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Small business owners in your community are worried. Covid-19 numbers are climbing & Public Health is warning that if we don't stop these increases further restrictions are imminent. The small gyms, restaurants & shops in your community can't survive continual shut downs.
If you want to be able to go to the gym. If you want to be able to visit restaurants. If you want to be able to go out to shop. If you want your community members to keep their employment. If you want your economy (that requires small businesses to be successfull) to survive...you have listen to Public Health.
Don't gather with people outside your home.
Wear masks.
Stay 6 feet apart.
Self-isolate if you are symptomatic.
The only way through this pandemic is together. Please consider the small businesses, the families who run them, and the staff they employ as you move through this pandemic.
Thank you 💚

Firstly, what is obesity? The Obesity Society defines it as an excess of body fat, where "excess" means an amount significant enough to reduce longevity and/or health (not a BMI higher than 30).
Secondly, what is a disease? A disease impairs normal functioning and has distinct signs and symptoms.
In 2013, after 3 decades of research, the American Medical Association named obesity a disease. YES. Obesity IS a disease.
The Obesity Medicine Association defines obesity as a “chronic, relapsing, multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences.”
Why is this significant? Calling obesity a disease means we have to recognize its complexities. Obesity is not always caused by inactivity & overeating. Obesity is seldom solved by eating less & moving more. Naming obesity a disease means that resources need to be put into finding solutions that work, because it is not a "behavioural dysfunction" as originally thought.
Plus, there is real problem in our healthcare system with bias towards those w/ obesity. Multiple studies have shown that patients w/ obesity do not receive proper care due to the biases/judgements of their healthcare providers. They have also shown that those w/ obesity avoid doctors b/c they often have such a negative experience at clincs.
Obesity is a COMPLEX issue. Over the next few weeks we are going to attempt to break it down. What are the causes of of obesity? Can you be healthy & have obesity? How does excess fat impact your physiological function? Does the type of fat matter? Does the location matter? How can we begin to create intervention strategies that actually work??
If you have specific questions, DM us!