The singer @Adele is trending on @Twitter after she shared a picture of herself on her 32nd birthday, thanking first responders for all they were doing during the pandemic. She was noticeably thinner and the transformation is pretty dramatic. Adele was soon inundated with praise and messages of support from fans and fellow celebrities, with Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen writing: “I mean are you kidding me.”, Rita Wilson commented on the post, writing: “Happy Birthday, Adele. Sending you so much love! Looking gorgeous!”
The picture has led some to comment on Adele’s weight loss, leading others to argue that weight should not determine beauty.
Yes, I agree with people such as Melissa Blake and Emma Kelly who says that weight should not be a determinant of beauty.
I see that Adele is trending because people are saying how gorgeous she is since she lost weight. Y’all, we’ve been over this…
— Melissa Blake (@melissablake) May 6, 2020
Your weight doesn’t determine your beauty. Your appearance doesn’t determine your beauty. The number on the scale doesn’t make you worthy or unworthy.
Yes Adele looks amazing, Adele looked amazing before she lost weight too, Adele is amazing
— Emma Kelly (@TooManyEmmas) May 6, 2020
yes adele has lost a lot of weight, but she has always been beautiful regardless pic.twitter.com/c6NRmDVQFn
— 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤 (@imchained2katy) May 6, 2020
Adele losing weight doesn’t mean that she wasn’t beautiful at any size and complimenting her appearance now doesn’t take away from that fact! Her body, her choice for how it looks. You do you, girl! Happy birthday, May sister 🥳 💃 pic.twitter.com/cEngPRbypu
— Hanna Ines Flint (@HannaFlint) May 6, 2020
However, I disagree with those who say that Adele should not be applauded for losing excess body fat and with it body weight.
Can we please not celebrate Adele for losing weight like it’s the ultimate achievement? The news articles & tweets are disgusting 😬
— Katie Meehan 🌟 (@_katiemeehan) May 6, 2020
Adele is the same person she was. Not a better person. Not a more acceptable person. The same. The growth is on the inside. She is a strong, brilliant, talented woman.
— Roisin Ingle (@roisiningle) May 6, 2020
Adopting a healthy lifestyle and achieving then maintaining a good body fat percentage, which can be measured or suggested with surrogates such as weight loss, BMI and waist to hip ratio, is one of the best things you can do for your own physical and mental health, and in turn society by not being a burden on the health system.
A recent study in JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, one of the most esteamed medial journals in the world, reported:
There was a linear association between overall healthy lifestyle score and the number of disease-free years, such that a 1-point improvement in the score was associated with an increase of 0.96 (95% CI, 0.83-1.08) disease-free years in men and 0.89 (95% CI, 0.75-1.02) years in women. Comparing the best lifestyle score with the worst lifestyle score was associated with 9.9 (95% CI 6.7-13.1) additional years without chronic diseases in men and 9.4 (95% CI 5.4-13.3) additional years in women (P < .001 for dose-response).
The analysis found that of all of the 4 lifestyle profiles that were associated with the highest number of disease-free years included a body-mass index less than 25 (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and at least 2 of the following factors: never smoking, physical activity, and moderate alcohol consumption.
Being over-weight can also have an affect on your musculoskeletal health including development of osteoathritis in weight bearing joints. Another recent study suggested that obesity (BMI >30) appears to be a significant risk factor for both upper and lower limb tendinopathy, tears and re-rupture, however, all research is observational and retrospective.
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Exercise and losing weight is alos good for your mental health. Adele is known for keeping her private life away from the public’s gaze. While not directly addressing her weight loss, she wrote in her an Instagram post in October last year: “I used to cry but now I sweat.”
Enjoy!
Scott
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