At the beginning of the documentary, Casey rattles off a number of fast food restaurant in his neighbourhood and says he cannot think of one that prepares healthy food. In my mind I immediately thought "Your kitchen, Casey."
I can think of 20 lazy meals to make in my own kitchen. I like making a whole batch of stuff then freezing the rest for later - i've always got something homemade to eat
I have been 230-240+ lbs for over 15 years since kids arrived… for a 5’9 Asian, I got to be the heaviest Chinese guy I ever met; but I started running about 1.5 years ago, I have lost 60 lbs gradually… and hovering around 180 for most of 2023; I have to say, moving from obese to overweight category, it has been great, makes me feel good both physically and psychologically.
Thank you, I was also very irritated by this phrase 😤 I am trying to imagine, how many people are motivated through this nonsense to keep their unhealthy weight and get sick because of it
Body positivity to me means to love your body by treating it right regardless of size. However, being over weight or obese is an indication that the body is being over fueled and there are detrimental consequences for doing that. Over fueling your body is a form of self-harm. It seems to me that the movement is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle and want other people to accommodate the results of their unhealthy choices. This is not a disability. I agree that everyone deserves respect, dignity, and kindness, but to purport that others change their standards or ideals towards it is terribly inappropriate.
Body positivity = women who are too lazy to lose weight so they tell everyone that it is ok to be morbidly obese. Spoilers: it's not ok if you want to live more than 50 years.
@@nixwestlake9196 Heart attack grill is supposed to be a reflective way on someones eating habbits. Is it fun to be praised for your bad way of living?
I get the feeling that body positivity started out as a movement to celebrate the bodies of people with physical disabilities and impairments, like someone who has lost a leg or is in a wheelchair due to their illness. It was meant as a way to normalise and highlight these bodies as equal to able bodied ones, now its just been taken over and the original target audience has been drowned out and excluded from the very movement that was started to spread positivity for them.
No. It was developed to attempt to make obese and overweight women attractive to men. It is to shame men for rejecting obese and unattractive women. Period.
People do not have a reasonable expectation to privacy in public spaces. And anyway, the documentary didn't show the faces of the obese folks so it's no big deal.
They said his wife had the surgery and "used to be obese", but, by today's medical definitions, she is still quite large and would most certainly be classed as medically obese.
The ٪ of people who have bypass or sleeve surgeries end up putting weight back on. Just because your stomach is the size of your fist after the procedure does not mean it won't stretch back out.
@@Puglover130I did because they said the doctor didn't advise different eating habits. Surgery is not effective in the long run if you don't stop unhealthy habits
Yup, i was annoyed by this video 40 seconds in "He believe he is a victim of fast food chains" wtf you on about? Its mind blowing that a "Man" of 34 can talk like a 10 year old kid
Are there no supermarkets or grocers or greengrocers who sell vegetables? Or wholefood shops who sell nuts and seeds? Get a grip guys! Fight for your health. Don't let the big corporations kill you, they don't care about you one iota. They'll take your money, your health, your dignity and your life. Once they've got you addicted they will go laughing all the way to the bank. The restaurant celebrating junk food is obscene.
I’m European and I follow quite a few American youtubers on a regular basis .Every single time they drop a vlog on grocery shopping I feel terrified ,everything they buy/eat is extremely artificial ,greasy,sugared,deep fried …,they all drink energy drinks quite regularly as if it was water ! I guess Americans have normalized what’s not normal,they should take advantage of their resources!
Also a european, i notice this also, they tend to eat out quite a lot to and its scarily accessible. There is only one fast food restaurant that delivers and all fast food shops dont open until 5pm, there is no variety either, they are pretty much burgers, chips and pizza and super expensive too.
We also have a mommy vlogger issue here where they get paid for the shock value. A good example is Doughtery Dozen. She buys more than she can eat or store for her family 3x a week plus and posts the recipes for shock value. She only buys junk food in mass. Alot of mommy bloggers clickbait these grocery hauls for money so they make it as shocking as possible for clicks.
