Fat Americans

[JohnnySavage]

The topic on C-Span this morning is the report saying that 40% of Americans will be classified as obese in the next dozen years or so. But, when I walk around the city I see all these hot body 20-somethings that look a lot better than the 20-somethings when I was a hot 20-something.

It seems to me that there is a big divide in that people seem to be really fit, exercise and eat well, vs. those who breathe and eat. I think there's also a big divide between city/suburb people and country people. You'd think country people would be healthier because they have access to locally grown/raised food, and generally don't have office jobs. But my observation is that city/suburb people seem to be more fit.

As with most aspects of life, it probably comes down to economics, but economics wouldn't explain why someone living on a farm in Nebraska wouldn't have access to fresh veggies.

I'm going to spend a few hours noodling this out.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

France needs to re-re-outfit the QEII???

 

[JohnnySavage]

France needs to re-re-outfit the QEII???

I don't know what that means, but I travel a lot and in my layperson's observations, there are a lot of fat people in every industrialized nation. I wonder if the reporting standards are the same.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I don't know what that means, but I travel a lot and in my layperson's observations, there are a lot of fat people in every industrialized nation. I wonder if the reporting standards are the same.

You don't remember the story?

The QEII was outfitted by the French who engineered it to European weight standards (lower standard of living and all that) and the Americans broke the chairs and rails...



They had to re-outfit it.

Country folks just drink more, so they weigh more. It's very boring thanks to mechanization...

City folk, on the other hand, tend to crack under the pressure of communal living.

 

[JohnnySavage]

You don't remember the story?

The QEII was outfitted by the French who engineered it to European weight standards (lower standard of living and all that) and the Americans broke the chairs and rails...



They had to re-outfit it.

Country folks just drink more, so they weigh more. It's very boring thanks to mechanization...

City folk, on the other hand, tend to crack under the pressure of communal living.

I don't recall that story, but my brain is full and when I want to learn new stuff, I have to delete some of the old stuff.

It's an interesting topic, I think. I remember eating bacon, eggs and scrapple every morning for breakfast. My mom kept a container next to the stove with old bacon grease in it. Whenever she cooked something, she'd spoon a dollop of bacon grease from the container, into the pan. When the cooking was done, the grease was poured back into the container. The very thought of a container of bacon grease makes me want to puke these days.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

My cardiologist buddy says eat all the bacon and eggs you want for breakfast; it's not what packs on the pounds...



It's the burrito wrapped around them.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I have a banana. From Honduras!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I have a banana. From Honduras!

It would have been far funnier to say Colombia...




Bread and sugar is the enemy.

 

[JohnnySavage]

The Colombia Tourism Board is thanking it's lucky stars that hooker was attractive.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

The Colombia Tourism Board is thanking it's lucky stars that hooker was attractive.

Escort Johnny, escort...



Let's not resort to crass misogyny against a single mom.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Escort Johnny, escort...



Let's not resort to crass misogyny against a single mom.

She is very fit and looks healthy.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

She is very fit and looks healthy.

No starches and sugars in her diet.


Just proteins from sugar daddies.

 

[Honey123]

It's really the BMI scale. You have can athlete who weighs a lot in muscle that will come out as OBESE on the BMI scale.

and really...all you need to be is 5lbs over what is considered a "normal" weight for your height and be in the obese section.

It used to be at 5' you should be 90-100 lbs.... for each inch after that add 5lbs.

BUT, you can have someone who is 5'4" at 130lbs and that person can be in tip top shape. The scale should have her at 120lbs. But those 10lbs can be muscle..and she may very well be a size 4.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

It's probably because Oprah is off her diet again.




The stress of a failing network.



Not used to failure.



Cheesecake?



Mmmm

 

[trysail]

[ Posted yesterday in the Isolated Blurt Thread ]

There are a whole bunch of disgustingly fat people in this country.

Body Mass Index ( you're supposed to be under 25)
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

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More Than 40% of U.S. May Be Obese by 2030, Study Says
By Elizabeth Lopatto
May 7, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...may-be-obese-by-2030-study-says-correct-.html

The obesity rate may rise to 42 percent from about a third of the U.S. population by 2030 if nothing changes, according to a report.

Preventing that increase may save about $550 billion in medical costs over the next 20 years, Eric Finkelstein, the study author and an associate research professor at Duke University, said during a press briefing. The findings, presented today at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Weight of the Nation obesity conference, also suggest the surge in obesity may be slowing.

