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Sadly, a great many Americans are overweight. But using what is called “revised
standards,” the percentage is even higher than previously thought ──
October 20, 2025BMI alone may not be enough to measure cardiometabolic disease risk among adults, researchers find.The research, led by a team from the Border Health Research Cohort at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was published in JAMA Network Open and focused on the relationship between adiposity, or excess fat tissue, and cardiometabolic disease in adults.Cardiometabolic disease is a group of health problems, like heart disease and diabetes, that are often caused by things like being overweight or having high blood pressure, or high blood sugar.“When you have excess adiposity, even if you’re not obese, you’re still at risk for cardiometabolic disease,” said co-principal investigator Joseph McCormick, MD, professor of epidemiology, and James H. Steele, DVM, Professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. “This adipose tissue is a big driver of the elements that make up what we call cardiometabolic disease.”The research was a companion piece to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, which focused on adiposity and obesity in children. …Men with a waist circumference of 40.1 inches or more and women with a waist circumference of 34.6 inches or more are more likely to have excess adiposity, according to the research.Nearly 70% of US adults considered obese under proposed new definition, study finds.Nearly 70 per cent of American adults would be classified as having obesity under a newly proposed definition.The traditional obesity measure, based on a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, has long faced criticism for failing to distinguish between fat and muscle. In response, medical experts earlier this year called for an updated definition.The new approach would label someone as being obese if they have a BMI over 40 or if they have a high BMI plus at least one sign of excess body fat, for example, a large waist, high waist-to-hip ratio, or high waist-to-height ratio. People could also be classed as obese if they have two signs of excess fat, even with a “normal” BMI, or if scans show they have excessive body fat. …Applying this definition to a nationally representative sample of more than 300,000 US adults aged 18 to 80, researchers found the prevalence of obesity jumped from 43 per cent under traditional BMI criteria to 69 per cent under the new system.
Last year, we reported: Make Obesity Great Again?
The cesspool that is the new San Francisco, Californication, wants all its citizens to feel comfortable with their weight ──Fat-Shaming ‘Expert’ Goes To Work For San Francisco. Her Mission? Make Obesity Great AgainIn the lovely cesspool of San Francisco, it’s time to Make Obesity Great Again.Never mind the poop and dirty drug needles littering the streets; the San Francisco Department of Health seems to want fat citizens to feel comfortable in their own bodies, to feel accepted by society, to feel like they can live their truth without any fear of judgment. To do so, they apparently hired a fat-shaming expert to work as a consultant — two labels that should send chills down your spine — on “weight stigma” and “weight neutrality” — two buzz phrases as hollow as they are silly.Virgie Tovar, a self-described “plus-size Latina” and “leading expert on weight-based discrimination,” announced Monday she will work with the city’s health department to achieve the aforementioned “weight neutrality,” which, in my estimation, entails yet another feckless waste of taxpayer dollars for some unbelievably stupid liberal theory.“I’m UNBELIEVABLY proud to serve the city I’ve called home for almost 20 years in this way! This consultancy is an absolute dream come true, and it’s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health,” Tovar wrote on Instagram.With all due respect to my weight-challenged brothers and sisters in America, you have no business eating up taxpayer dollars working for the city health department to “make weight neutrality … the future of health.” On its face, it is an absurd notion.”
It’s very difficult for most Americans to maintain health and a healthy weight due
to all the preservatives and outright “garbage” that is added to American foods! (See:
8 U.S. Foods that are Different in Europe). Anyone who promotes obesity should be
ashamed of themselves!
Now, of course, we should never make fun of anyone who is overweight, but we
should also NOT encourage anyone to become obese! It is unhealthy.
Also, there have been several anti-obesity shaming people who have died prematurely
due to obesity being a leading factor in their untimely death. Never throw stones in
a glass house!
Being obese is UNHEALTHY and should never be encouraged!
God’s living word tells us to eat what is good ──
“’ Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does
not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, …’” – Isaiah 55:2.
Certainly, eat what is good for you.
