Dr. Chris Palmer

If somebody's telling you, eat this food, eat these chips, eat these Pop-Tarts, these are good for you, and you're eating them, and those things are making you sick, I think the first step is somebody needs to inform the person that these are not good for you. These are actually toxic for you. They're harming your health. And so we need to start there.

If somebody's telling you, eat this food, eat these chips, eat these Pop-Tarts, these are good for you, and you're eating them, and those things are making you sick, I think the first step is somebody needs to inform the person that these are not good for you. These are actually toxic for you. They're harming your health. And so we need to start there.

And then we need to start with like schools aren't passing out cigarettes. They're not passing out vapes. Why are they passing out other harmful substances to our children?

And then we need to start with like schools aren't passing out cigarettes. They're not passing out vapes. Why are they passing out other harmful substances to our children?

And then we need to start with like schools aren't passing out cigarettes. They're not passing out vapes. Why are they passing out other harmful substances to our children?

I don't know. You were lucky or... you were self-medicating i could almost say i mean that the food was self-medication no the exercise that was my medication that you noticed i feel crappy i want to go run and sprint and jump and other stuff and now i feel alive now i feel good yeah and that's why you didn't stop unfortunately other kids get sucked into this

I don't know. You were lucky or... you were self-medicating i could almost say i mean that the food was self-medication no the exercise that was my medication that you noticed i feel crappy i want to go run and sprint and jump and other stuff and now i feel alive now i feel good yeah and that's why you didn't stop unfortunately other kids get sucked into this

I don't know. You were lucky or... you were self-medicating i could almost say i mean that the food was self-medication no the exercise that was my medication that you noticed i feel crappy i want to go run and sprint and jump and other stuff and now i feel alive now i feel good yeah and that's why you didn't stop unfortunately other kids get sucked into this

pit where it just drains you of all your energy and now you're becoming overweight or obese and pre-diabetic and now you don't have energy to go run. and you're getting more and more out of shape. And it's harder for you to run because you're overweight or obese. And now other people are making fun of you.

pit where it just drains you of all your energy and now you're becoming overweight or obese and pre-diabetic and now you don't have energy to go run. and you're getting more and more out of shape. And it's harder for you to run because you're overweight or obese. And now other people are making fun of you.

pit where it just drains you of all your energy and now you're becoming overweight or obese and pre-diabetic and now you don't have energy to go run. and you're getting more and more out of shape. And it's harder for you to run because you're overweight or obese. And now other people are making fun of you.

You're not getting any kind of positive reinforcement for anything athletic that you're doing. If anything, you're getting laughed at and made fun of.

You're not getting any kind of positive reinforcement for anything athletic that you're doing. If anything, you're getting laughed at and made fun of.

You're not getting any kind of positive reinforcement for anything athletic that you're doing. If anything, you're getting laughed at and made fun of.

Which makes you then say, well, why am I doing this? I may as well just give up. I'm not a jock. I'm not an athlete. that's for other people. I'll just focus on school or I'll just focus on whatever. And then a few years later, they're getting diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADHD, whatever, and they're getting medicated. And now they're on that path.

Which makes you then say, well, why am I doing this? I may as well just give up. I'm not a jock. I'm not an athlete. that's for other people. I'll just focus on school or I'll just focus on whatever. And then a few years later, they're getting diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADHD, whatever, and they're getting medicated. And now they're on that path.

Which makes you then say, well, why am I doing this? I may as well just give up. I'm not a jock. I'm not an athlete. that's for other people. I'll just focus on school or I'll just focus on whatever. And then a few years later, they're getting diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADHD, whatever, and they're getting medicated. And now they're on that path.

You know, I want to, I want to come back to this concept of obesity because one of the One of the most strongly kind of recommended remedies to the obesity epidemic is acceptance. Acceptance of what? Acceptance of obesity. It's this movement called body positivity. I was just going to ask you this. Body positivity.

You know, I want to, I want to come back to this concept of obesity because one of the One of the most strongly kind of recommended remedies to the obesity epidemic is acceptance. Acceptance of what? Acceptance of obesity. It's this movement called body positivity. I was just going to ask you this. Body positivity.

You know, I want to, I want to come back to this concept of obesity because one of the One of the most strongly kind of recommended remedies to the obesity epidemic is acceptance. Acceptance of what? Acceptance of obesity. It's this movement called body positivity. I was just going to ask you this. Body positivity.