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Report: U.S most obese in the world, fattest kids by a mile, tops for poor teen health
www.washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 10/13/15 2:16 PM | By Paul Bedard

Posted on 10/13/2015 11:33:37 AM PDT by Red Badger

The United States is home to the most obese population in the Americas, Asia and Europe, has the fattest kids by a wide margin and is tops in poor health for teenagers, according to the latest measure of well-being from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

In its "How's Life 2015?" report released Tuesday, the United States is also among the nations with underperforming students and second in murders and assaults.

But the U.S. shines when it comes to personal wealth and even the number of rooms in our homes, said the organization that charts the personal and economic health of countries.

The report from the world organization is released every two years and this year it features a focus on child health and welfare in Europe, the Americas and much of Asia, including Japan and South Korea.

The report notes that all nations have room to improve quality of life for its citizens, though it doesn't openly criticize the United States. However, in several graphics and charts, it is clear that the United States doesn't match the world average in several areas besides child health.

For example, the U.S. is a national of workaholics that doesn't take as much time off as the rest of the world. It also is subpar on life expectancy, adult skills and suffers a higher rate of deaths due to assault than other nations in the report.

But it was the findings on obesity and child health that jumped out in the important report. The key page is shown below.

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In the obesity chapter, the United States is put at No. 1, ahead of 33 other nations, despite years of work by the Obama administration, the first lady and the Agriculture Department, which has been pulling sugar and salt out of school lunches.

The report shows that obesity in America has jumped since 2000 and that 35 percent of the nation is overweight. For comparison, 4 percent of Japanese and 25 percent of Canadians are obese.

The U.S. also tops the list of teens report in poor health, at 22 percent.

Worse, the U.S. soars over every other country in the number of obese and overweight children, at a whopping 38 percent. The next worse country is Canada, with a combined obese and overweight child population at below 25 percent.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: children; moochelle; obese; obesity
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To: Travis T. OJustice

We walked to the neighborhood school K-3rd grade. Then we went to a different school, 4,5,6 and rode a bus. Then we moved and a different school, was 1.25 miles each way, which I could do each direction in 12 minutes, every day in 7th and 8th grade. High school was just a few blocks, but we always walked. My kids (now 27 and 31) also mostly walked to school all of their K-12 years.

We also walked all over the neighborhoods, rode our bikes 5 miles to track practice (then home afterward) every afternoon in the summer.

These days, due to whatever set of reasons, kids are not being this active.


61 posted on 10/13/2015 1:27:56 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: bikerman; Uncle Miltie

And powdered milk and powdered eggs................


62 posted on 10/13/2015 1:28:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: fivecatsandadog
some parents need to figure out a way to put their gadgets and toys down for an hour

If they can afford those high priced toys then they can afford to make nutritious meals, or even buy some from a good restaurant if they are too lazy to cook. We eat a lot of Chinese food from local restaurants that's full of veggies and made to order. It isn't fattening, but anything can be fattening if you eat too much of it...............

63 posted on 10/13/2015 1:30:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: central_va

We’re all equal, don’tcha know...............


64 posted on 10/13/2015 1:31:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I picked skinny parents.

Next time I’ll try rich ones.


65 posted on 10/13/2015 1:33:51 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: EQAndyBuzz; All

At my place of employment every year we have a ‘health screening’ where one gets weighed, blood pressure/sugar checked etc.; you would not believe some of the people who get a referral for being obese; it is ridiculous. Now I’m not saying there are not a lot of fat people out there, there are; but to classify someone who is 5’10” & 210 lbs. on a large frame is foolish; that person is not even fat, much less ‘obese’...not sure what is behind this, except maybe just another government power grab, but they really need to check the classifications.


66 posted on 10/13/2015 1:35:02 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: Red Badger

no need for Food Stamps than


67 posted on 10/13/2015 1:52:10 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Nope, and you had to go get the food, they didn’t bring it to you unless you were elderly or disabled...............


68 posted on 10/13/2015 1:55:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: butlerweave

That was back in the early 60’s, I was talking about. Before Food Stamps were created............


69 posted on 10/13/2015 1:56:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: buckalfa

If we need large scale conscription and *really* need the bodies, you would be amazed at what a change 12=16 weeks of military training could do. Yes, it might take a little longer than with in-shape young football or basketball players, but it could be done.


70 posted on 10/13/2015 2:18:12 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: rainee

Yep. Go to any liquor or convenience store at the beginning of the month when the EBT cards get recharged and you’ll see a couple of fat parents with pack of fat kids buying junk food, cigarettes and beer. It’s a common site in southern California these days.


71 posted on 10/13/2015 2:33:44 PM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Red Badger

In Japan, with an indoor-oriented youth culture that basically plays video games and watches anime all day, and with its high-carb diet of rice and noodles, you would think it have a big obesity problem like the US. But Japan has the lowest amount of obesity on the chart (4%). How come?


72 posted on 10/13/2015 2:43:26 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: Gideon7

No HFCS...They use real sugar..................


73 posted on 10/13/2015 2:44:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: notdownwidems
it is ridiculous. Now I’m not saying there are not a lot of fat people out there, there are; but to classify someone who is 5’10” & 210 lbs. on a large frame is foolish; that person is not even fat, much less ‘obese’...not sure what is behind this, except maybe just another government power grab, but they really need to check the classifications.

The BMI calculation is biased by height. My 17 year old niece is 5'10", thin, very athletic (on varsity soccer team), and yet the BMI indicates she is 'obese'.

Go look at the chart again. On the left are Japan, South Korea, where there are a lot of short pudgy people, but because of the BMI formula's height bias they are not considered obese. Meanwhile, countries with tall people are all mostly on the right, where the BMI is biased upward.

The chart is biased in favor of short people because of the way the BMI formula is not properly calibrated for height. I'm not saying the US doesn't have an obesity problem (it does), but BMI isn't a good metric the way it is currently defined.

74 posted on 10/13/2015 3:04:03 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: Red Badger

I was poor in the 30s and 40s.

When I hear people talking about poverty in the USA today I want to scream.

I would have considered myself wealthy if I had what most of the “poor” have today.

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75 posted on 10/13/2015 3:15:45 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Red Badger
This report has to be 100% wrong. I know because every day I am bombarded by ads claiming huge numbers of Americans are suffering from hunger. The Hunger Task Force and AARP are all screeching about starving Americans.

So who should I believe: a detailed analysis and my own eyes about fat Americans or leftist do-gooders claiming millions of starving Americans?

76 posted on 10/13/2015 3:24:34 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: dp0622
Lost 110 pounds past year.

Way to go. The wife and I both have lots of lbs to lose. She's big on exercise, but I told her keeping excess amounts of chow from going down your gullet is the best way to lose weight.

Exercise is good for a number of reasons, but withholding the food is still the best way to lose weight. I've tried both methods: dieting with little exercise and strong exercise and maintaining the same diet. For me, eating less food works better than exercise as far as losing the lard. But it is tough to go to bed hungry.

77 posted on 10/13/2015 3:31:12 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: driftless2

it’s REALLY hard to go to bed hungry, but it was better than dying in a bad way by 49!!

target 250 and i’m done. yeah, it’s still heavy. that’s fine :)

i NEED to try to exercise. but that’s harder for me than going to bed hungry!!!

I take an advil pm sometimes to make it quicker :)


78 posted on 10/13/2015 3:58:23 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Uncle Miltie

79 posted on 10/13/2015 5:09:17 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

So women are fatter.

(DUCKS!)


80 posted on 10/13/2015 5:31:15 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (We must first defeat RINOs before we can even encounter a Democrat to fight)
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