Sadly, however, an end-time prophecy that is consistent with more and more
unhealthy and even overweight people as we near the end of this present evil age
──
“But know this, that IN THE LAST DAYS perilous times will come: 2) For men will
be lovers of THEMSELVES, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, UNTHANKFUL, unholy, 3) unloving, unforgiving,
slanderers, WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, brutal, despisers of good, 4) traitors,
headstrong, haughty, LOVERS OF PLEASURE rather than lovers of God, 5) having
a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” – 2
Timothy 3:1-5.
A lack of self-control, when it comes to food, can certainly lead one to obesity and
unhealthiness.
I have seen many people in their 70s, and even in their 90s, but I have not seen any
── that I can recall ── that are overweight. Yet, this age of “wokeness” and this
“DEI” garbage wants everyone to believe that bad is good, and anything good is now
bad.
Again, God’s living word ──
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and
light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21) Woe to those
who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!” – Isaiah 5:20-21.
It is neither wise nor good to tell people that it is just fine to be overweight.
A great many people are taught and have come to believe that our Lord Jesus Christ
said, ‘come as you are,’ when in fact He said ──
“ … ‘ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. REPENT, and
BELIEVE in the gospel.’” – Mark 1:15.
Nowhere has He said to us that we are to be satisfied as we are, and to go to Him.
He immediately began His ministry with the fact that we must REPENT ── to
repent not only spiritually, but also physically. STOP SINNING AGAINST THE
LORD GOD AND AGAINST YOUR FLESH!
“ … ‘ for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.’” – John 8:24.
Notice the following in relation to being overweight or obese ──
Severe obesity is on the rise in the USSep 25, 2024Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. …Most telling, though, are the results that show that the overall obesity rate in the U.S. has not changed significantly in a decade, even as the rate of severe obesity climbed from nearly 8% in the 2013-2014 survey to nearly 10% in the most recent one. Before that, obesity had increased rapidly in the U.S. since the 1990s, federal surveys showed. …The new report follows the release earlier this month of data from U.S. states and territories that showed that in 2023, the rate of obesity ranged widely by place, from a high of more than 41% of adults in West Virginia to a low of less than 24% of adults in Washington, D.C. Rates were highest in the Midwest and the South.All U.S. states and territories posted obesity rates higher than 20%. In 23 states, more than 1 in 3 adults had obesity, the data showed. …(https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2024/09/severe-obesity-ison-the-rise-in-the-us/. Retrieved 22 Oct. 2025).
The LORD God is opposed to a person being overweight or obese.
Notice what the LORD our God inspired the prophets Moses and Jeremiah to record
for us regarding obesity metaphorically ──
“’ But Jeshurun [a poetic name for Israel] grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you
grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully
esteemed the Rock of his salvation.’” – Deuteronomy 32:15.
“‘ Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you bellow like bulls,
12) Your mother shall be deeply ashamed. Behold, the least of the nations shall be a
wilderness, A dry land and a desert.’” – Jeremiah 50:11-12.
So, the knowledge and understanding that being overweight and or obese is not good is certainly not a
new concept.
Also, God’s living word warns us about gluttony ──
“Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; 21) For the
drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man
with rags.” – Proverbs 23:20-21.
Sadly, a great many people consume way too much processed food, along with
meats that are not good to be consumed, such as lobster, shellfish, oysters, bear,
squirrel, turtle, possum, rat, cat, alligator, shark, and the like. Processed foods that
contain synthetic nutrients, chemical additives, and dyes, along with refined grains, are not good for the human body!
All people should always eat and drink real and all-natural foods and
beverages.
And, of course, losing weight can be very difficult, but with the inspiring living
words of God ──
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13.
With constant prayer and strength from our Almighty God, and with unwavering
determination, losing weight and breaking the bonds of obesity can indeed happen!
“TRUST in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7) Do not be
wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8) It will be health to
your flesh, And strength to your bones.” – Proverbs 3:5-8.
Take it to the LORD, and He will direct your paths. With the LORD God, all things
are possible. □
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