[Gay State Conservative]

I’m waiting for all the pictures of obese Africans.

Excellent point.In fact that can be taken a lot further by saying "I'm waiting to see pictures of a fat person *anywhere* taken 100 years ago".

Obesity is a "disease" of affluence.It's only fairly recently that you could find fat people anywhere.And in less affluent parts of the world you *still* can't find them.

[netmilsmom]

You know, part of the problem in this country is that when something is shown to aid weight loss, it’s pulled off the market as unsafe.

People have been using Ma Huang for centuries in the east to lose weight. It’s illegal here.
Tons of people quit smoking and boom, gain weight. They could eat more when the nicotine picked up their metabolism.
Getting older slows your metabolism too.

Every time something comes along for weight loss it’s suddenly a huge danger.

[petitfour]

I have a vague recollection that my favorite history professor used to talk about how obesity is not a new thing. He said there were plenty of overweight persons in the US in the 1800s. I don’t have photos or stats.

[Beckwith]

Pieter Bruegel, German artist, was famous for painting “fat” Germans in the 16th century.

[Atlas Sneezed]

"I'm waiting to see pictures of a fat person *anywhere* taken 100 years ago".

"Harrumph!"

(300 pounds)

[derllak]

You’ve never seen a picture of Mary Todd Lincoln?

[Chuckster]

"I'm waiting to see pictures of a fat person *anywhere* taken 100 years ago".

Too easy

President William Howard Taft 1908