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Great point. Was trying to be optimistic/hopeful but.. yeah, no, you're right - it's still inappropriate. That type of scenario is typically toxic and also has the same issues with consent, privacy, confidentiality, and shaming/bullying. That's still someone's kid.
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That's a relief to hear! Thank you for the clarification (they're stock photos?). Without extra context, I'm not too worried about a student lunch like shown (the child has all that food but how much of it are they actually eating?). When I was a kid I often traded, shared, or just flat out wouldn't eat my lunches. I…
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Yes, I'm concerned. If this is a photo of an actual student in your classroom or school and you posted it here without their guardian's consent you're likely breaching student confidentiality and violating their privacy ("redacting" some info/cropping out most of their face doesn't change that you took a photo of them and…
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Treading water warm ups - can't use an electric device as a distraction and watching the clock hands slowly wind around makes it all the worse.
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Ha, that metaphor.... So, technically I live in a place that functions as a bedroom community but I do have a plethora of "family run Indian restaurants" in walking distance, as well as all the usual Olive Garden-esque chains. We call this area "the suburbs" here but it really isn't the endless sprawl that you see in a lot…
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That's generally been my experience too. Downtown cores tend to have proper sidewalks and lots of crosswalks. The scenery and public transit systems are also deceiving when it comes to distance; you can cover a lot of ground but it feels like less (urban distractions take your mind off of things?). The suburbs I'm…
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As 33gail33 noted, there are an abundance of studies and academic articles in health journals from around the world that look at the effects of prison systems on health and weight. It seems naive to assume that American inmates collectively have more muscle mass than those in Canada, UK, Italy, etc. And discount findings…
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Yes, I believe so. Here's a quote from that Canadian Prison study, regarding methdology (Ill and pregnant inmates were excluded from the study: "The 3 main outcomes of the study were change in weight (difference between weight at admission and at follow-up), change in body mass index (BMI; difference between BMI at…
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The person who originally commented about obesity in prison inmates may be Canadian. In Canada, it does seem to be the case that prisoners have higher rates of obesity and weight gain while incarcerated. The article below briefly mentions that the role of environment, restrictions on overall mobility, and discontinued…
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As you yourself point out with example of losing 50lbs in 2 weeks, unrealistic doesn't necessarily mean impossible. Unhealthy, impractical, and/or varying degrees of unlikely? For sure. Some goals are unrealistic because they are impossible without medical intervention - like getting rid of cellulite or stretch marks.…
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Others have explained this better than me earlier in the thread and linked to some neat relevent threads. While some people can orchestrate the appearance of total "flatness" for a time, it generally isn't a look that is sustainable or static. Horomones, weight loss related loss of skin elasticity, health conditions, and…
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Again, you're leading on a false premise. No one here that I can recall said that weight can't be lost- only that there are challenges and unforseen variables involved with such goals, especially if you're obese, and that the experiences of others have resulted in them believing that it's helpful to highlight those…
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Your hypothetical obesity is not a substitute for the lived experiences of actual obese people. If we were to conduct a behavioral psych study of obese people you would not be included as a sample because you, as you have described yourself here, do not qualify. People here who are obese or used to be obese are supplying…
