Any alert person cannot fail to notice the obesity epidemic in America. Just a few ideas on this topic make sense to me. A person who begins to gain excess weight should know the difference between an artificially stimulated appetite for food and real hunger based on human body physiology. I blame the fast-food-junk food industry- and their relentless , ubiquitous advertising - for the obesity epidemic . And just like smoking food addiction can be rightly associated with lower economic status. Whenever I catch the RIPTA bus in Kennedy Plaza I observe that obese people are as numerous as smokers -and many RIPTA riders are both.
It strikes me that most of these poor people do not live in walker- friendly neighborhoods. So the very best method of weight control - frequent, short walks- is not an option for them.
Also, downtown Providence would be more walker friendly if there were more PUBLIC REST ROOMS. Our capitalist society is stupidly contemptuous of human body needs. I read NO PUBLIC REST ROOM in many restaurant windows.
ALL YOU CAN EAT restaurants help get you fat. Then FOR PROFIT obesity clinics kindly help you to lose a few pounds , especially after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
Talk Radio celebrities advertise their favorite Italian restaurants on Federal Hill with a hint that every day can be a Feast Day - a 7 course meal for just 30 dollars !
My personal diet plan ? I simply must live on my modest social security check . I like rice& beans - with no bread or butter. I don't drive. So I must WALK and often.
SOCIALISM will make you thinner !
It strikes me that most of these poor people do not live in walker- friendly neighborhoods. So the very best method of weight control - frequent, short walks- is not an option for them.
Also, downtown Providence would be more walker friendly if there were more PUBLIC REST ROOMS. Our capitalist society is stupidly contemptuous of human body needs. I read NO PUBLIC REST ROOM in many restaurant windows.
ALL YOU CAN EAT restaurants help get you fat. Then FOR PROFIT obesity clinics kindly help you to lose a few pounds , especially after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
Talk Radio celebrities advertise their favorite Italian restaurants on Federal Hill with a hint that every day can be a Feast Day - a 7 course meal for just 30 dollars !
My personal diet plan ? I simply must live on my modest social security check . I like rice& beans - with no bread or butter. I don't drive. So I must WALK and often.
SOCIALISM will make you thinner !
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