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All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years (Reuters)
Reuters News ^
| 8 August 2008
| Reuters HEALTH
Posted on 08/06/2008 7:18:37 PM PDT by 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....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: alarmist; america; bigbrother; calories; cholesterol; clueless; doublemac; exercise; fastfood; fatpigs; fatty; foodpolice; freedom; gluttony; health; lardass; obesity; oprah; porkers; pride; tubsoflard
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I won’t be, I’ll be dead and decaying to an eventuall weight of 4% of what it is today!
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:35:32 PM PDT
by
dalereed
(both)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:36:31 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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!”
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:37:55 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Don't hate me because I'm white!)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Well hell, I’m just a little ahead of my time...
To: AmericanInTokyo
Well, I did consume a Dove Ice Cream Bar: Vanilla with Dark Chocolate Coating, yummy...../Just Asking - seoul62.......
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:40:41 PM PDT
by
seoul62
To: AmericanInTokyo
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.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:41:21 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: AmericanInTokyo
It doesn’t hurt that they changed the definition of “obesity” a few years ago.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:41:24 PM PDT
by
meyer
(...by any means necessary.)
To: craig_eddy
I DO do that. I write science fiction and horror, and some sci-fi horror.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:41:29 PM PDT
by
tbw2
(Freeper sci-fi - "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" - on amazon.com)
To: ThomasThomas
I think you hit on it. These people aren't overweight, they are over inflated...
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:42:35 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
To: All
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:44:09 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
To: tubebender
CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you. But dont 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.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:44:47 PM PDT
by
meyer
(...by any means necessary.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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.
To: ari-freedom
Dang it - put those on sourdough buns instead of donuts and they’d be great!
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:47:19 PM PDT
by
meyer
(...by any means necessary.)
To: Steely Tom
Schadenfreud much? Women often gain weight like that after being sexually attacked/abused.
To: meyer
still you'd have to have a mouth like this just to eat it
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:55:56 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Forty years from now, many of those now categorized as “adults” will have assumed room temperature.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:16:17 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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.
To: AmericanInTokyo
All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Yearstx_eggman - ahead of the times, as usual
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:27:29 PM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Privatizing profits and socializing losses is no way to run an economy)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:27:45 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: tx_eggman
In the immortal words of Howlin Wolf:
I'm built for comfort baby, I ain't built for speed.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:28:27 PM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Privatizing profits and socializing losses is no way to run an economy)
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