We need more people digging ditches and doing manual labor.
Funny you should say this, but I reckon this might actually have a positive effect on mental health, if it is for a purpose. For many of us, what we do daily doesn't have much of an immediate reward and the purpose is sketchy. Manual labor, like gardening, can help build a positive mindset, as well as a stronger body.
I was expecting worse from you ;P
Just didn't know a better way to demonstrate it. Just so you know, that has been my point in the past with using obesity also - it is a cultural condition on the state of our overall health I think. The numbers for other aspects are just not there, or are very muddy.
It's fine, I am used to it from you! :) It's funny though because when I look at my health chart and I see them label me as obese, it never really registers. I mean, I know I have a gut, but I don't feel "obese". At least not most of the time. I actually don't have a problem talking about obese people, because it's definitely an epidemic in the US, people are making poor choices when it comes to nutrition and living a pretty sedentary lifestyle that is adding to the problem. My issue is the assumption that someone isn't trying just because they aren't skinny. Each of our bodies are different and different things work for different people. You can't know what that person is struggling with or how hard they are trying but not seeing results. It's the generalizations that get me more than anything.