I'm American and I used to eat the standard American diet (cause duh, I live here), until I started learning about what table sugar does to your body, and so I started eating healthier this year. And dear gods let me tell you how DIFFICULT it is (not to mention expensive), unless you make everything yourself from scratch. There are so many chemicals and harmful components in basically everything. There's added sugar in EVERYTHING. There's carcinogens in E V E R Y T H I N G. and that includes some of our PACKAGING!! It's exhausting and downright impossible for most Americans to try to avoid everything unhealthy in our foods. I freaking hate it, but I do the best I can.
In Italy we eat pasta and Pizza and we are average slim, especially in north Italy. the problem of obesity is not carbs inside Pizza or pasta but the sauce and condiment used. fresh food and vegetables with pasta and meat are always the solution.
That too but it's also the portions. I'm Greek and when I went to Italy I was shocked to see how small the portions were, especially in Northern Italy. Ironically one of the first things that Americans tourists say they love about Greece is the big food portions lmao I guess because they're used to European food portions being small. Although I bet that their portions are even bigger than ours. Plus European cities are actually walkable unlike American cities where you have to have a car to get anywhere.
It is the processing... many countries do not allow the chemicals and ingredients that are being used in US foods. And most of the pizza people eat here is not a homemade variety, or made on demand it is frozen doughs processed with chemicals etc for preservation...
The stomach bypass surgery didn't work for the 4 people I know who had it. It didn't solve their eating problems. After the surgery, 3 lost a lot of weight. Only one has kept most of it off.
The only ones that keep it off are those who choose to change their eating and exercise habits. Many have complications from the surgery also. I feel like they rush people to make this choice rather than trying nonsurgical approaches to improve their health and weight.
Yeah, that happens a lot. If you get a bypass surgery as a lazy and quick fix, generally you'll gain it back in a couple of years. It's fine to get the surgery but you have to understand you have to make some drastic lifestyle changes after. You can't just get the surgery and then go back to eating at places like the ones in this doc, lol.
Be comfortable with who you are, but be smart. It's not a healthy habit to have. Love yourself enough to be healthy. Your life depends on it. You guys are human beings and deserve to be treated as such.
I have lost 134lbs by cutting the carbs people have asked did I have surgery -No. Just by not eating high carb. I have eliminated my addictive foods so bread is out as I am like a month to a flame if I have it. You have to accept regardless of whatever method you take that you cannot eat whatever you want. As Ben Bickman says it's not a calorie issue it's a hormonal issue. Losing the weight has reduced my blood pressure and reversed my diabetes. I am no longer the fatest person in the room.
@johnnyfly1236 Dead wrong! Low carb is about ketosis. Look it up. You can lose weight on controlling your calories but it's faster through ketosis and reduces hunger without your fiber. Studies say it's healthier too.
Good for you. I have not always been heavy but gradually found myself checking to see if I was the fattest person in the room. Sometimes I am now. Scary. Trying to do better.
I'd like to see a documentary about obesity that isn't about people at the extreme end. I think because people (especially Americans) are so used to seeing overweight and obese people, they have stopped being able to tell when they themselves are obese. When I was still overweight, I had friends/family telling me not to lose anymore weight or I would be too skinny, even though I was still 10 pounds overweight and could lose up to 40 more pounds and still be at a healthy BMI.
It's predicted that almost 50% of the US will be obese and almost 25% severely obese by 2030. The numbers just keep getting higher each year with no signs of stopping or slowing down. ☹
How is making people who take up 2 seats pay for 2 seats an injustice? That's how buying things works. Imagine if I went to a store to buy paint, and I needed 2 buckets to cover my walls. Is the store big-wall-phobic if I have to pay for both buckets of paint, or does that sound like the definition of insanity?
He's actually brutally honest. His main aim behind the Heart Attack Grill is for people to realise the madness they are partaking in, and to mend their ways for a healthier life. It's like a kind of shock therapy for people who are unable to control their eating habits.
@@mechanicalengineerturbo that’s like saying to show you how bad animal cruelty is let me buy a slaughterhouse make it make sense it’s not shock therapy it’s diabetes and clogged arteries
@@Alex861697most people get the staple don't keep it off, it's still an achievement. If he was still that weight you'd leave snide remarks anyway lol, you're just not happy
The guy who took out a $11,000 wasn't morbidly obese or bed bound. He could have saved that money and even more with a smaller grocery bill and not eating junk and then just done additional exercise.
