Posted on 03/03/2005 1:08:28 PM PST by johnb838
CHICAGO (AP) - It's no secret that size matters in American gridiron football, but a new study suggests that a whopping 56 percent of players in the National Football League would be considered obese by some medical standards. The NFL called the study bogus for using players' body-mass index, a height-to-weight ratio that doesn't consider body muscle versus fat. The players union said that despite the sight of bulging jerseys, there's no proof that obesity is rampant in the league. How fat is the NFL? NFL has height issues too Summary ...
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the Brother is Somain, what's he gonna do?
Do you actually sing tenor?
I have a friend whose doctor told him, after he lost 40 lbs., that he was now Class 2 obese. He asked the doctor, "What do I have to do to just be FAT?!"
Yes, in fact I have choir practice tonight. And I am of Irish extraction, also.
When I swim, I sink if I stop stroking.
I am envious, I am a lousy singer and I couldn't get up to tenor with a ladder.
Your point is well take. My understanding is that if a fellow that is just a fattie gets out there he gets pushed around like a blocking dummie. If a guy is muscular as hell and then adds some fat weight on top of that, it's a whole different ballgame.
Well, the reason I care is that if these obesity stats are as screwed up as they seem to be then it would suggest that Americans are NOT so fat as the lsm is constantly claiming us to be, therefore the hysteria surrounding what people eat is like the hysteria surrounding global warming - junk science.
Then bass is your thing! The Lord said make a joyful noise, he didn't say it had to be in tune. Enjoy.
As one of my priests put it: "If you can sing, sing to give thanks. If you can't, sing to get even."
LOL. :>)
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