Obesity is a National Security Issue: Lieutenant General Mark Hertling at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2012
- Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling, is the Commanding General, US Army Europe and Seventh Army. In that role, he is the commander of the approximately 42,000 U.S. Army forces assigned to Europe, and he is the Army Component Commander of U.S. European Command. While Hertling's primary role is training U.S. Army soldiers and units for Contingency and Full Spectrum Operations, he is also responsible for Theater Security Cooperation and Building Partner Capacity with the 51 allied nations that are part of the European area of operation.
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Ten years on from this talk, and the military has now significantly relaxed the fitness standards. Sounds like Gen Hertling's message fell on deaf ears with the top brass.
No group is immune to limitations in the pool they draw from. Sometimes I wonder what'd happen if a future conflict required a draft.
@@Sho-td8wg agreed. However I don't feel that's an excuse to lower the standards. Yes, recruits might come in less fit nowadays; instead of lowering standards, they could lengthen basic, or make failing soldiers repeat it. A less fit military serves nobody's interests. Well, maybe it serves the enemy's.
@@groovediggr8777 world peace via all nations being unable to field an army?
The fitness people enter into training with is not the same they graduate training with
@@felixbeutin8105 and?
Body positivity has turned into “I’m unhealthy and overweight and that’s fine because I love myself” rather than “I love myself and recognize my self-worth is not based on my weight, but loving myself means making healthy decisions and changes in my life.”
EXACTLY
Love is often misunderstood anyway. Some people believe it to be dependence.
This is put so well! 👏🏼
This. So much this.
no wonder pride is the worst of the seven sins. ppl celebrate like its somehow a virtue
I am an 82-year old retired Army officer and still train three times a week in a fitness center. I am six feet tall and weigh 157 pounds. For me, staying fit is a life extender - a quality life. I met General Hertling some years ago and I can say, without qualification, that what he had to say is more important today than it was 10 years ago.
Very true! Thank you for sharing and thank you for your service sir.
Thank you for your story and your service
Thanks for your service Lawrence, and excellent work keeping a great training regimen!
Wow I’m only 14 but I admire you sir. My goal is to stay fit for the rest of my life!
I'm a 77 year old Navy veteran and just wanted to say how your message has motivated me. I need to lose some weight as I am certain it effects longevity. I want to be around longer to watch my grandson grow and support my wife. Thank you for your positive message, it and LtGen Hertling's message hits home and I'm on my way!
Love this!! As a Physical Therapist this is a huge issue and I believe everyone in America needs to see this!
um no
13 hours of gaming a week?... those are rookie numbers
Sassy The Sasquatch right? I used to play 6 hours on school days and 12 hours on weekends. I wasn't healthy
Jeremy Han Solo burger when I play games I find a lot of time waiting for spawning or what ever. so I lift my weights or do exercises. every time I make a mistake is one rep.
Video games don't cause obesity.
Fructose and lack of fiber (which fills you up) does.
Processed starches like bread are a little too efficient at delivering energy.
I eat a lot of veggies, oatmeal and a bit of chicken.
I also stand at my desk and am constantly moving during work.
(I'm listening to "Soulfly - Redemption of Man By God" right now. Impossible not to move to that).
Jeremy Han Solo burger I thought the same thing
Yeah, I don't think you can blame gaming for that tho.
I've played 6-12 hours a day, devoting 1-2 hours to exercise.
1-3 hours a day, 5 days a week, is all you need to stay in shape. I was doing almost 400 lbs in deadlifts and running the 3000m in 11-12 minutes.
5 strength sessions(1h each), and 3 cardio(1h each) sessions is all you need to be in serious shape.
Sure, if you wanna go pro, you might increase that, but to maintain a very decent human fitness, you need no more than about 1-3 hours of exercise a day.
Never been in the military, but I did a 15k recently and learned that the military is right when they say that you're capable of more than you think when you push your limits.
15k that was just to get water when I was a kid. Guess it was good for me. I though we were poor eating fish and veggies wild chickens. Now in a city and miss the food.
@@daizzyang5262 I imagine that life would feel more pure and whole than even the life of a well off American today.
@@tatotaytoman5934 It teaches you gratitude and appreciation for the little things you have. And those qualities can't be taught easily to someone who never had a serious hardship. That's why suicide is common in wealthy countries.
10k fun run. Operative word being 'fun' run. Lol. Every Friday.
Pushing your limits requires effort though. It's much easier to stay comfortable.
Yeah, can we recruit more officers like this please? Thank you.
OMG! General Hertling! Such a gentle man! My husband worked with him. A true solider. A true man. In praise of the vulnerable man. An epic badass.
The fact that this was made almost 10 years ago but every word is spot on for today’s issues is terrifying. I’m so glad I’m getting myself together in that area.
Wonder how closely the present matches predictions.
@@maryshaffer3801 I’m not sure what the stats are, but it would be interesting to see 🤔
Same, I weighed 282 pounds 2 and a half months ago. I now weight 255 pounds on Keto and Intermitted fasting. And still going!
@@RandomHuTaoSimp WTG! I know it's not easy to alter eating habits and stick to it. I wish you a lot of success :)
@@kellyg7591 thank you!! :)
Hertling was my commander back in the 90's. He really does practice what he preaches. We did PT 5 days a week and everyday that we had duty. He and his wife run marathons. On Fridays, they ran us like dogs. I miss serving with men like him. He was a soldiers commander. God speed Sir. Mend the broken sword.
Norris "Mend the broken sword"... where'd you get that???
Thanks for sharing that with us
"This gun is fully semi-automatic"
-Herting
Owen Major meme
Owen Major that was him? Bruhhhhh. *edit I just checked out the news clip again and it was him lmaooo*
When I was out of shape, I saw military pt tests to be incredibly hard, but when I started working out, I slowly realized that he was right, the tests are pretty basic.
@Chad Abercrombie it is, but not in the sense of “I’m proud of being obese and probably going to die at age 40” body positivity.
@@intergalacticbobcat6185 exactly
@Chad Abercrombie You have to live up to your name
There is a misplaced focus on physical activity, because you can't outrun a bad diet.