Only partly true. His height and weight was absolutely morbidly obese according to BMI. I'm 5'9" 215, my BMI is over 30 which classifies as obese, so educate yourself on the facts. I agree with your second point however. BTW I'm on a mission to get down to 185
@@leeharvey969 According to BMI I am overweight for my height, but my trouser waist is 33". BMI doesn't distinguish between body mass tissue. I know the facts. That fellow did not need to spend $11,000.
I agree. I feel like surgery should be used on people who physically no longer have the time to wait to lose weight. Like they will die very soon if they don’t lose weight. At 290, you’re probably not at risk of dying tomorrow. It’s like a way to buy some time.
I've lost 50 pounds this year despite hypothyroidism with the help of my endocrinologist. I'm down to 140 and only need to lose 5 more pounds to be at a healthy weight. Losing weight is possible if you're willing to work with your doctors and adopt a healthy lifestyle!
I worked with my primary care doctor for 10 years trying to lose the weight as it kept adding up. Never did figure it out. Now several years later and having been a sweet little petite gal the first 40 years of my life, gained weight I couldn't get off. Several years later, it seems not to matter as much. I am one of those rare hypothyroid patients and none of the meds have done anything for weight loss or any of the other symptoms. Drs just keep saying my numbers are in normal range.
How can someone say that he is a VICTIM of fast-food. no one is telling you to go stuff your face with it, that's solely your decision and you are the only one responsible for that... people come up with all kinds of poor excuses... I feel no empathy for them. If Casey lost all that weight all the better for him, but stop blaming the fast-food industry.
Fast food is engineered to be addictive in every possible way. You choose to start eating it (unless your parents got you hooked on it), but the industry chooses to make it incredibly difficult to stop.
@@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 I know - where I live in New Zealand plenty of people will drive 20 minutes to wait 10 more minutes to get it a bit of fast food where is you could go to the supermarket get a few bits and pieces be home have it cooked half the price twice as healthy with fresh ingredients Take you no longer and make you feel better
@@jamie6506 I love fast-food, especially Burger King. Every few months, I treat myself to 2 Crispy Chickens, 9 Chili-Cheese-Nuggets, a big Fanta and medium fries.
Exactly. We live within a walking distance from Mc Donald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Subway and at least 10 more restaurantes. We barely go yo any fast food options. Not even once a month. Instead, we walk to the supermarkets and prepare our own meals. We do go out; but try to choose either local food Asían or European.
My friends and I (from the UK) went to Florida on holiday in 1994. We have never seen so many morbidly obese people before. We couldnt believe it. The food portions were huge. When we had breakfast at Perkins family restaurant just down the road from were were staying the breakfast for 1 was more than enough for 2 of us. Take out pancakes for 1 was 8 pancakes in the UK its 2)
😮 What's crazy is that's how the UK is now. I visited a few times and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I couldn't even describe the severity when I got back home. I had never seen an obese person in real life, I was 24 then.
In the 1950s, people ate simple meals made at home. Fast foods, pizza delivery and take out were not the norm until about the mid-1980s - a convenience that caused American obesity rates to begin rising. Limit eating take away foods to once a week or less and avoid washing it down with fizzy sugar drinks.
This body positivity movement is only encouraging people to reach the end of the road at an early age. To love our body is to take care of it, keep it healthy for as long as possible with a few pleasures here and there. But, you cant say anything stronger than the above without being cancelled.
It's all fun and games while someone is young with a young heart, joints, lungs, etc. But years of excess weight from bad food choices take their toll. Find someone 45 and up and morbidly obese who isn't experiencing medical problems and that person is a rarity.
I can agree with “Love at Any Size”, bc I truly believe anyone can love their bodies no matter the size. But there is love, and there is neglect. Love yourself enough to experience the world longer than 40 years
On the body positivity thing. I’m reminded of a friend of mine took a flight with a regional airline in the Philippines where each passenger got weighed before boarding …. in front of everyone. I was like, no way that’s real 😂. She wasn’t even remotely obese and even she was terrified.
I dont like doctors that go straight to surgery. People need therapy on why they eat so much. They need to be educated on healthy good tasting recipes. A lot of people are still obese and can gain weight again after surgery. The teens are the most concerning because when they go home nothing has changed. They aren't doing the grocery shopping and they are most likely not preparing the meals.
