All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years (Reuters)

Reuters News ^ | 8 August 2008 | Reuters HEALTH

[AmericanInTokyo]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)-If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects.

The figure might sound alarming, or impossible, but researchers say that even if the actual rate never reaches the 100-percent mark, any upward movement is worrying; two-thirds of the population is already overweight....

[AmericanInTokyo]

Reuters HEALTH story. For what it is worth.

Also, photo from article:

[craig_eddy]

Yeah but, um, we could all be underweight too.

I’d love to get paid to predict all those things that we COULD be...

[synbad600]

Does that mean that all U.S. adults could NOT be overweight in 40 Years?

[Always Right]

I think it will be 110% of the population. I hate when people project growth, it is just stupid.

[synbad600]

Mediocre minds, and all that.

[AmericanInTokyo]

good point

[ken21]

dudn’t that turn your propeller over?

[Man50D]

Broader social changes are needed as well, she said -- such as making communities more pedestrian-friendly so that people can walk regularly, or getting the food industry to offer healthier, calorie-conscious choices.

Another excuse to advance the socialist cause with more regulation. Note they don't provide their definition of overweight.

Fortunately I'll never become an adult.

[AmericanInTokyo]

if you are referring to the photo, my guess is all three are/were Hilary supporters.

[Inyo-Mono]

I will be 108 years old in 40 years. Doubt if I’ll be overweight then.

[Steely Tom]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057569/posts

I saw the hottest chick in my high school at my last class reunion. She was almost as wide as she was tall.

When she was a teenager, she was absolutely smokin'. Wouldn't give me the time of day; I think she ran with wealthy college-age guys.

Now all her power is gone.

[w1andsodidwe]

I will be 108 years old in 40 years. Doubt if I’ll be overweight then.

I will only be 101. Just a young thing compared you.

[JudyinCanada]

It appears that those 3 or 4 people walking in front of them are of normal weight....you just can’t see them too well...like an eclipse.

[enduserindy]

What it means is our food is to cheap. (Like gas, electricity, natural gas and health care were before liberals screwed them all up.)

[wastedyears]

Sounds like a nice case of poetic justice.

[wastedyears]

I’ll be 62 in 40 years.

[irishtenor]

This is sooooo stupid. All you got to do is say that a health weight is 240 pounds. Now most people are UNDERWEIGHT. See how simple that was?

[tubebender]

After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here’s the final
word on nutrition and health:

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks
than us.

4. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart
attacks than us.

5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer
heart attacks than us.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently
what kills you. But don’t worry, your Government is trying to correct this
problem.

[ThomasThomas]

OK, then if we all inflate our tires to the proper pressure and lose weight we won’t need to drill for more oil.

[KoRn]

"could be" overweight...

This is yet another example of something that hasn't even happened being turned into news.

Here's another one:

Meteor could hit planet tomorrow according to astronomers...

[dalereed]

I won’t be, I’ll be dead and decaying to an eventuall weight of 4% of what it is today!

[ari-freedom]

here's why

Yes, that is a glazed krispy kreme donut for a bun, not a bagel.
Then there's the Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing

[airborne]

President Obama will call for mandatory liposuction, using the fat collected as a source for biofuel.

“We can break our oil dependency using cellulite, and never have to drill like the evil Republicans want!”

[Bernard Marx]

Well hell, I’m just a little ahead of my time...

[seoul62]

Well, I did consume a Dove Ice Cream Bar: Vanilla with Dark Chocolate Coating, yummy...../Just Asking - seoul62.......

[pfflier]

Considering ideal weight is a contrived number, derived partly from averaging, it would be impossible for 100% to be overweight.

Now, if they don't want to be PC and say it like it is, they are saying 100% will be carrying too much fat.

[meyer]

It doesn’t hurt that they changed the definition of “obesity” a few years ago.

[tbw2]

I DO do that. I write science fiction and horror, and some sci-fi horror.

[tubebender]

I think you hit on it. These people aren't overweight, they are over inflated...

[ari-freedom]

[meyer]

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you. But don’t worry, your Government is trying to correct this problem.

It's also possible that America's superior health-care system is better at diagnosing heart attacks than are those of other, more "socialized" nations.

[MediaMole]

Yeah, and if the temperature trend from January to August of this year in North Dakota continues, the average temperature on Earth will be 5000 degrees Fahrenheit by March of 2015.

[meyer]

Dang it - put those on sourdough buns instead of donuts and they’d be great!

[ReagansShinyHair]

Schadenfreud much? Women often gain weight like that after being sexually attacked/abused.

[ari-freedom]

still you'd have to have a mouth like this just to eat it

[GladesGuru]

Forty years from now, many of those now categorized as “adults” will have assumed room temperature.

[Verginius Rufus]

I heard a report the other day that 75% of the people in Greece are either overweight or obese.

Apparently the healthy Mediterranean diet is becoming less popular in the Mediterranean countries.

[tx_eggman]

All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years

tx_eggman - ahead of the times, as usual

[FlyVet]

every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now,

Completely idiotic statement. People will be overweight only if they eat too much.

I weigh the same as I did when I graduated high school and I'm 50 yrs old.

Some of us just can't over-eat, because we feel bloated and like $**+ when we do.

[tx_eggman]

In the immortal words of Howlin Wolf:

I'm built for comfort baby, I ain't built for speed.

[tx_eggman]

Me, I'm all about chili cheese fries with gravy

Heart Attack on a Plate .... mmmmmmm

[xp38]

It will be all the fault of this corporation from what I have been told anyway :)

[mplsconservative]

Heh! You’ve seen Wall-E!

EEEEE-Vah...

[ari-freedom]

that looks like some crazy Americanized poutine

[Steely Tom]

Women often gain weight like that after being sexually attacked/abused.

Yes, but they gain weight for other reasons too. Right?

You're not really saying that the reason behind the emergence of vast numbers of female fatties is because of a huge escalation in sexual attacks and abuse, are you?

Does that explanation cover the male fatties too?

[ari-freedom]

more food pr0n

[xp38]

Maybe this should read a fatter future

[airplaneguy]

Congrats to the greatest generation. Please dont take all my social security! /sc

[Pure Country]

“All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years (Reuters)”

Evolution at work. Maybe there is a climate change to a colder climate coming our way and our bodies are just preparing for it.

[Positive]

Would that be those of us who are adults now?

Or do they mean everybody who will have been alive from 22 years from now?

I would say that a large number of adults today will be dead in 40 years.

But it must take some serious talent to guess the weight of folks who won't be born until 22 years from now.

Of course most if not all of the "studiers" will be retired and/or dead in 40 years, so I suppose they might as well predict just about anything they like...