An hour long run can be undone in 5 minutes with a serving of french fries. The problem is our food.
Exactly this. By all means exercise, it's great for all sorts of reasons, but NO way do we need all the calories we're told we need each day with our sedentary lives. Cut the calories, considerably, each day and the pounds drop off, even if you're hardly doing any exercise.
The problem is both, honestly.
True but the main concept is healthy fuel. You can have high calorie food that is nutritionally dense (avocado, nuts, etc.) and you can have poor nutrition low calorie foods. Focusing too much on calories and not nutrients is our main issue.
I love how he's proactive about health instead of shaming people for their habits.
Laura W you’ll love David Goggins then, or maybe not but check him out
@@alfiebones7551 he is part of the reason I am going to try to run an ultra marathon
That's because shaming doesn't work.
Agreed
@@kevinmael3862 False, shaming is the way japan keeps its crime issue low , countless studies show shame is a motivating factor in keeping people in check.
This man was trained diagnose and solve problems. He thinks clearly, speaks clearly, and he is 100 % right.
Unfortunately he’s a Democrat
@@harutohashimoto7683 -🤓
That's right. Everybody should just change their minds and habits because some *ssh*l* in a uniform told them it's a national emergency.
I forgot how easy it is to willfully change your metabolism using the power of thought alone.
@@harutohashimoto7683 really? That sucks, I would think the democrats would call him fatphobic.
@@harutohashimoto7683 The truth is the truth, regardless of your political leanings.
Very interesting and great presentation! Shocking to realize only 5 states have PE for classes. I remember having just one and i had more than enough energy to keep going after the 1 hour. It would seem it would be beneficial if kids started off day with first hour PE and end the day with PE every day could be a good start.
Great idea!
I'm all in for 1h PE everyday if the school has decent showers and actually enough break time to use the shower
What good does do when kids won't. Join the army??
@Chad Abercrombie ĺ
When I was a kid, we had recess and we ran around in the field and playground after eating lunch. In a different state it was PE and lunch break didn't involve an extra 1/2 hour to run around.
I am from Norway, and people are generally very active and fit here. The first time I ever saw an obese person was when I visited the U.S. when I was 19 years old. Actually, not just one obese person, many obese people. That was back in 2004. I have still never seen an obese person here in Norway that I can remember, but even here people are generally getting bigger according to statistics. We have also adopted more of the Standard American Diet up here (with the very fitting abbreviation: SAD)... Gee, I wonder if there might be a correlation there.....
jeg har sett så mange- jeg bor i Oslo. hvor bor du?
@@kalinahagen406 Bergen. Jeg har aldri sett en sykelig overvektig person her. Tror det er det rette begrepet på norsk. Jeg snakker ikke om overvektig. Når man snakker om "obese" på engelsk så er det ikke bare snakk om "overweight", men mennesker som er såpass store at de ofte må sitte i spesialtilpasset rullestol/scooter, og i de verste tilfellene er de bare stuck i senga, type sånn som man ser på enkelte programmer på TV fra USA, alla " My 600-lb Life" etc. Jeg har aldri sett noe sånt her i Norge.
Almost 1/4 of adults in Norway are obese. Do you live in isolation?
@@tobyix1569 my point still stands
@@Furiouspenguin27 Could him not seeing them be because obese people don't go out nearly as much as other people?
Maybe PE should include lessons on how to feed yourself too. I'm just now really learning about calories, macros, etc
Home ec should come back!
Thats why in my school we had PE and health.
yeah. they should at least teach a little about food in PE, they act like theyre separate
Thats a thing in SG,But only in high school,which is most likely why obesity is still an issue here.
It's not us, it's the food we eat. I now only eat allot of veggies and fruit and haven't dont a thing except work and lost pounds from 160lbs to 127lbs.
Everyone knows how much to eat
This is the weirdest talk so far, nobody is on the stage.
Thuận An Tý Thiều that is the most dumbest camo pattern XD
Thuận An Tý Thiều 💀
You didn’t see the floating head and hands !?
Lemonnic Being “most dumbest” lol k
@@estherbjerga523 what does the ACU blend into? the blue rocky mountains. It doesn't really blend in the environment that well also it has many flaws on the uniform. See Angry Cop's video on The Worst Military Uniform.
This guy knocked it out of the park!!!! Bravo!!!
This proves what my Drill Sargeant son in law was saying about a recruit breaking their hip each quarter. Thank you for this Ted Talk.
They need to bring back recess in elementary and middle schools as well.
+Brent Lochhead wait recess is gone in elementary school ?
+muffinman5423 many see it as a waste of time because teachers are graded by test scores. less recess more time for test training.
wyoming still has P.E
kids who exercise 20 min get a two to three hour period of heightened ability to learn.
Frank N'Beans That wouldn't work out in the dangerous cities.
I joined the army in 2017 at 18 years old. I had swam competitively for 12 years, did drum line all throughout high school. I had also never been over weight, typically had had more issues being underweight. Halfway through AIT (advanced individual training) I found out that I had damaged the cartilage in my knees beyond repair, as well as gotten 3 stress fractures in several parts of my left leg. It isn’t just a weight issue. It’s also a nutrition issue. Several people in our upcoming generation are not getting the correct amounts of calcium and other nutrients to help build our bones. I know so many soldiers who’s bones just started breaking.
Bone strength is a lot more than calcium going in the mouth. Too little vitamin D, necessary to take up the calcium that is eaten, is a much more likely problem.
Also, you did not run and walk consistently to train your legs to endure the training at Basic. Aside form nutrition it looks like you mostly trained swimming. Idk if you trained a lot of running. I did cross country when I was a kid and ran all the time on my free time. Bones and legs and cartridge will adapt to your workouts. When I went to OSUT the running and rucking was easy. But the swimming part was rough…. Anyways it also depends on rounding out your workouts. Good to do, running, rucking, swimming, weights, calisthenics, martial arts and stretching. Keeping it well rounded will adapt your body for each activity progressively.
Weight is 70% diet. Exercise is good. But competitive sports or things like basic training will inevitably lead to injuries. You will wear down.
