Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED

Maintaining a healthy weight takes more than diet and exercise, says physical activity epidemiologist Olivia Affuso. In this actionable talk, she shows how you can kickstart a healthy life by tapping into the collective power of a community that supports and motivates your health goals.

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[dorothywelsh]

Ms. Olivia, this is not a sad comment, but one that has me crying, because your story is true.

[DemetriPanici]

*"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." - Marcus Aurelius*

[yuliialavrenchuk]

Undoubtedly, a keeping healthy and active lifestyle is a great problem of 21th Century. Most of us live a busy life and cannot find time for cooking healthy food and doing sport. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic showed the world that staying insulated at home is harmful to our mental and physical health. People realized that being in a social environment is crucial for development and progress. Therefore, I endorse the theory of Olivia Affuso about maintaining health in the community. It is helpful for achieving well-being. Speaking from personal experience, doing sport with other like-minded people motivates to improve own results. Attending gyms is really the inspiration for me. I do not understand how it is possible to work out alone at home. As I see, a lot of my friends and colleagues reduced their exercise during Lockdowns because of a lack of motivation. Some people solved this difficulty, using different encouraging video blogs that contain training. Thus, they could see how the others struggle with exercises, and it gives them support and energy. Moreover, doing sport in a community creates a competitive environment. As a result, we want to be more successful and better than others. From my point of view, it is very important to remember that people are social, and they need each other to gain health and beauty.

[motivationbaychannel]

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall

[daydreamerslife]

Sometimes in life the things we consider to be worst are actually the blessings in disguise and lessons that we should take! Think positively, and think in the most optimistic way you could possibly do! ✨💪🤓

[NathalieLazo]

Hey YOU, incredible person reading this...The truth is you are confident and good enough already with who you are, where you are at and what you have right now to have the success you want in life. Don't let others define what “success” is for you. Get up, learn that skill and go after it! I believe in you so much! Have an awesome day! - Love, Nat ❤️

[Risky]

“Congrats to Everyone who is early and found this comment”!

[curious]

"It takes a village to raise a child." Similarly it takes a village ( kind of extended family) to maintain healthy living.

[Tyler]

Beans and rice, which are some of the greatest food used in the world, are affordable, available and nutritious. The fact people want to eat meat and what-not doesn't mean low cost options aren't available.

[toni]

If your mother is type 2 over half a million people in the UK have been able to lose the weight and kick the meds simply by gradually changing their diet. Cutting out gradually the amount of carbohydrates they consume. It's the cause of type 2 in the first place.
Look up Dr. David Unwin on the subject. or Paul Mason.

[toni]

You can lose weight sitting on your six all day if you eat the right food.

[elinope]

I don't blame fish for living in the water, but I don't date them either. Your body your choice, my body my choice.

[AdityaMehendale]

PELASE stop it with the SIDE-CAMERA. It is annoying af and detracts from the talk.