There currently is great deal of scientific evidence which supports genetic basis for obesity. I think now it's more than 400 separate genes. Which of course can interact with other causes in the environment and lifestyle and dietary factors. So, ONCE you begin to add in things like how a person might be using food for stress eating reasons, or more pathological level addictions you can really get yourself into the realms of understanding just how somebody could become a person who might just possibly end up weighing more than 500 lbs!
23:37 Honestly this whole scene is mind blowing to me. They are trying to lose weight, and the nutritionist is feeding them cereal, milk, and bananas for breakfast? That's absolutely absurd, no wonder they need to feel hungry to lose weight. They're eating nothing but carbs!
I have little sympathy for any of these adults. I've been fighing the "battle of the bulge" as far back as I can remember. It is a mnid set, that took me many years to develop. I learned to stay away from restaurants, and the junk food isles at the grocery store.
@@meaghankelly3887 I'm not claiming a virtue, I'm stating a factr. I've lived less than a mile from over 12 restaurants. I NEVER blamed them for my weight. I blamed myself for not knowing how to stop. I NEVER got nearly as big as this fellow. I stopped long before that
What I hear is "I do not understand the patophysiology of obesity and want to make a moral judgement without the requisite knowledge. But I am classic Donning-Kruger so I'll do it anyway, thinking I cracked the code".
Throughout US, there are what are called "food deserts." Places where no real grocery stores exist for many miles while lots of "greasy spoon-type" restaurants are just a block or two away from homes in the area. It's not usual to see some residents don't have cars, they are too expensive to own. This is true especially in rural areas.
@@andreah6379 do american supermarkets not have home delivery service? most Europe has, you go on the supermarket site, choose the groceries, pay, it will be deliverred to your door- good solution when the supermarket is too far or none in oyur neighbourhood. I had even farms that were far away from my city but were delivering once per week to my city. so I always have a great choise in terms of sourcing my groceries and it can be a solution to food deserts
Really enjoyed the positivity of this documentary when they were talking with people who are doing the difficult work and making the sacrifices in dealing with this dangerous epidemic. These people are truly heroes. Had to abandon the video when it got to those who are celebrating their poor health. Really sad. They are like like proud alcoholics, trading their health and their futures for their addiction. I wish them all well.
I was genuinely shocked and saddened to see so many chronically obese people when we visited Florida. Fast food establishments every couple of miles certainly doesn’t help.
Unfortunately, true. The owner is nothing but another sadistic predator & making a buck off of it--like big pharma, like health insurance companies, like big hospitals, like fast food restaurants all do.
That has almost nothing to do with the overall equation! It's about the number of calories that you consume as a whole. By simply upping your protein and finding out your maintenance calories you could really gain or lose weight on just about any food including fast food.
Body positivity? But the underlying problem? I am obese for my weight and body type. I worry more about health issues other than what others think of me
And leaving their kids behind 10, 20, 30 years early It's selfish and stupid, you wouldn't make the same justifications for heroin addicts and alcoholics despite the conclusions being the same
Im only 30 standing at 6’1” and was 257 (obese) on Jan, 2. Blood pressure slightly elevated Dr told if I wanted meds or loose weight and make lifestyle changes. 25 days later am down to 243.3 just by fasting 15 hours and exercising 30 mins. Eating a lot more veggies and fruits. But with fasting you can pretty much eat what you want I have a few slices of pizza here and there but don’t go above 2500 calories a day. And now am not as hungry anymore and blood pressure it’s back to regular I want to go down to 225. If i can do it, you can do it. I want to live a long life to enjoy my family! The problem with America is that we overeat, there is no need for that. The body feels better without all that food and sugar, that’s the main killer
American teenagers have no self control. Even if there is fast food nearby , doesn't mean one has to eat it. I too love ice cream but I never eat it. So people should fight their urges.
Don't ignorantly generalize.🙄 Not every American teen has fast food every day. Depends on how you're raised, if you have food addictions or eating disorders, or if you live in a "food desert" where there's no other option. If you're raised on home cooking, fast food is just a treat, not a regular part of your diet. And the fact that you stay away from the thing you love, means you had to have eaten it first to know you love it. Sounds like you don't trust that you can control yourself around it, so you deny yourself. That's you, though. Your average person can have ice cream and not worry they'll never stop eating it.
