Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "More Perfect Union" channel.

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  8.  @agme8045  not quite correct. Obesity usually isn't a disease, it's a symptom of underlying disease or dietary/activity imbalance. Metabolic syndrome is fairly common, can be due to sedentary lifestyle and carb heavy diet over the period of years, can be from Cushing Syndrome or PCOS as well. Addressing the root cause frequently will address the symptoms, including excess body fat and glycemic imbalance - well, until everything starts to break down due to overload. But, UrbanShamanDK points out one major addiction that the US also faces, an addiction to the quick fix. Not an actual repair or adjustment, just a quick fix. Stick a bandaid on a bullet hole. Yeah, covers that unsightly hole, doesn't stop that leaking red stuff until you run out of it and do that dying thing. My ship has a hole in the side, I stuff a mattress into the hole staunching the worst of the leak, it ain't fixed, it still needs to be fixed, it's just controlled for now. We've been wandering off calling the mattress in the hole fixed, ignoring the increasing leaks until we're flooded. No, you then weld in a patch over the hole, remove the mattress remains, repaint and check frequently to see that the actual fix is permanent. Or learn to doggy paddle across an ocean, which usually doesn't end up well. Lose weight by first seeing doctor, if doctor's first move is to go with this drug or one related, find a competent doctor that hasn't given up on you and actually follow doctor's advice. Lose the weight gradually, not quickly, as quick fix fast loss is short term loss and regained with a vengeance. Get back in shape, yeah, round is a shape, just not an optimal one, just don't go to the other extreme and go to skin and bones, for moderation is the key to a healthier life. Get imbalances like PCOS addressed, it's long term, frustrating, takes a lot of effort, but is controllable. It's not gonna be simple, it's a complex problem and complex problems don't get effective simple quick fixes, they get complex solutions to each sub-problem that's part of the big problem and gradually controlled.
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