

 ![image](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8f4cd8628c3fa8c8107f610320e7601124feb212.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/sister/32/6143_2.png) [@Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Sister)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/32 "2022-12-11T20:45:29Z")

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Oh yes candy cigarettes bring back memories.

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**Author:** ![BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BridgeMaven)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/33 "2022-12-11T20:45:42Z")

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> [@Sister](#):
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> This is what I grew up watching

I also remember those cigarette commercials and they really upset my father who was a radiologist, as well as a cancer specialist, because even in the fifties my father told me that smoking causes cancer. My father did such a good job of teaching me about the dangers of smoking while I was in elementary school that I never smoked even though most of my high school friends did. It is relatively unusual for a parent’s influence to be stronger than peer pressure but I admired my father so much for saving the lives of so many cancer patients that in this situation it did.

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**Author:** ![Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/payless/32/17422_2.png) [@Payless](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Payless)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-the-country-is-becoming-obese/55069/34 "2022-12-11T22:41:26Z")

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Also bubble gum shaped like cigars.

![image](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d98b855a910b1951b6d4a48c0d8cd52cb2eaba6.jpeg)

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