Our best professional athletes with the best nutrition and best lifestyles all eventually breakdown quickly. And painfully. With rare exceptions.
@@carenseagraves5683 it's Vitamin K2 Mk-7 with Vitamin D3 that directs calcium from blood and tissues into your bones.
its easy to find good information out there.. you can see how a plant based diet and fermentation max out health- especially bone density etc..
ive studied this stuff for years in an interdisciplinary way..
the problem is trying to pertain to modern society and its flawed status quo.
it isnt that there is not enough calcium, its that persons ambitions include disruptions.
the science will be spun to reflect whatever marketing ideal need be met.
Nutrition is fairly easy, and mundane- whats hard is saying no to hyperpalatable, and addictive, food drugs like refined carbs, concentrated oils, animal products, and high levels of salt..
all of which disregulate systems of the body and shorten lifespan.. (HORMONE D is kept in check, highly regulated by the body, and is disrupted through many of modern societies arbitrary ambitions like hyper-sterility, animal product consumption, chemical use)...
its like running around trying to make smoking and cigarettes see, like a part of a healthy lifestyle...
6:50 - i know some good foods that end in "o" = avocado, mango, garbanzo beans
When I was in the regular Army (prior to going on to Special Forces), I was assigned to a light infantry division. One thing that I noticed right away was that most of the soldiers who ended up with some type of lower body injury (sprained ankles, lower back problems, strained muscles, etc.) were soldiers from units that conducted the bare minimum physical training and activities. These were generally soldiers from support and service support units (such as maintenance units and units that conducted administrative duties, etc.). Conversely, soldiers from the infantry battalions - who did lots of running, heavy ruck marching (walking long distances carrying heavy packs) and enhanced physical fitness activities would show the least number injury cases by comparison. It was counter-intuitive to me because one would think that the ones stressing their bodies the most would be the ones with the greater number of injuries.
A body in motion tends to stay in motion. 😉
While I agree with you for the most part, a lot of us soldiers of the 60s, 70s and 80s are now at a point where all that running in combat boots, trudging through the snow and woods, sleeping on the ground and jumping from airplanes is starting to takes its toll in bad knees, bad backs and sore bones! So some moderation and common sense would have gone a long way! Lol!
@geodes4762 You are absolutely correct. In Special Forces, a lot of our training methods changed with the influx of SOCOM funding towards programs like THOR3 (Tactical Human Optimization Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning). At our unit gym, we had our own trainers and physical therapy professionals as well as all of the equipment necessary to train correctly. However, ruck marching long distances and parachuting with a 120 lb ruck will never be good for anyone long-term. I retired some years ago, and my neck X-rays tell that story.
@@MVK_GS agree big time, overstress the body is not good. I think they need to work in a gym program before people can enlist. like a gym program with good military supervision for people who want to join. I know someone who is trying to lose 40 lbs on his own, so he can join. These days people have less motivation, i mean these young people NEED to be strong. i mean it's the Military. Fitness has to be mandatory
1980s: "We will will have flying cars in the future"
2012: "Obesity is a national security issue"
Icicleman04 😭
We also have cars that can drive themselves, and we have prototypes of flying Ubers. That's pretty damn good, so you can go ahead and mock our achievements, but just know, i'm pretty damn proud of how far we have come, and the people working toward innovation.
Čøöpër Šmïth It is just a joke, man. Of course we have accomplishments, I can see that
@@coopersmith1308 Take a joke and chill dummy lol
2019: "Saying the word obesity is fatphobic."
The PE thing shocked me. No mandatory sports at school? I live in Poland, and here you have to have 2 hours of PE a week basically from age 6 to 18, unless you have a doctors note of course. It's a part of school so you get grades for, which is why there's nearly no way around it. I know Germany has mandatory sports as well. While I complain about it a lot, maily due to the not entirely fair grading and no too great curriculum, it's undoubtedly a good thing we are forced to exercise in some way.
When I was in school, back in the 90s and early 2000s, Physical Education was mandatory. Completely and utterly. I went from 1st Grade, to 12th. Every day I was there, 2 hours of PE. That didn't count playtime/recess, either. I graduated in 2012, so... I dunno, but... At my school in California, it was mandatory, and still is, from what I know.
graduated 2009 in California, P.E was mandatory. even had those tests with the long jump, shot put, high jump and so on. had to pass them or risk failing the semester
PE should only be for kids who don’t play sports or are obese
2 hours a week? when i was growing up we had an hour every DAY. And i've only just graduated a couple years ago..
I’m 41 years old. And this shocked me. I graduated high school in 1996. In a upper class suburb of Chicago. In the 1980’s All we did was play outside. There wasn’t anything else to do? And nothing I couldn’t do. PE was an hour a day and 2, thirty minute recess outside. We only had 1....19 inch television. Now I have 6....55” televisions. Times have changed drastically. In 1986 everything changed. We got our first Microwave, VCR, and Nintendo. Still through high school I had PE and had to pass to graduate. I skipped PE a lot my junior year in high school. So senior year I had to retake that PE class. First and second period they gave me P.E. Soon as I got to school I had to run 1.7 miles twice! So about 3-1/2 miles every morning. I was so fit the Air Force came to my job every Friday evening trying to recruit me. My father has his draft card from Vietnam in his wallet to this day. I have my selective service card in my wallet to this day. Every American male citizen was supposed to join at 18 by law. Most probly have no idea this was mandatory. My father strongly urged me to avoid the military. And many of my friends who served in the Middle East are mentally damaged for life!!! He taught me about the military after Vietnam. So I took his advice and not served. Probly a good thing? I probly would have gone to Iraq? Then 9/11 happened when I was 23 and considered joining again? Again I decided not to. That was the last time I felt America was “UNITED”! Still very fit. I’m sure more than most 18 year old soy boys. P.E. Is a must! I had to through out my childhood. No exceptions! Even in crazy liberal Chicago!!!!
From a guy who has been in the USA many times with my job as an aircraft mechanic in my countrys the Air force, i have seen this happen since 2002 onwards. Commercials, mega portions at dinners, restaurants and fastfood chains and the huge availability to easy, fatty foods when shopping, is on another level in US. The fact that electric fatwheelers is available at walmart etc is for me insane and really underscores the lose of selfcontrol for the individuel and the eagerness to please and feed for the cooperations.
