A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied the person is with his or her life.
“The most interesting finding for us was that, in U.S. counties where obesity is particularly prevalent, being obese has very little negative effect on one’s life satisfaction,” said study co-author Philip M. Pendergast, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Colorado-Boulder. “In addition, we found that being ‘normal weight’ has little benefit in counties where obesity is especially common. This illustrates the importance of looking like the people around you when it comes to satisfaction with life.”
Titled, “Obesity (Sometimes) Matters: The Importance of Context in the Relationship between Obesity and Life Satisfaction,” the study, which appears in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, focuses on a sample of more than 1.3 million people from across the United States. As part of their study, Pendergast and co-author Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, evaluated people’s life satisfaction in the context of the county in which they lived and then compared their findings across counties with varying rates of obesity.
“Where obesity is more common, there is less difference among obese, severely obese, and non-obese individuals’ life satisfaction, but where obesity is less common, the difference in life satisfaction between the obese (including the severely obese) and non-obese is greater,” said Pendergast. “In that light, obesity in and of itself, does not appear to be the main reason obese individuals tend to be less satisfied with their lives than their non-obese peers. Instead, it appears to be society’s response to or stigmatization of those that are different from what is seen as ‘normal’ that drives this relationship.”
According to the researchers, before accounting for where people live, severely obese men and women have 29 percent and 43 percent lower odds, respectively, than their non-obese counterparts of reporting that they are “very satisfied” with their lives. However, the story is very different among people in counties where obesity is common. Among men, about 79 percent of the gap in the probability of severely obese and non-obese individuals reporting that they are “very satisfied” with their lives is eliminated if one moves from a county in the 5th percentile for obesity in the U.S. (with an obesity rate of 24 percent) to a county in the 95th percentile (with a rate of 46 percent). In the same scenario among women, the gap is reduced by about 60 percent.
“Although women generally pay a higher emotional cost for being obese, the role of context in moderating the relationship between obesity status and life satisfaction appears to be similar for men and women,” Pendergast said.
Why do women typically pay a higher cost?
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Make sure you watch until the end! Some funny bloopers… well.. not funny
View Commentfor me.. I wasn’t too happy.. haha
Rocky push-ups nice good video Scott :)
View Commentdem abs though bro. cut like a mofo. I noticed no 6 pack but just 4 bulky
View Commentabs…genetics?
i did this workout in 1 minute
View CommentMust’ve been painful to do 5 rounds if single armed push ups, let alone 3
more rounds due to mess ups ha.
Thanks for the video Scott, definitely gonna use this one.
View Commentthere is no way I can do one armed push ups with my old man elbows, can I
View Commentdo regular push up instead?
I am now convinced; YOU ARE INSANE !!……… insanely fit that is.
View CommentI feel like it’s my left arm muscle (bicep) slightly larger than my right
View Commentarm muscle
And also my left arm bigger and more powerful than the right hand??? I am
afraid that the bigger muscle left hand over the right
I ask you to help me because I am very afraid of this case .
Now that’s the definition of intense ladies and gentleman
View CommentHey Scott! Today I implemented the reverse barbell curls to my exercise and
View Commentit was amazing, it felt like I never worked on my biceps before. Anyways
thanks for that, also if you can kindly show me some exercises for traps
using dumbbells since I’m lacking in that department haha.
Now this is quality right here.
View CommentLol… How’s that lawn coming along? 🙂
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I’m gonna incorporate this into my workout!! Wow! You’re seriously awesome
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First comment
View Commentwtf lol, that is one thing I cannot do… and that destroy my front
View Commentshoulders for some reason, don’t know whats going on
What sort of things do you do for cardio Scott?
View Commentand for his final trick… Scot has a cardiac arrest to celebrate his
View Commentcompletion.
For the abs: Hold contact between your hands and your forehead, so you
View Commentcan’t use shoulders/arms momentum
Looks fun. Nice high intensity.
View Comment*Push up to failure video, please :-)*
View CommentEffective but…,
“…but it’s not the sort of thing (in reference to caffeine)that you’d want to have all the time, only before big events. I only have it before a major workout, in the form of Vega Sport, which has yerba mate and green tea. Yerba mate is a little more physical, whereas green tea is a little more mental, I find. So the combination of those two helps both.”
Considering this I’d think there would at least be a mention of the recommended frequency of use on the label. Otherwise I imagine there are many people out there who are going to be taking this before every workout (daily for some) which again goes against Brazier’s own philosophy.
I’m a little conflicted over how I should rate this product. On one hand it does what it’s supposed to do and that’s what really counts. On the other hand it’s disappointing for the reasons I mentioned so I’ve decided just to deduct one star.
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Don’t scoff at the price like I did — WELL worth it,
This formula is worth every penny. Basically, you’re going to be paying about $1.40 per workout, but your workout efficiency is more than likely to increase, and can even increase significantly. I’ve woke up in the morning feeling like complete garbage, drank my Vega, and ended up having an amazing workout.
Note to caffeine sensitive people like myself; this WILL NOT make you jittery in the least. I am extremely caffeine sensitive. I even fly into orbit and get anxiety from a strong cup of green tea, but this formula doesn’t do that at all with me. That was the other reason why I was hesitant to pull the trigger. I’m not into stimulants at all. Even raw cacao stimulates me too much. But this formula, really just gives you ENERGY.
Stop drinking Jack3d, Red Bull, Monster, and all of that other garbage pre-workout. You’re stimulating and poisoning yourself with those formulas. Vega is made from a health standpoint, and encourages wellness, not ridiculous, fake energy.
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