This makes me kind of mad. I can't remember the last time I ate at a fast-food restaurant, and I can find plenty to eat. Fast food is not forced upon anyone. Stop claiming "we have no other choice " Not true!
if you can manage to fast three days in a row, why can't you manage to fast twice a week and just lose weight that way? it's not like you have to go without food entirely for a prolonged time. i don't get it. stomach reducing surgery is such a serious procedure. if you have the discipline to stop eating for three days, you can absolutely manage a general calory reduction.
I was at my worst when i was in a towing business. 5'10 318 eating nothing but wawa and quickcheck all day everyday for a year. Quit towing earlier this year lost 55+ lbs, working as a preloader at ups. I walk my dog 3 miles a day, eat as best as i can take care of my body as best as i can
Honestly, I feel like a victim of fast food too. EVERYDAY I make choices to not eat that stuff. It’s EVERYWHERE! And most restaurants are unhealthy. Finding clean places to eat is difficult especially since healthy foods are more expensive. But the temptation is everywhere; even in the grocery store. I find it amazing that some people eat junk food everyday.
I understand what you are saying, but i eat junk food everyday also and i'm in great shape. They key is the quantity of the food. Also you must eat things with low sugar content. If you like to drink soda's they must be the zero sugar type. Also you should exercise daily. Cheers from Texas!!
@@greatriffishere Yeah real great advice. Instead of drinking water just opt for the option with 3 strange chemicals instead of plain old sugar inside. You know what tastes really good ? Water from an reverse osmosis distill. I have one for 500 bucks, it's installed under my sink. Get a nice glass jug that can hold your daily amount of fluid intake, and put a few smashed pieces of fruit and a teabag of your liking at the bottom. Let the reverse osmosis water flow in. It is slightly corrosive and lacks minerals, that's why the fruits and tea and the glass ! jug. The water will aggressively pull out the flavor, color and vitamins and minerals from the fruits and tea and will thus become regular, non-corrosive drinking water with a uniquely clear and refreshing taste. The jug is supposed to be kept in the fridge.
@@greatriffishere Please don't give advice on things you know nothing about It's not about the amount of food, strictly, or the amount of sugar You're not healthy if you're lacking in the vitamins and minerals you need in an adult diet, just because you've had no medical incident yet doesn't mean a thing and don't even tell me it's because you're thin that you are misguided enough to believe that you must be healthy Junk "food" is not food Again, don't give advice on things you don't know about
I am currently taking 4 obesity drugs. Because I developed a medical condition when I was 12 years old that was neurological and also effected my vision too. It also flared up again when I was around 30 years old. I had to have around 14 lumbar punctures in order to treat it and today I suffer permanent optic nerve atrophy as a result. There's also quite a few other related medical things which effect my long term health. BUT, the MOST alarming problem I'm dealing with is I was born with is I was born with a birth defect called generalized ligamentous laxity. Worse than 95% of the world's population. Got run over by a car in domestic violence. Had 2 ACL repair surgery's. And a vascular procedure done 2X which failed. ALL on the same leg. Because of this, my left leg is in chronic pain. However, due to the right leg having to accommodate it for so long NOW I'm having trouble with it giving out on me and collapsing suddenly! Having trouble driving my car! Been walking with crutches for 21 years. I used to weigh 387lbs. NOW 242lbs. I live alone and 63 years old. If I have to go to living in a wheelchair, I'm really going to have a deterioration in my quality of life. Bupropion, Topamax, Phentermine and Ozempic. I rejected weight loss surgery as an option. I do believe if I don't get my morbid obesity under control, my life is at serious risk.
@@eeereno2259 Thank you so much for your concern. I appreciate it so much. Obesity is a very chronic condition that must be treated for your entire life. Right now, I am out of one of my medications and having trouble getting it from the pharmacy. It's called Phentermine. It's a type of amphetamine and thus, it's a controlled substance that I have to show identification in order to purchase and pay out of pocket for. My vision has been permanently effected by what I have gone through and I do not drive at night. BUT, you just have to keep living onward and try to have a positive attitude towards life! I hope you have a great day yourself wherever you are!
