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2024-01-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Oprah - 'Obesity is a disease,' she said. ‘It's not about willpower ‐ it's about the brain.'

[Armageddon Prose] If you hearken Public Health™ propaganda, you may have noticed a recurring narrative popping up in the corporate media and pop-science rags of late — parroted by non-doctor and doctor celebrities alike — rebranding obesity as a "disease."

Here is Oprah Winfrey to explain, via The Washington Post:

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-11 04:35|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Those photos from liberated concentration camps say otherwise.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-11 06:29|| 2024-01-11 06:29|| Front Page Top

#2 .....rebranding obesity as a "disease."

Big Pharma smiles broadly.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-01-11 06:33|| 2024-01-11 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Obesity is a condition not a disease.

A number of factors contribute to obesity. Willpower is one of them and that is about the brain. Genetics is another factor. The way the digestion system reacts to various toxins in yet another. The use of complex manmade compounds in flavoring is yet another.

Posted by lord garth 2024-01-11 10:27|| 2024-01-11 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 "It's not about willpower, it's about the brain."

Dualists nod in agreement. Everyone else says "Huh?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-11 10:29|| 2024-01-11 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Gut flora apparently also matters — change the flora, change the outcome. And contrariwise, change a variety of other things, including diet, and the gut flora mixture changes, resulting in the body metabolizing the food it gets to drive either toward slenderness or toward fatness.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-01-11 11:48|| 2024-01-11 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Calories taken in vs calories burned. Everything else is working at the margins.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-11 11:52|| 2024-01-11 11:52|| Front Page Top

#7 If it's a disease having to do with the brain, wouldn't it be more accurate and concise to call it mental illness?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-01-11 12:12|| 2024-01-11 12:12|| Front Page Top

#8 ..the Venn Diagram of people who believe crime is a mental illness and not a life choice probably fits tight with "obesity is a disease" crowd.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-11 13:43|| 2024-01-11 13:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Oprah is a sex trafficker. Why would I discuss her opinions. I’m not checking OJs Twitter for his Super Bowl picks. I was hoping for news of her impending incarceration. I need to read the headlines better.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-11 14:34|| 2024-01-11 14:34|| Front Page Top

#10 call it mental illness?

As likely as gender dysphoria.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-11 21:50|| 2024-01-11 21:50|| Front Page Top

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