Two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight and one-third are obese, according to the Atlanta-based CDC. The findings predict that the number of people who are severely obese, or about 100 pounds overweight, will double to 11 percent. Those people are at the highest risk for health conditions caused by excess weight, including diabetes and heart disease.

“Obesity rates have been skyrocketing,” Finkelstein said. “If we can keep obesity rates flat, we save about $550 billion.”

Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of more than 30. A 6-foot tall adult man weighing 221 pounds (100 kilograms) or more is considered obese, as is an adult woman standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall weighing 186 pounds or more, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Study Variables
Previous studies had assumed the rate of change would remain the same over time, with obesity prevalence reaching 51 percent of the population by 2030. This study takes into account a number of variables including the cost of fuel, alcohol, fast food, the unemployment rate and changes in demographics.

New drugs and technologies, increased access to recreational facilities and a reduction in childhood obesity may help lower the obesity rate in the total population, the authors wrote in the study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Even a 1 percentage point decrease from the current trend would lead to 2.9 million fewer obese adults in 2030, about the same as the population of Chicago, which was 2.7 million in 2010, according to the paper.



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...may-be-obese-by-2030-study-says-correct-.html

 

[Honey123]

Taken from that article...

Although BMI can be used for most men and women, it does have some limits:

It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.

It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle.

 

[trysail]

Although BMI can be used for most men and women, it does have some limits:

It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.

It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle.

One size doesn't fit all. Like everything else, common sense and judgment are necessary.


Nevertheless, BMI is a good place to start.

 

[ivantheterrible]

country living to city living means nothing now. or age. a lot of people stay fairly fit into their 30's. then it is all down hill from there. that's changing with kids being fat by 14. tv, and computers.
everyone these days tends to have their ass glued to a chair and carry around a bottle of soft drink like a life preserver.
farmers ride in trucks, on 4 wheelers (ATV'S) , tractors, etc. the hardest thing they have to do now is when they have to attach a strand of wire back to a post, or cut a tree up with a chain saw thats fallen over a fence. even hay season is lazy work. ride a tractor, make a big roll bale of hay, pick up hay with a tractor with a fork on it, put it on a wagon, etc..
hunting season now the woods sounds like a damn 4 wheeler drag race. bear hunting is a joke. the dogs have tracking collars on, and all the hunters have to do is follow where the signal tells them to go.
around here there are so many fat assed kids, tennagers, 20 somethings, 30 somethings, it is ridiculous. take away the tv, computer, and junk food and they'd shit a brick.

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

Nevertheless, BMI is a good place to start.

A good ball park at the very least.

around here there are so many fat assed kids, tennagers, 20 somethings, 30 somethings, it is ridiculous. take away the tv, computer, and junk food and they'd shit a brick.

LMAO

My favorite is when bubble butt tries to rock the skinny jeans/muscle shirt look, or in the case of she, muffin top jeans and spaghetti strap top that looks like it's gouging into her shoulder fat.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

I live in a city of people obsessed with their looks so my opinion may be skewed, but I have to agree. Not a lot of fattys walking around. The main problem is how they define obese. My ideal weight is suppose to be 175. Yet I weigh 190 and only have 11% body fat. I would need cancer or something to get to 175. So while the BMI says I am fat, no one would agree.

I think the second issue is portions. Unless it is a great steak house, I typically leave half the food on my plate. Seriously places like OG, chilli's, TGIF, and others put enough on a plate to feed 4.

 

[lovetoread]

My favorite is when bubble butt tries to rock the skinny jeans/muscle shirt look, or in the case of she, muffin top jeans and spaghetti strap top that looks like it's gouging into her shoulder fat.

You said that outfit would stay between the 2 of us.

 

[Type_O_Negative]

It's Pelosi's food stamps!

 

[islandman]

I don't think "fat" is the proper nomenclature to use.

 

[Honey123]

I don't think "fat" is the proper nomenclature to use.

True. But unfortunately it's a word that will never be gone from the English language.

When you eat too much and get bloated, grabbing the gut and saying, "I feel so big boned right now", just doesn't cut it.

 

[Liar]

As with most aspects of life, it probably comes down to economics, but economics wouldn't explain why someone living on a farm in Nebraska wouldn't have access to fresh veggies.

Because he knows what's in the crop duster?