I watch these to motivate myself to keep losing weight. Started binging to cope with my emotions after losing my mum. Sometimes it's not as simple to say "just stop eating" Gained 90lbs. Lost 20 so far. People need support not just condemnation.
just a thought. when I take up 1/2 of the seat I still need to pay for the whole seat. so when you take up 2 seats, why would you only need to pay for 1? Moneywise it would be pretty stupid for the airlines to just give you a seat for free. that is one unpaid seat per person that takes up the space of 2.
I think it's not about taking up the seat, it's about losing much more revenue down the line because everyone who gets squished during their flight will book their next flight with one of the companies that charges an obese person for 2 seats (so that that obese person can't ruin another passengers flight).
Participation is worth rewarding. There has always been a prize at school for people who didn’t miss a day. As someone who caught every illness I was jealous
It’s not a disease! But I do believe it can become an addiction. There’s a really healthy restaurant that you don’t have to drive too. It’s called a garden in your own backyard.
Whats the definition of a disease? (btw addictions are in many/most cases considered a disease) take a look at the amount of leading medical bodies (like american medical association, WHO (world health organization) that now classify obesity as a disease.
What many people outside the US fail to understand is that so many of us were raised on fast food. So many of us constantly on the go, I spent so much of my childhood on the road with my parents and home was where we got the mail, that’s about it. Not that we’re any different than Britain who also has their share of take aways and obese people. Let people live how they want, there’s no point being miserable in what life we all have.
Oh common, in Africa, India and others people are dying from hunger and here in the US people are dying from overeating. This is a sign of laziness and bad habits and the full responsibility is on the obese individuals. Noone has put a gun on their heads to eat like monsters...
My Canadian photo album of people during the depression and WWII show zero overweight, everyone was slender, lean, thin. What's going on now is tragic.
Eating healthy and exercising are the obvious solution. But in my opinion one of the main reasons the USA has a obesity epidemic is their heavy reliance on cars. No one ever walks or cycles just to get somewhere. In places that are walkable and enjoyable to be in, you have a organic way to get some movement in your live. The RU-vid Channel Not just bikes called it "The gym of life". There was even a documentary once, where a guy tried to gain as much weight and move as little as possible. He started in New York and quickly realized that even going to MC Donald's, down the road, lead to him walking too much for his experiment. So he continued in Texas, where he had to go everywhere by car.
"You are what you eat" is a common saying that emphasizes the importance of good nutrition. It's like saying if you put coconut oil in a car instead of petrol, it won't function properly. Similarly, our bodies need the right fuel to function optimally.😥
I was in the USA 3 times and always found restaurants with fresh vegetables, great salads without sugary dressings and lots of healthy stuff. Of course I like my junk food maybe once per month, but one thing holds me back every time, all the sugar in all the food. It is a killer. Even the buns and fries do taste sweet. Eating healthy is a choice. End of story. By the way, I have nothing against obese people.
People who visit countries generally go to the sorts of places with a lot of those things. A lot of smaller communities with higher rates of obesity have none of that. Not many people visiting the US are coming to Bumfeck, Nowhere.
I’m retired from competition sportsman and weight gain is 90% what you eat not how much you exercise I’m talking of 30 years experience have seen it all 👍😃🏃♀️🙏
In my country we usually eat home-made food and rather healthy, but still we got a problem with obesity. I think that the issue is that food is generally cheap, easily accessible and we all are snacking quite alot, witch was not that possble and commone in different times. I myself have some extra kilos too and i think I really am addictive to sugar. I don't have bigger problems with health only because in Europe we walk quite a lot everyday and I exercise 3 times a week. But still, I think I could do better, especially with my food choices.
The title says America, and while I know they're talking about the U.S.- I include my country México and the rest of the Americas.. You don't see this in Europe/Asia and the rest of the countries on "the other side" of the world.
Mexicans also have a love affair with coca cola too...obesity, dental cavities, diabetes, cardiac disease are some of the health risks plaguing Mexico.. some of the native shamans & charlatans prescribe coke as a cure for diabetes & family problems. Coke has the entire country in it's sugary death grip. 💔😢
I appreciate showing confidence in your appearance. But for these women in their 20s and 30s, their lives will take a different turn when they hit their 40s and 50s. Heart issues, diabetes, high blood pressure all will become more and more a factor in their health as they get older. This is an issue that they would be irresponsible to ignore.
