03-31-2021, 08:06 AM
(03-30-2021, 09:57 PM)foreveralbion Wrote: I think the drive to stop people smoking has had the unfortunate side effect of helping the rise in obesity.
From personal experience I found it easier to control hunger and weight when I smoked.
They're both horrible conditions to have, and once you get into them they can be very difficult to reverse the effects of. I see 1st hand how damaging smoking is and how relatively quickly the irreversible effects are, my M-I-L smoked for most of her life and was still running around for everyone looking after grandkids and doing jobs for everyone at 60; At 70 she struggles to get up to answer the phone.
Obesity is one that creeps up on you as well and takes a lot of hard work and dedication to reverse the obvious effects, and then there are the lingering problems of diabetes, organ damage etc. There really needs to be a concerted effort to educate youngsters in healthy living including diet and exercise to make the future us better equipped to deal with health issues.