We need to be better and healtier as a society
And going for a walk and not being obese is a major improvement
This man is right. It is also an economic problem. Not just $100K for surgery, but diabetes, heart disease, joint problems, etc.
Taller height is also an economic problem. Significantly higher levels of cancer, joint problems, blood clots, hypertension, etc.
Also low productivity and high maintenance of these people. They eat alone enough food for a whole family and their work performance is not high really
@@yourdailydoseofreality3219 The thing is is that height isn’t controllable choosing to live a healthy life style and controlling your weight is controllable. Also height is far less stressful on your body unless you are 7’+ than being morbidly obese.
@@yourdailydoseofreality3219 are you comparing something that is more or less under control with being (un)lucky with the genetic lottery?
@@einCAA Curious why you chose to put the prefix (un) into parenthesis? You are not sure whether inheriting this unhealthy trait is lucky or not? Is it because you live in a society that fetishizes this useless and ultimately damaging trait?
As for the uncontrollable part, tell this to the parents, who give growth hormone to their short healthy boys, and to the doctors, who bend to cultural stereotypes and prescribe a harmful “treatment” to a healthy child.
It's only gotten worse. I'm still playing competitive basketball at age 42. It has actually gotten easier to compete with the younger guys now than when I was in my early 30's.
Ruiz Rz,enato you'll be owned hard in Basketball Xbox360 though
Ruiz Rz,enato weird flex but ok
I'll cross you over old man, you play with scrubs! Jkjkjk
@@davidlopez-io5kk
criss cross applesauce !
This is motivating.
This is calling space a spade and not one that pushes the problem under the carpet.. Feeling lucky to come across this informative speech...
A major issue causing this is a severe lack of personal accountability and responsibility.
He's not the first one to be concerned about this. Theodore Roosevelt, when touring various military bases, found the physical condition of the officers to be unacceptable. He implemented fitness requirements that had to be met for any promotions within the officer ranks. This was the root of the current military PT tests.
It was also the start of PE in schools. The prep guys in the United States to go into the army for compulsory service.
Teddy is kinda one to talk if we're being honest.
Teddy was always the guy who held people to a standard.
@@jimmycarterislike99 you have no idea what you’re talking about
@@jimmycarterislike99 Roosevelt wasn't overweight in his teens and 20's, he was pretty fit in the age range being discussed here. But even when he gained weight later he still stayed physically active. As governor of New York he would have regular wrestling matches in his office. As President he would go on long walks through brush and forrest that would get pretty intense. If he saw a stream, he crossed it. If a boulder was in his way, he climbed over it. If a foreign dignitary was with him he'd drag them along too. He was fit enough to sneak away from his security on a whim to hike the mountains of Yosemite with John Muir for a couple days. So yes, he is one to talk
Let's make America FIT again!!!!
Ian Hardy Trying to get better. I’m running 30 minutes a day now. High school made me gain weight. It’s not good for you to sit 8 hours a day and be served a surgery lunch... don’t even get me started on the lack of sleep many students go through.
LMAFA?
Good luck with that...
Good thing you didn't have a one letter spelling mistake with that one
@@angelgjr1999 you could always join a sport
This was insightful
9 years later current military brass would find his comments “Hurtful” and “Non-Inclusive”. Milley would court martial him.....but he’s too busy polishing his nails.
“We {adults} are also relying on technology instead of play.” I love that he acknowledges that it’s not just kids with tech dependency & I love the use of the term “play” instead of exercise. It doesn’t have to be a treadmill, it can be swimming or playing sports or tag with your family
When I was a teenager, in the 1970's nobody in our neighborhood had a lawn service - - nobody.
plenty of adults have forgotten what play is ...
Relying on government*
@@antimatteranon Codename Kids Next Door
For me it's bad because im only child and we live outta town and it's not fun
"Sir, Doritos are moving in to make an attack on New York."
*Deploy the push up challenges. Send in the salads. We show no mercy to the enemy. Don't skimp on leg day.*
Theodore Bear This is the BEST comment. Period. hahaha.
Only bottoms train legs
@@trishl707
Thx. I thought it was pretty goofy when I was typing it haha.
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Isn’t this the guy that said an ar could shoot “fully semi automatic” and could barely hold the rifle right while shooting it
attitude, and mental health...when one exercises he or she gets a feeling of well-being
I just kept hearing his voice but I couldn't see him. Very mysterious. He must have been wearing camouflage.
Bob Young why do people take a very serious conversation and make a joke or of it. It’s ridiculous. Grow up.
@@dixiebennett8335 You grow up. They made a camo joke. If you're seriously offended by that, take your own advice.
Austin Jobst they’re making childish jokes about our military.. really? I need to grow up?
@@dixiebennett8335 It's not a joke at their expense....it's about camouflage. You are getting offended over a youtube comment on a TED Talk. So, in conclusion, grow up.
hat...a non-issue
If Jeff Cavaliere was a vet, that's probably what he would look like
Charlie get those facepulls in
Underrated as fk
Charlie you made it into the Ted Talk!
Yeah but being in the military probably kills your gains haha
Those clickbait thumbnails are annoying.
I think the biggest issue is that Parents claim they are to busy and families no longer eat home cooked meals, which are alot healthier than anything else you get from a fast food join. Causing obesity in children and Parents.
Also the body positivity movement is making it ok to be unhealthy and overweight.
Brilliant presentation with great message! 👍
We're WAY ahead of schedule considering that in 2020 the national obesity rate is already 39.6%. At this rate, we'll be at 50% by 2030. This isn't a "problem"...it's a legitimate four alarm fire.
it’s so easy to be above average these days 😭
You have obesity problem in america cause sorry to say but what you eat is not healthy at all. They are literally either frozen food (read industrially processed junk) or industrially made highly toxic food and fast foods. This is the main problem I have been facing after coming here in the US for my grad school. I hate, hate and hate american food.
