So the question we want is why do we get fat? Obvious question. And the officials answers are, "Obesity occurs when a person consumes more calories from food than he or she burns." "Overweight is the result of a caloric imbalance and is mediated by genetics and health." That's what the old Surgeon General and the NIH tells us. So how many people in this room actually believe this and think it's meaningful? That's not bad.
on the right. And he said many old people in the tribe, unlike the classical image of the strong, buff Native American, many old people in the tribe were actually obese and overweight . And this was an observation that was seconded a few years later by Alex Hrdlicka, who was the physician-anthropologist who went on to become the curator of the Smithsonian, Departmentof Physical Anthropology. So, the point about the Pima was that they went from being affluent in the 1840s -- that drawing was actually made in 1851 -- to poor in 1902. And they
It's possible that obesity has an actual benefit, as they speculated, but also that it might be informational, that if a patient being treated for kidney disease is overweight , that might reflect the fact that they are relatively healthy or a relatively recent diagnosis. The twin paradox was explained in 2000.
She's a redhead. That turns out to be important. She's 100 lb overweight . She just had her first pregnancy 3 years ago, and she had been told that because she had endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome, that she would never get pregnant. But she got pregnant. She's
would have someone come in that they looked skinny, they looked like they were metabolically healthy because they weren't overweight . And yet all of their biomarker data was showing the opposite. Like they looked on paper, if you would have shown me their metabolic data, I would go, "Oh, this is an overweight
One of them, "Among diabetics, eating ice cream was associated with lower risk of heart problems." That sounds great. And for overweight people, a "dairy-based dessert" was associated with reduced insulin resistance. So I have not looked closely into these.
degree. It's not the Harvards and the MITs. And we sort of overweight those standardized tests when we admit students.
to support that I'll hopefully be able to make a living doing this for some time to come. And so I was overweight since I can remember.
Are they a midfoot striker? He's overweight . And he said, I've got no time.
So now it's not really Bob's fault. When you're overweight , covered in acne, and your parents are making you go out for the basketball team with guys that hate you.
it was, that's what really got me to call her and get me out of there. But I was overweight and I also just-- there were mannerisms that were a bit obvious at times.
And so, I'm probably the only one in that stadium who wasn't videoing walking into the stadium. Or I'm overweight . I'm going to become an Olympian.
I moved eight times before I hit fourth grade. I was really overweight . I had really bad self-confidence.
I'm athletic. It's not-- so there's stigma, and my parents had to endure this. I've climbed with overweight people a little bit.
It's heliotropic. So now, you know why after 60 years, some nuns are alive, and some are dead. If you are significantly overweight , the probability of dying early is 20%.
It was, holy crap, do I have enough time to lose the weight? And I wasn't overweight at all then. So we have these things about ourselves, and really the war that's happening is inside our head.
Yes. I mean, if I look at food, I will gain weight. I was an overweight kid. I mean, I cannot play those kinds of games.
Anything above 24 is overweight .
So our country is overweight and unhealthy.
People tend to become overweight , and we know that the immune system doesn't function as well when you're sleep deprived.
I wasn't grossly overweight .
So if you are overweight , don't worry.
It's overweight people, inactive people cost the system by far the most money.
And it was being overweight by 40 pounds, which, if that sounds like a lot and you're 20 years old now, think about
People who are overweight stood apart from the general population.
Some would get overweight very fast, and some would get overweight very slowly.
These birds' overweight condition, where their hearts and lungs cannot support that sort of growth, somewhat perversely parallels our own problems in this country, now, with obesity.
That's not overweight . That is obese, right?
population was overweight or obese and that's one and a half billion people
And the industry loves the idea. The food industry loves the idea of obesity being all about calories, because you can't demonize anything. It's all about just it's your fault if you're overweight . You just have to eat less and exercise more and if you wanna build a gym in your neighborhood, or a track or a park, go to Coke or Pepsi and ask them for money. They'll give it to you 'cause they would like you to exercise more so that way, they can't be blamed for your obesity epidemic.
So, this was a German-Austrian hypothesis prior to World War II. It was known as the lipophilia hypothesis. I'll explain that in a second. The primary proponents where Gustav to be overweight because they were doing what they were told to do. And the argument I would make is that they're doing it in a high carb environment. And if they didn't live in a
father's overweight . So there's a huge component of-of-of understanding the networks and connections between things that are important.
and have crazy overweight charges on airplanes and stuff like that, you know what I mean?
obese individuals 30% of overweight individuals and 177% of healthy weight individuals report very high on those
associations between uh being overweight uh you know not getting enough exercise because we're so drawn
You want to maybe support a slightly overweight English bulldog who needs heartworm medication named Pickles.
to support that I'll hopefully be able to make a living doing this for some time to come. And then I got extremely overweight sort of while I was on "Drake and Josh." But I was overweight , and being overweight
He has a one hour commute every day to and from work. And he's 15 pounds overweight . And what he tells me is, doc, I've got no time.
So I went from the overweight kid in high school to the in-shape bodybuilder, right?
But I like not being overweight .
And it's going to leave you overweight .
not enough. But the Self-Love Experiment gave me the process of saying, oh, yes. How can I appreciate my overweight belly?
There's a lot of overweight kids nowadays, so helping that from the ground up.
71% of Americans are either overweight or obese so when I say in my speeches I want to encourage you to aim higher in
Even vegetarians in the US are overweight .
So if you are a little bit overweight , and you're miserable, you get what we call double whammy.
We see how people are overweight .
It happens because you got overweight or a little bit fat, and you experience all these prejudices.
You feel guilty that you're overweight .
In a country that is two-thirds overweight and more than a third obese at this point, this is a horribly irresponsible stance to take, not to mention the abuse of alcohol.