GUESS WHAT?!?! Half of America will be obese in 10 years
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It is hard to take this stuff seriously when they use BMI as the metric. According to their metrics Saquon Barkley is obese. My doctor told me that I am obese. Nobody that would look at me would describe me that way. I lift weights with a lot of heavy leg work so I have a lot of muscle mass. Sure I have a little around the middle that I could afford to lose but what 53 year old does not.
53? You whippersnappers should be in better shape than that. I am pushing 55 - now WE get the benefit of a little extra around the middle - but not you kids.
Exactly.
I go into the doctor a couple years back in the best shape of my life. My resting heart rate is a nearly unheard of 47. BP is like 116/70. I get to hear the doctor tell me I'm overweight because I carry 15 extra pounds of muscle mass.
Who cares? You'll be roided out and ripped. That's all that matters.
Exactly. Plus, I believe they use whatever stats they want for whatever side of the issue they want to take. A neighbor of mine has a daughter who suffered from an eating disorder last year. She is a small girl to begin with, maybe 5'1" and smaller frame. Her parents tell me that she is about 103lbs. By my eyes, she looks perfectly healthy. 103lbs on a 5'1" smaller frame girl is fine IMO .... But her parents tell me that the facility that treated her eating disorder is telling them that her ideal weight is about 110lbs. They had her at 110 earlier in year and the kid had a muffin top and a gut-pouch. But the facility is insisting that they do not want to sign off on her until she can maintain their "goal weight".
It's whatever formula they want to use to support their side.
Well, muscle mass or not, Crazy Ass Mack Daddy is not wrong about the obesity trend in this country. There are a number of reasons for it, not just one, but in general, Americans are carrying more bad weight than they did a number of years ago.
10 years? We supposedly will not be here anyway. Maybe we can float better when the tide comes in.
I gotta go have a few beers and ponder this!
Eat some pork rinds and an ice cream sundae also. This might take a while. Don't want you getting hungry.
And if that many people aren’t obese, they will change the requirements to make sure they are.
The metrics used to measure this are not reliable, but there is no doubt that obesity and general unhealthiness is a huge issue in this country. A lot of it stems from the lack of participation in youth sports, creating bad habits.
Random examples like the high cost of youth soccer in this country compared to other countries (e.x. Germany) are examples of root causes of long term health issues (among other reasons)
Random examples like the high cost of youth soccer in this country compared to other countries (e.x. Germany) are examples of root causes of long term health issues (among other reasons)
If my Wife buys me one should I be offended? - not sure the right outrage direction I should go with that.
No. Because pretty soon you will be drinking gin martinis with two of your best buddies.
This is very important to note.
I'm 6'5 with a big frame. I used to weigh 260, which was considered obese. I certainly could have stood to lose a few pounds, but to say I was obese was silly. When I turned 40, I changed my eating habits and I now weigh 230 lbs. According to the charts I am still overweight. I'd have to lose another 15 pounds to become normal. If I weighed 215 lbs, I'd look unhealthy.
The bottom line is that BMI is not a good indicator of health. Yes, you should try to eat healthy and exercise, but there are people who are "skinny" who are in terrible health and there are bigger people who are fine.
Obesity is massive health problem. It is the. number one cause of our runaway health costs. If people would just eat properly and do some simple exercizes most of the healthcare crisis goes away.
And the biggest cause is our terrible high carb diet. Too much high fructose corn syrup which is in most about everything we eat.
And the biggest cause is our terrible high carb diet. Too much high fructose corn syrup which is in most about everything we eat.
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More shocking to me was that I heard this morning that there are currently more Americans over 60 than under the age of 10.
Agree. I'm a solid 6'2" and 235. That makes me obese using BMI. It's laughable. No one has ever suggested I am overweight, including my doctor.
Fun w statistics: 1-10 covers ten years(actually 11 years). Over 60 covers 61 to 100+ or more than 40 years.
MATHS!
^^^^ THIS ^^^^
I've been border line obese according to the BMI my entire life, even when I was an athlete and < 15% body fat. Much like the USDA food pyramid, that somehow persists, the BMI should be burned and never spoken of again.
This is true. All you need to do is look around at nearly any public event and fat people abound.
What metric dooes the "fight hunger" crowd use? Most of the people at the food bank are obese.
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Hey, good point. So, I looked up population data so the time frames were even. With that, we have:
0-9 years old - 40.01 million
60-69 years old - 37.41 million, which represents more than 50% of the 60+ age demographic.
Math is fun!
Sage advice! The last thing I would want is to die healthy!!
Pork rinds and REAL ice cream are better for your health than any non-fat high-carb snack or dessert. Refined sugar and processed carbs are easily digested and turned into fat. The obesity epidemic, while compounded by many factors, has its roots in the sugar industry paying for junk science pointing fingers at fat. This led to recommendations for low fat diets. Unfortunately, fat is flavor and compensate, we got all sort of non-fat, processed snacks with loads of refined sugar.
My advice - never buy skim milk and never buy non-fat yogurt. Fat is satisfying and harder for your body to break down. Eating low fat foods leads to being less satisfied and hungry sooner and ultimately, the consumption of more calories. Of course, the fat consumption should not be all prime rib and oily, processed foods. Nuts, avocado, grilled meats, etc are all great, but if you are going to head to baskin robins, get the ice cream and not the non-fat frozen yogurt that compensates with extra sugar.
I thought we'd all be dead of climate change in 10 years...
agree. Check out my other post above. Processed carbs and sugar are killing this country. The govt needs to stop telling people how to eat b/c their standards are pretty much the foundation of the issue.
Go to another country, and chances are, that the majority of the fat people you encounter will be Americans.
Well, I was once 6'7", but I stoop more as I've gotten older.Really? You post much taller than that.