Big pharma and those who follow are just drooling at the mouth at these future numbers, erm, potential patients. Diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, hypertension, knee and foot related injuries = big money.
Now that obesity is a slur rather than a medial condition its off to the races for the next generation.
We as Americans don't actually care for our fellow Americans, quite the opposite actually. Its kind of funny considering how God and Christianity is such a big part of our culture, you would think we would care about one another. But it seems like its just another way for narcissists to judge others and to pat themselves on the back about how much better they are. Anything that remotely resembles tough love is now considered offensive or an attack on someone's safe space. Unfortunately this country is beyond selfish and at the end of the day, its all about the super rich getting even more richer.
America #1 whooo! If you ain’t first your last.
@Eric Vandiver That 42.2% figure also comes from mid-2020, just as COVID was beginning and a few months into the pandemic. The CDC's last prepandemic figure, which surveyed between 2017 and March 2020, had the figure at 41.9%. If you think about how many people have said they have gained weight as a result of staying indoors more in the last two years, that figure can easily be higher today. It's probably closer to 43% or 44% obese and three-quarters or more of the population at overweight and/or obese now.
I’ve been overweight for most of my life, and since I’ve been dieting and exercising I’ve been noticing several quality-of-life improvements. For one, I don’t feel sick as much and have less digestive problems. Secondly, simple tasks that used to feel difficult over prolonged periods are now extremely easy and don’t even increase my breathing rate.
Something as simple as climbing stairs can be a rough part of the average office workers day. But if you exercise, you won’t even feel a difference in effort between climbing stairs and walking normally.
Virtually everybody will notice an easier work day due to exercise. Not only will you have more energy, virtually every activity will become less and less difficult due to your increased strength and endurance. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s a win.
Kudos to you for loving yourself like you should.
I have been exercising regularly for five or so years, but last year I had to take a break from exercising because I was learning fairly complicated math and physics and felt the difference pretty clearly when I finally found my way back into a gym this fall. I fear that a lot of people would struggle to fit work, rest, paperwork and exercise into the same schedule.
Hey, just _reading_ your response gave me more energy!
hey i am writing an essay about obesity in USA can u help me?
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As one who is fighting obesity and being overweight and made a couple of strides forward THIS is what I need to hear to keep moving forward. Going into playlist to play every morning. I need a trainer like this guy.
it's all about the food. Lost significant weight by just only drinking water and getting rid of fast/processed food
@@gac5700 Two of my biggest obstacles....sadly. Been trying to work on a way to stop disliking water cause it doesnt taste like anything.
this is the kind of man i need as my mentor in life.
@Chad Abercrombie yes but obese is unhealthy period, do not degrade somebody due to their weight but obesity is not a positive.
All the "Health At Every Size" movement just dropped their donuts.
That's a good one, I almost split a gut laughing.
Hei C - Health at any size means that you eat HEALTHY no matter what your weight IS. Do you think that ALL fat people should eat only Donuts and ALL thin people should eat only Salads?
Fit people might have one donut or slice of cheese cake every now and then, fat people usually had the whole cake treating like their birthday EVERYDAY.
Really where have you seen that? What about the salads that are eaten? I am not saying that there aren't fat people that have completely lost their sense of what healthy is... But most fat people eat moderately and have a treat now and then...LIKE YOU. Thinness is genetic and depends on many other factors. Sleep Apnea destroys the metabolism, people with this would rather sleep than eat.
35% of US is obese, while 60% US is over weight, the numbers are less than 10% pre- WW2. Where those these genetics comes from? Cheese cakes?! Very soon we will be like movie Wall-E.
Literally just realized this is the general from CNN who said
"full semi-automatic" on tv.
Oh wow. Never saw that but that makes ya think. Thanks for sharing
He's wrong here too, the problem isn't obesity like the military likes to claim. It's the fact that intelligent and fit people have better options than the military. Look at how poorly our veterans are treated from prior wars, look at how poorly soldiers are paid considering the 24/7 nature of their job and rough conditions. The military is a bad option and they won't admit to that, there are many people like me who wanted to serve but also didn't want to ruin their life.
Link?
Still more qualified than most
What does that mean? Well, the fact he was on CNN means he is with the propaganda machine.
Played this at a training session for school district administrators in July several years ago. Was upset by the number of principals that shouted 'lower your standards' when he mentioned how few of the recruits were not able meet entrance qualifications.
Made me think very hard about their attitude towards meeting standards for their own students.
this aged well....
But the body positivity movement told me that every body is beautiful and healthy, even the ones weighing 600 pounds.
I think the point of that movement was more to not shame people so badly that they can't bring themselves to do anything about it or seek help or go out in public. I guess different people took it differently but my take was that those people still try to be healthy, but if they're feeling subjugated and demonized they're less incentized to make those changes
Yeah, because no matter what someone's conditions, 1) they are still human, and 2) they will not change overnight and we know better than to be complete cunts to people in the process.
It is not beautiful if you can hardly walk. People who body shame you for being a little over weight are assholes. But those who shame you for being so over weight that your health or life might be at risk are doing you a favor.
@@VictorDSMan at last, common sense.
Matthew Watson it’s a lie A LIE
It's astounding that he does not mention car dependency and car centric development as a factor in reducing physical activity.
That's very true! People would rather drive their car half a mile to a convenience store for a snack, rather than walk that distance only to pick up a water bottle and probably a banana.
That would upset the auto manufacturing overlords
I mean... this is also a 10-year-old TED Talk, so it makes sense that he did not mention all of the current issues...
@@andrewmanzano4792 yep, and our society regularly looks down on people who commute in other ways - bicycling, etc.
@@TheZ317 Yeah because people on bikes are an annoyance to drivers that own cars. They're slow and don't move out of the way.
Mrs... Ms.. Honest Congratulations To You! Simply put. Your public online speech. To me, was right on point!
Wow. This talk is off the charts today.
Bring back P E and recess twice a day
We need recess and P.E in highschool too! I'm in 10th grade and I don't have P.E this semester and next...
Pira I agree with you. 💯 percent!
Haven't had a recess in 5 years
In Canada we still have P.E lol.
