Obesity in the US

[FreakMonster]

Hey you just need to get as many chicks as you know into weightlifting!!! Spread the word!!! Or become a personal trainer

Plus there'll be more obese guys, so less competition for you.

True Dat!!

 

[Dr.M]

Interesting though that they define obese as 30 or more lbs over a healthy weight. To me, that's not obese. That's just plain old fat. Plus, by that criteria, many on this board are considered obese, myself included (pre-emptive shush for nature boy, scrappy, nathan, spent, humor me, and hg partypooper).

I think thats still enough to be discustingly fat, in my eyes that is the embodiment of OBESE. You dont have to be 300 pounds of handicapped blubber to be obese.

 

[slickdadd]

I think if they did a study on the percentage of obesity among middle aged women would be even more astounding. That'd be around 90 percent. Also a study on those same women and the percentage of soccer mom bowl haircuts. That is a fact, Bob.

 

[gymtime]

I think thats still enough to be discustingly fat, in my eyes that is the embodiment of OBESE. You dont have to be 300 pounds of handicapped blubber to be obese.

Eh, for a normal person maybe. But what about a bigger guy, say 6'3". And say his "healthy weight" is 210. 30 extra lbs on a guy like that is really not all that much, and certainly not obese, IMO.

 

[gymtime]

I've got a whole pocket full of shuhes for you!!

 

[HumorMe]

OK....who's going to tell b fold he is obese? A lot of what these studies say is not the whole picture. It's the people walking around who don't give a shit about the way they look and who don't want to eat right and feel good about themselves. Believe me, I've been there. I've been to 314 pounds and now I am 260 pounds and still wanting to get to about 225-230. It will happen but these things take time.

 

[the nature boy]

what's ironic is that consumers in the US spend billions annually on diet products and people are still getting fatter.

 

[PlateheadJim]

Reasons to Be Happy Everybody is so FAT!

There's LARD Out There!!!!
Top 10 Reasons to Be Glad!

1) It's not you!
2) Yes there more fat chicks - BUT there are more fat guys as well
3) If you're in your 30's, like me, young chicks are that much easier since their generation is huge
4) Hey 19 Hey NineteenNo we can't dance together No we can't talk at all Please take me along hen you slide on down
5) It's entertaining - FAT PEOPLE ARE FUN (to make fun of) and JOLLY (like a bowl full of jelly)
6) They won't fight you for the power rack!
7) If the food supply runs short....
8) If it wasn't for our rotund buddies what would hospitals and doctors do? Treat athletes?

 

[pushing_fe]

what's ironic is that consumers in the US spend billions annually on diet products and people are still getting fatter.

That will all change this month when McDonalds introduces it's new cooking oil. Everyone knows that it's McDonalds that is making America fat.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/Health/story_38484.asp

 

[Dr.M]

Eh, for a normal person maybe. But what about a bigger guy, say 6'3". And say his "healthy weight" is 210. 30 extra lbs on a guy like that is really not all that much, and certainly not obese, IMO.

Thats true, so you could more accurately look at it as a percentage instead. Canada looks only at weight, not bodyfat percentage.