To: Tax-chick
However, it's got some howlers, such as, Furthermore, it's simply not known if high weight increases overall health risk, or is merely a marker for factors, most notably low socio-economic status, which clearly do cause ill health. Not necessarily a howler. It is very well-documented that there is in America an inverse relationship between income and body weight.
Don't believe it? Just drop by Walmart.
To: Sherman Logan
how does that explain rosie, michael moore, and ted kennedy?
9 posted on
09/12/2007 10:36:18 AM PDT by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: Sherman Logan
Not necessarily a howler. It is very well-documented that there is in America an inverse relationship between income and body weight.
Don't believe it? Just drop by Walmart.
Agreed! And the local flea market, county fair, KMart, etc..
Good thing they have scooters to ride lest they should get out of breath shopping for fiddle faddle and cigarettes!
16 posted on
09/12/2007 10:47:25 AM PDT by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: Sherman Logan
It is very well-documented that there is in America an inverse relationship between income and body weight. True, but that doesn't prove that "low socioeconomic status," of itself, "causes ill-health."
What's the chain of causation there? Germs check your bank statement before infecting you?
19 posted on
09/12/2007 11:01:54 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
("Says the text so divine, 'What is life without wine?' ")
To: Sherman Logan
"Don't believe it? Just drop by Walmart."
You are right! Wal-Mart is a people watcher site if there ever was one.
Carolyn
23 posted on
09/12/2007 11:14:54 AM PDT by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Sherman Logan
Hey, I resemble that remark.
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