The only issue is you don't have to do P.E if you don't want. But most kids that don't leave a year later from bullying issues ;)
It's weird to me that schools don't have a physical education program anymore. We had them in elementary, middle and high schools when I was growing up. I saw it as free time. Go outside and play instead of being in a boring class? Gee, that's a hard choice.
tubez4321 depends on what the kids like I suppose. The UK still does PE even now but I remember PE in high school could range from anything from football and other team based sports to ballroom dancing and contemporary dance or what ever you call it so it was a huge gamble whether students were actually going to enjoy it. That's before you even add onto the whole tastes of the students since my PE class was split between try hard footballers and rugby fans who just wanted to toss a ball around and tackle one another (with a small portion of the none athletic kids just trying not to get yelled at by the rest of us in what ever sports got picked).
In germany we still have it!
I went to school back then too....but actually it IS a hard choice when you're already 50+ lbs overweight and being outside of an air-conditioned cocoon where you can game on your phone makes you wheeze like a beluga whale. They're choosing the path of least resistance... 'cause that's what they've been TAUGHT. Our obese little ones are 100% a product of the world WE allowed to develop and WE pushed them to enjoy :(
They also don't teach American History as thorough as they used to, at least here in California. Next time you run into some one from California under 40 ask them who fought in the American Civil War and don't bother asking them to explain the issues that led to the war.
$$$ the cost of it, equipment, space and liability. the military is about the only ones flush with cash, really funny considering its borders are mexico and canada, like really guys, no one is capable of invading you.. calm down. LOL
this is probably my favorite of all Ted Talks
Great talk
“I’ve been in the military for 33 Years, I’m thinking of making it a career “ - this should be trademarked
1950s: 13 hours of TV a year
1980s: 13 hours of TV a month
2000s: 13 hours of gaming a week
2020s: 13 hours of gaming a day
2050s: 13 hours of gaming an hour lmao
James H. Dickens To be fair, for decades there were only three channels to watch and they all went off the air late at night until morning rolled around. There was nothing to watch. LOL
13 hours of firing an AR 15 on full semi-automatic.
Indifferent Centrist Full semiautomatic???
@@CanItAlready r/wooosh
dude bro Okay tumor.
😳This is extremely alarming and it was filmed just about a decade ago. I wish he would give an updated TED with new infographics. I'll bet it's even worse than he thought it would be! Every man woman and child in the world should have to watch this and then take action to get their asses in better shape - obese or not!
I agree with your post 100%! As they used to say when I was in the Air Force,"Get The Lead Out."
I'm retired Air Force. Last year I ate the majority of my meals at the state-of-the-art Cannon Air Force Base Food 2.0 Cafeteria. The food itself was top notch, and very healthy for the most part.....But there were tons of unhealthy snack foods served right along with it. And the airmen that served the food? Some of them were morbidly obese, and still very young. At least 30 percent of them were overweight. Very troubling.
Everyone goes after the video games or unhealthy foods, but the real problem is school. A student will go to school and sit at a desk for 7 to 8 hours. They will receive one 15-30 minute break to both eat lunch and go play outside. They will then be saddled with two to three hours of homework, so if they come home, eat dinner, and then start on their homework it will be at least 6 PM by the time they are done. The sun goes down around 7:30 PM. When are they supposed to play outside?
Underrated comment. Very underrated truth
idk man school's always been around. It certainly has more to do with diet and lack of exercise which can be accomplished after school or in a school sport
@@pinkfloyd4571 Agreed... even if homework was cut back to where they would have more "outside time" most if not all wouldn't choose to go out.... it's more fun to jump into a fake reality to play Fortnite for six hours.
Play outside right after school until dinner. Homework after dinner when its getting dark.
Austin Kennedy have them play together immediately after school for an hour or two so when they come home they'll be rested from studying and can start on homework
I graduated HS back in 1988. Obese children were uncommon. Sadly, that is no longer the case. My 3 children graduated within the last 4 years. It is true that obesity has become commonplace. The only positive result of this sad epidemic is that there seems to be less bullying because so many children are obese that it is accepted as the new normal. Wisconsin high schools only require 3 semesters of physical education I believe. The true problem lies in the ridiculous amount of junk food. Most children are not receiving vitamin-rich, home-cooked meals anymore. Please feed your kids veggies.
very unattractiuve too. standards have lowered very far
It should be considered child abuse to feed ur child so much junk food that they become obese, obesity threatens health
Edit: some may think that is radical, those are the ones that don’t care about children
a lot of it is caused by overeating and that has root causes in trauma. until we pay the slightest sliver of attention to the trauma epidemic, the hopes for a healthy body are squandered
By your standards, bullying is acceptable and should be practiced in schools?
@@jimmyhoad2285
How are those "his standards"?
when TED talks actually had great speakers and guests
Personally, that was even more eye-opening to me RE: my parenting and areas I will absolutely be improving upon. He's right; kids don't miss ANYthing their parents DO.
Avocado, you are welcome general.
Tomato
Potato
Really tho? A lot of potato related foods are pretty salty and greasy. Im not saying its unhealty, but calling potatoes healthy is bit of a strech since they are pretty heavy on the carbs.
Its not the potatos fault if people put salt and grease on it. It has some vitamins, and not too many calories. Maybe it does have lots of carbs in it, put like anything it should just be one part of a diet.
mom's spaghettio
Hertling is really on top of his assignment. He really knows what potential dangers may cause us issues in the foreseeable future. Think about this. If the U.S. military ever found itself needing to fight two large scale wars simultaneously like during WW2. We would be in deep trouble. The four branches would be stretched thin, and if a draft was initiated......75% of the recruitees would automatically fail because they were obese or too old.
Fr imo every time I see an obese person I just look at them like a waste of a human being cause they are!!! They are of no use they can’t work they can’t run a mile no capability to do simple tasks like changing tires on a car or doing an oil change
@@tamnickyle haaaaaaa haaaaaaa I’ve never heard us called that 😂 true though!
@@tamnickyle you don’t have to hope anymore, it’s already happening
@@tamnickyle
Is this antisemetic?
@@mangosteak Yes, it is.
