Posted on 06/15/2015 9:19:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I read the headline over at the Washington Post (via Newsalert) and I can’t say I was surprised:
The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that’s almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s.
Men, you’re not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today. Doing the same comparison as above, today’s American man weighs almost as much as 1.5 American women from the 1960s. At 195.5 pounds, put five American guys in a room and you’ve gathered roughly half a ton of manhood.
Overall weight gain since 1960 is slightly greater for women (18.5 percent) than for men (17.6 percent). And both sexes have gained roughly an inch in height over the same period, which accounts for some of that weight gain.
Maybe the weight is seen as unsightly by some, but on average, those who are overweight but not obese might be healthier. I imagine it matters how much one weighs in proportion to height and if the person is active and healthy vs. overweight and sedentary. I must admit that at five foot six, if I weighed 166, I would be a mess. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), I can’t carry that kind of weight but some women can.
Also read:
Keep it up! 16 lbs is quite an accomplishment!
thanks. it will be fifty more before it’s even noticed. but at 47, it’s really beginning to affect joints and stuff so it’s now or never.
God has been good and no diabetes or high blood pressure.
Hmm I aint buying this stuff. I still can carry my wife around...mostly to make the grand kids laugh now days LOL
How much had average height increased?
Tended. A word used for past tense.
Colorado. I am 6’. And I get to look up at women taller than me on a regular basis.
In NM it was a different story.
Europeans can spot an American by his oversized "build": but Europe is a continent of good food and smokers.
While the obese invite a heart attack, their fat cells send out an immune-system counter attack, which allows the obese to survive the heart attack.
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