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Fox News
7 hours ago
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- Fox News
FMR FDA COMMISSIONER KESSLER: Sorry guys, that beer gut isn't cool. It's killing you
Men can get away with being fat. The beer belly is often joked about as a relatable feature of the typical male body. The reality is it is killing them. Studies have shown that men are less likely than women to see themselves as fat or overweight. They rationalize excess weight by prioritizing functionality and success. The acceptance of the "dad bod" reinforces this; it is seen as the hallmark of the "everyman" who relates to common struggles. In reality, many men don't feel good about carrying excess weight. Joking about one's "dad bod" is less an embracing and more of an embarrassed resignation. The passive acceptance of increased body fat — particularly belly fat — is proving deadly. Toxic visceral fat that accumulates in the abdomen gets into the liver, pancreas and heart. In contrast to the fat that sits just under our skin, deeper visceral fat is less able to hold on to fat molecules and is metabolically active, leaking free fatty acids and other molecules that cause inflammation. It also creates metabolic chaos, elevating insulin levels and laying the groundwork for insulin resistance. Men, especially as they get older, have more of this fat than women, especially compared to women before menopause. About two out of every five men, about 40-46%, in the United States meet the classification of obesity. Even men who are not overweight or obese but have increased visceral fat have an increased risk of mortality. This toxic fat causes cardiovascular and kidney disease, diabetes, certain cancers and likely contributes to neurodegenerative disease. Greater visceral fat is associated with increased mortality from all causes. Even if it does not result in an earlier death, it increases risk of disability from conditions such as diabetes and heart failure. I look around and see too many men suffering from these preventable conditions. And most have no idea how to tackle it. A waist circumference of more than 40 inches is an indicator that a man has too much visceral fat. While beer guts and dad bods are obvious signs of unhealthy fat accumulation, health-minded men who spend a good deal of time in the gym are not immune from this issue. In the course of researching my book, I attended a seminar on strength training in Los Angeles, where most men in the crowd could deadlift far more than I could. I asked an instructor about the composition of these barrel-shaped guys. "Many of them are strong, but they still carry too much body fat," he confessed. Even for this group, there is a lot of fat accompanying their large muscles. The key, then, is reducing the excess fat around the waist while maintaining as much muscle as possible. Men die at a younger age than women, on average five years sooner, in part because of this increased visceral fat. It's important to address the cultural standards reinforcing unhealthy body weight in men. And, while it would also be ideal to change the current food environment, that is unlikely to happen completely or anytime soon. The new anti-obesity medications provide an important tool for men to reclaim their health, but they are not a cure-all. They cause us to eat less, sometimes much less, which can be risky. These drugs work by their gastrointestinal effects, keeping food in the stomach longer, generating feelings that border on nausea, and sometimes outright distress, which induce feelings of fullness and satiation. Those feelings are able to counter the rewarding and addictive properties of food, reducing the "food noise" that reverberates in heads of people who have a hard time controlling their appetite. One of the gifts of these medications is that people condition themselves to eat less to avoid experiencing the ill effects of food staying in the stomach longer. A waist circumference of more than 40 inches is an indicator that a man has too much visceral fat. There are a lot of questions concerning these drugs that still need to be answered, especially around how they should be used in the real world. They are not for everybody, have a real risk of adverse events, and require good medical and dietary care. But they can help people control their appetite and learn to eat in a more healthful way. The American male body is in trouble, and the way to make it healthy again isn't simple, but it can be done with education and commitment. And it begins with making space for men to discuss their health vulnerabilities without stigma or shame. It is a matter of life and death.