I needed to hear this
This hits a lot harder 10 years later.
Investigate the relationship between obesity and depression among adolescents....and its consequences.
I ain't a obeeeeeeeeeese boy
Avocado, mango, and tomato? Just messing with you sir, thank you for a great presentation and continually serving. Hooah!
Pistachio!
Say what you will about the growing obsession with fitness on social media, but I think it may be a blessing in disguise. It seems that more of our youth is getting into fitness than ever before.
Interesting reflection!
I'm a Brit that served my 22yrs military. On my last BFT ( battle fitness test ) I was horrified to find that many of the newer.....some twenty years younger..... participants, were struggling to pass, and even failing.
It has often been said that UK trends follow USA about a decade later, and so I wonder why, with so much advance warning from 'across the pond', we have been seemingly unable to predict and halt this decline in the nations health.
Great presentation, we need to hoist this message inboard.
So, we're not so different after all?!
That was rhetorical, jsyk, cuz I already knew.
☮️💜
When I was drafted (none served volontarily in the infantry) into the Austrian moutain infantry in 91, we had to do a 10 km march with 1000 m elevation to be covered with 20 kg gear and rifle in our 3rd week of Training and of the 200 soldiers we had zero (!!!) men who failed the march. Now try this with Generation Z , good luck !!
I was injured and had to stay late and give PT test to soldiers that had failed the first tests on drill weekends. One guy failed everything and I was like well you're like 28-29 slumps happen. He told me as he was lighting up a cigarette that he was 22. Im like wtf!!! Come on man!!
The disquieting part is that a lot of the bad things happening in America are worst in the places that are run in the way that Europe would have us do things.
Because the power of the media and advertising is stronger. Think of those beer commercials fast food and snack, The fast food industries have a lot more say then your gym teacher, doctor, or anyone else who would like to get you on the right track. It should be on the parents to train up the young
A friend of mine lost 100 pounds. He told me the only way to lose weight is to stop watching tv. He got rid of the tv, picked up a hobby of photography, and lost 100 pounds in less than a year.
Your friend is a wise one. When one sets priorities, useless things come off from one's life.
I have always seen our obesity crisis in terms of national security and I am not sure he emphasized it enough. How can we remain a world power when only 25% of young people are eligible to serve and the rest of the population is waddling their way through life. It troubles me greatly.
As a physician this is extremely informative, can't help but congratulate the Army. I wish it was this easy to change things in the civilian sector where we don't have control over every aspect of a recruit's day...
This was nearly 10 years ago. Now the army has inclusion ads.
"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk." - Carl Jung
So true. Also, kids are great in seeing hypocrisy and by definition - LEARN BY EXAMPLE.
Adam Buicke Children must come to an age where they realize their parents faults and learn from them instead of taking part in them. I don’t know if anybody famous ever said that but I just did.
...wrote a man whose sense of coincidence was a coincidence
When I graduated HS in 1980 it was required that all students take the USMC Physical Fitness test. When I was a high school coach in 2005 I discovered that the test had disappeared and PE is required for only one year in four years of HS (Maine). This is a national security issue- Thank you General!
I graduated in 1982 and girls had to do 25 pushups. 100 sit ups and run one mile in less than 10minutes. Sounds easy but people actually failed gym class...I think that is why they no longer get require physical tests to pass gym class..GPA us all that counts.
I just graduated high school in 2017. I was considered physically fit because I could do 50 push ups 120 sit ups and 1.5 run in 12 minutes. Now watching this I can now realize that the bar is super low
Define "fitness"....
Ex CF infanteer....father....coach of 4 sports
Any activity...is good...but the number of kids in my child's school who do 2 or 3 30 min fitness classes/sports a week
(And that's good)
But...they have no endurance
Back in the day...we'd MOVE...for 4-6 hrs...bike...walk...play
That can't be done as a supervised "program"...and IMHO....that's the bit that's missing
Life is not a 200yd Sprint...or a minute and a half hockey shift
And trying to fix that deficit at 18-20....is probably impossible
Doesn't the Marine Corp PFT require a 3 mile run in like 18 mins (for men)? Most people can't do that. There are a lot people that could run 1 mile in 6 mins, but be completely gassed out after that
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 18 mins on the three mile run is the top level. Basically top score are 20 pull ups, I believe 100 crunches in 2 minutes, and 3 mile run in 18 mins or less would be a perfect score. If my memory serves correct - minimum score was 3 pull ups, I believe 30 crunches, and somewhere around 25 minutes for the run - been awhile since I thought about all that - The general is dead right - but here is something I learned the hard way - for fitness I ran - I would average about 60 miles a week when not training, ran my first marathon in my 40's, was in great shape, so I thought - had a freak accident in 2016 and fractured two of my vertebrae, found out that all the impact I had done over the years did tremendous damage to me - I had no idea. I loved running, it was my drug - but had I done something like swimming, biking, yoga, I would have had much less complications from the accident - it took almost 2 years before I was able to walk again, I was lucky. Now I do the life-cycle at the gym for my cardio - never in my wildest dreams would I ever thought I would do that for working outs - I hated treadmills, stationary bikes, and just felt like "real work outs" were from running, etc. Long story short - after almost a year doing low impact stuff, I am almost back to the shape I used to be in, but this time with dramatically less pain and damage. We all get old, I fought it and thought because I was eating right, taking it easy on the booze, and running I was doing the right thing - I cannot emphasize how much damage high impact exercise can do - If I had it to do all over again, I would have stuck with the stationary bike and yoga.
If being advocate of health and fitness makes me fatphobic... So I'd be fatphobic. Idfc.
I'm with you man
Almost a decade later and I shudder at how much it’s gotten worse.
Who else is watching this on UA-cam like “I should get up and do something else” and then clicks on another video.
Mask of Malice heck yeah my guy
Went up and did a few push-ups out of shame and guilt.
Nah I already went to the gym for 90 minutes and ran 4 miles. I've earned another video lol
The guy is an excellent speaker.
I got up and did it tho.
