Is Obesity Racist with guest, Alex Leaf, MS, CISSN
Obesity seems to cut across several socioeconomic lines. A recent statistic: 57% of non-Hispanic black women, 46% of Hispanic women, 38% of non-Hispanic white women and 12% of non-Hispanic Asian women or obese. At first glance it appears that obesity as a phenomenon is racist. There's even a Harvard professor who says this is the results of systemic racism. But is it really? There will be no political correctness in this show. The rising obesity rates are the real existential threat to both our survival as a species and our sovereignty as a Nation. If you're easily triggered you may want to pass on this show.
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Show Notes:
Is Obesity Racist
[5:00] Does Alex belief that systemic racism is the reason for the obesity epidemic?
[6:15] Is it a racist concept to do something nice for a person based on their membership to a racial group?
- Would this imply an inferior status to that person?
[9:40] Carl feels that there is systemic racism in America, but it is not the type of racism that the MSM makes it out to be.
[11:44] All indicators of obesity intersect at energy balance.
[12:24] Is energy balance fundamentally based on the color of a person’s skin?
- There are socio-economic/ racial correlations to food and activity choices.
[16:11] What about the surveys suggesting a difference in medical treatment of different ethnic groups?
[19:30] Single-parent households.
[23:40] Alex explains the logic behind why it is demoralizing to suggest that systemic racism exists.
[34:48] Why are food deserts not being addressed?
[50:16] The government’s war on red meat.
- Alex feels that the nutritional guidelines could improve, however, the actual guidelines that are in currently in place are better than what most Americans currently follow.
[52:20] Is fat acceptance impacting obesity in America?
