UK obesity levels not kept up with Capacity of lifts*
The thing that strikes me as kinda crazy is how these researchers identify lift capacity not increasing as the problem to solve rather than obesity in people. More so since they go on about dignity, comfort and safety. Yeah! Yeah… Maybe solve issues instead of treating symptoms?
We can build lifts that are bigger and that support more weight but then people will just get even more obese and the cycle continues. So why not reduce obesity? It’s also probably way cheaper to reduce obesity (and has health benefits) than it is to rebuild every god damn lift to support more weight and have more floor space.
Unless your plan involves snapping your fingers and people magically lose weight instantly, then changes like these are going to be necessary regardless.
I think they call that Ozempic.
You’re not going to achieve the complete eradication of obesity in a short enough time, even if society actually gave it a good try (which is unlikely).
Yeah, I hate to say it, but this sounded like the most American take ever, coming from an American. And that is not meant in any positive way at all, I’m afraid.
British lifts are so weak that they’re incapable of lifting even a single fat guy?
You’ll find some impressively tiny lifts.
More that lifts haven’t gotten larger (floorspace) as people have become increasingly round, like the walking fucking parodies they are.