I'm going on a run right now this video motivates me
Shoot, join a militia. Train and drill for the one day that some Chinese commando with a Norinco will meet the certain death from your firearm of choice.
moist faucet Alaska is apart of the USA... it's not a different country
moist faucet, wtf. Alaska is a us state, and the us is a fully developed country.
Nun Urbuisness Careful, you could destroy your knees if you are a little overweight.
It's a waste of time, running will make you hungry and you'll eat more calories than you used, plus it'll wreck your joints. If you wanna lose weight, it's simple, reduce your calorie intake.
Obesity affects not just the sufferer, but those around them as well as their weakened immune system means they’re a breeding ground for disease that might otherwise have a tougher start.
I was in the U.S. Army years ago, ate the mess hall food, ate the MRE's, the C-rations and green eggs in the field..
But since then, I have realized that there is major corruption in mainstream medicine, big pharma, etc..
America is not a country anymore. It's a business. As soon as the majority realizes this, the sooner we can all truly be free.
But I've already been preaching this for over a decade and no one really seems to care, so I have lost faith and have accepted the future outcome of this nation, or what's left of it.
LtG. Hertling is absolutely right that it is up to us as individuals to be healthier because who better to monitor and improve our health than us?
There was a time I was over 190 pounds, severely overweight, if not obese, spending most of my time lounging around and not being able to run even half a mile. With a drastic change in how I ate and my activity levels, I have since lost upwards of 50-60 pounds, can and do run multiple miles when I have the time, and make it a point to be active every day.
Gary Liseo Jr good job
fucking A man good for you.
Good on you. Please spread your success and perhaps you'll motivate someone to emulate you. To your continued good health, Juan
Cobalt 04. I'm sorry, but it looks like your congratulating him for being gay.
I wish I weighed 190. I'd be lean.
Incredible and powerful insight into the health issues the sweep across the world. Healthier food options need to be affordable and accessible to everyone. I understand that is not an easy task. May every life be rich in health which is true wealth❣️
Absolutely correct
Every one attacks his other statements and ignored what he says here. Wtf
That's how majority of people think and that's why we have an issue with obesity. They only see and hear what they want. It's easier to focus on a negative point instead of a positive. It's easier to be negative and depressed as opposed to be positive and happy because it takes work to be positive and happy. I like video games but not so much at the risk of my health, life, and social interactions. But i was born an athlete,was raised an athlete and still have the same mindset. Parents are weak nowadays compared to in the past. It's easier to jist let your kid have his video games than to put him outside for an hour.
I thought his talk was outstanding and he approached the topic of obesity with respect - did not call out individuals for being "weak", etc.; rather, he addressed it from a systematic point of view - he was right.
@Ryan Prince the comment was made months ago so the comment section was probably
MAHA!
Make America Healthy Again!
Trump is the poster boy for Make America Even Fatter ...
@@kayumochi trump is thic
@@johnathons1789 Lol!
Lmao in Finnish "maha" means belly. 😂
Currently I’m unable to do a minute of push-ups. But that is a goal I’m working on. Current weight about 265
It's interesting to come across this talk now and seeing how their predictions played out in 2022.
13 hours of gaming a week? That's weak.
Very weak.
Bahhh!!!
When I was in high school, I used to fall asleep in front of my 'puter after playing well into the wee hours o'the mornin'. Never stopped me from getting either of my degrees from the best university in the state.
(admittedly, I haven't finished the 2nd degree yet, but if you're focusing on that, you've entirely missed the point).
rookie numbers lol
I did like 70 hours on fallout 4 in the first week.
Baaaah! When I was your age, lad, we did 70 hours in the first day!!!
This is not unusual. History has proven that military powers fall into severe declines after lengthy periods of prosperity. A culture of leisure and luxury always leads to sloth creeping into the broader population, regardless of how resistant that population is to the behaviours that are culturally destructive. It is inevitable that wealthy societies fall into decline, before they are destroyed and remade.
Yeah, but we're at an unprecedented time in human history. It's not excess prosperity that's going to do us in, it's going to be technology. Automation. We're going to end up like the humans in Wall-E at the rate we're going.
You know it's sad but truuuuuuuue'WAAHHH!!! -James Hetfeild
Strong men create good times -> good times create weak men -> weak men create bad times -> bad times create strong men
@@jessimms3316 well put.
Looking at historical trends you are most right, lets hope that this won't be the case for our comfortable status quo
Obesity starts with mothers telling their kids to clean their plate.
Nine years later and he’s more right than ever looking at current events😮💨
@salamander2003
Why didn’t he blame the military industrial complex for Americans doing all the fighting? If the United States wasn’t an empire, would we really need so many recruits?
@@giantsr1eva You see that he’s still an active soldier right at the time of this video so why criticize the government when he came to tell you that obesity is a national security issue which it is you’re worried about something else that has nothing to do with the video🤣
@@salsa_2239
It has to do with the video because will we eventually need more soldiers if we keep this culture of war going. If we cut back on our military interventions, obesity wouldn’t be a national security threat. I was saying that if we don’t get rid of the empire, obesity would be a problem, and we could solve that by not being an empire, and we wouldn’t need soldiers in so many other countries.
As an obese person I agree with this man. I have medical reasons stemming back to my birth that had an adverse impact on my life. But I wish that I had the willpower to take care of my self. Maybe ill start swimming again.
Get a fit bit walk 10000 steps a day eat mostly fruit and veg no sodi pop no candy 🍬 try that for one month you will be a lot less obese
mrepictaco vargas I don't know if you're interested in it or not (hope you got your weight down) but DDP yoga might work well for you.
I used to be 30 pounds heavier than I am now and I lost it all over the course of 2 years with little exercise. I ate mostly fruit, vegetables, grains, and legumes. It's possible trust me. Just following those food groups you don't have to watch portion sizes very much. You can eat almost as much as you want. I made healthier versions of foods I used to eat. Obviously if you incorporate exercise it speeds up the process but generally I've learned that weight loss is 75% diet 25% exercise.
mrepictaco vargas may you start soon!
Hopefully you've started dude, but if not, good luck my friend! Hold yourself accountable, keep at it. Eating healthy is the most important, exercise second. We all believe in you