The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Fact check: Video shared on social media appears to have been filmed in Pakistan
A widely shared post on social media site X included a video of a group of men and children waving Pakistani flags and with a cake with the same flag on the table. The video was shared with the caption: 'If they love Pakistan so much, what are they doing in the UK?' Evaluation The video appears to have been filmed in Pakistan, not in the UK. The facts It is unclear what might have made the social media user claim that the people in the video were in the UK. There are immediate signs which suggest the video might not be filmed in the UK, chiefly the style of indoor architecture and the style of doors as well as the room having an air conditioner – something which is less common in the UK. The video contains a TikTok watermark indicating the name of a TikTok user that it was uploaded by. Looking at this user's profile reveals several videos which appear to have been taken at the same event. The videos also feature a man who appears to be the owner of the TikTok account and who appears in many of the account's videos. The video which was posted with the caption on X is among those on the TikTok channel. On TikTok it is tagged as having been filmed in Peshawar, Pakistan. The video was uploaded to TikTok on August 14 2024. Days earlier on August 8 the same TikTok profile uploaded a video taken outside in the street. government number plates used in Pakistan. The PA news agency was able to clearly geolocate other videos posted by the same TikTok account to various places in Pakistan. A reverse image search for a building seen in one of the videos shows that it is Gurdwara Rori Sahib, which is in Pakistan. Links Post on X (archived) TikTok profile (archived) (archived) (archived)
Daily Mail
a day ago
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- Daily Mail
Shocking moment terrified bear cub is thrown out of a tall tree and bundled into a sack, prompting police probe
Police have launched an investigation after a bear cub was filmed being thrown out of a tall tree before being bundled into a sack in horror footage. The shocking incident took place near the village of Novaya Igirma, in the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia, earlier this week. The clip shows the small bear clinging to a pine tree as one of the men climbs up and tosses it to the ground from a height of at least a dozen feet. Another man is then seen grabbing the dazed cub by the scruff of its neck and forcing it into a sack as it writhes in distress. Cops were alerted after the footage surfaced on Telegram, where it caused widespread fury. A spokesperson for the Irkutsk Region police said officers had identified the area and urged the men involved to report to the nearest station. They were later tracked down and identified as three men who worked at a local production base who claimed they spotted the bear cub alone near the site where children were playing. Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk said the men told officers they were worried the mother bear might be nearby and decided to return the cub to the forest further away. She said the animal had been frightened by the men when they tried to catch it and had climbed the tree out of fear. Volk added that the bear cub was later released back into its natural habitat. The bear was unharmed despite the rough handling, police confirmed. It comes after a group of six North Carolina fools were caught on camera tearing bear cubs out of a tree to take selfies, causing at least one of the cubs to be taken to a rehabilitation center. Six people in Buncombe County pulled the three bear cubs out of a tree near Berrington Village Apartments last month. Video obtained by WLOS shows the group carelessly grabbing the cubs out of the tree to pose for photos with them. After capturing the first cub, one of the women appears giddy, jumping up and down while holding the bear and getting ready to take photos with it. The group continued to attempt to drag the other two cubs, while one of the women dropped the cub as she was passing it to another person. The terrified cub fled from the group, running along the fence to get back to its siblings. Ashley Hobbs, a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission special projects biologist, said when she arrived they found one cub described as being very wet, cold and alone for quite some time.
CTV News
2 days ago
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- CTV News
CTV National News: Disturbing details from a network of men who allegedly drug and rape partners
Watch Avery Haines says one man inside the network of men who drug and assaults their wives alleges he has been sedating women for 20 years.
News.com.au
2 days ago
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- News.com.au
Two men fighting for life after fire at Browns Plains tobacconist
Two men have been left fighting for their lives after a tobacco shop was torched overnight in one of two suspicious fires south of Brisbane. The men, aged in their 50s, were reportedly sleeping at the shop in a bid to protect it when a number of people broke in and spread accelerant before the store erupted in flames. Four Queensland Fire Department crews rushed to the scene on Forestglen Crescent at Browns Plains about 12.20am on Friday. The men were taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with potentially life threatening burns. One man sustained serious burns to both his arms and legs, while the second suffered significant injuries to one leg. Investigations are continuing into the cause of the fire.
