Current Events > Nearly 39% of Americans over the age of 15 now classified as obese.

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Polycosm posted...

Sugar is now more dangerous than gunpowder.

When Marie Antoinette said "Let them eat cake", she was actually trying to murder them.
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Wow we finally surpassed Mexico? That is not an easy feat.


USA! USA! USA!


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Jokeaccountinc posted...

Pastryarchy posted...

Wow we finally surpassed Mexico? That is not an easy feat.

It's actually more impressive Mexico has been giving USA a run for their money

having been to numerous hispanic in laws family get togethers, i'm not. The stuff they eat is like comically unhealthy
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Holy shit. This is frightening.
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SolKarellen posted...

It's not even what the food is.

It's the proportions.

That and, I'm not sure if this is only in America, but eating is such a macho thing in America where people seemingly try to eat a big steak or rack of ribs to one up each other and, at least in my house growing up, food was forced on you if you said you were done as if leaving leftovers was a cardinal sin. You don't need to finish your plate, actually. Put it in a bag and eat it later instead of eating it all now and being hungry later.

I'm so glad I don't have much an appetite on account of my stomach being sensitive, which may be from my bad diet, but I'm quite skinny for having the stereotypical nerd lifestyle.

Just because you can eat, doesn't mean you should.

I think this is it as well. I'm always amazed whenever I go to a fast food place or a restaurant and each meal is 1500 to 2000+ calories, and that's just for one meal. Just eating fast food three times a day probably adds 3000 to 5000 calories to your daily intake, and the majority of people don't do nearly enough physical activity to warrant that many calories.

Sativa_Rose posted...

And this is why dating sucks for a lot of people. 40% of women are obese. Even more are overweight, since the threshold for obese is fatter than for overweight.

I mean, technically women have the same problem with fat dudes

Also LUL America is the fattest country. That sucks
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Healthy people should be treated as a minority, tbh. Affirmative action and all that.
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ArchiePeck posted...

I just don't understand why people get in really bad shape. Physical activity is FUN!

Do you want my sob story? Because this is how you get my sob story.

Actually, it's not very long. I didn't get fat until my teens. When I was a kid my family was poor af. We never had extra food, sometimes we had no food at all. Sometimes we were homeless.

When food became a readily available thing, all I ever wanted to do was eat it. I wanted to try everything. So many things I'd never had, and I was bound to have them all. And I ate, and ate, and ate. And I experienced many flavors and combinations.

And before I knew it I was a balloon and addicted to food. And I just stayed that way for like twelve years.

green butter posted...

i can get how someone would be out of shape, chubby etc

but obese? wtf? you gotta work at that

You'd be surprised. A lot of people who in your eyes would be "chubby" probably fit the medical definition of obesity; you're just so used to seeing everyone being kind of fat these days that it doesn't stand out.

EDIT: It's also very interesting to me the stark difference between the measured and self-reported countries on the list (except Japan and SK).
I suspect most of those other countries would creep higher if they used measured data.
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How hard can it be not to get obese.
- Don't drink shit with sugar.
- Don't eat shit with sugar.
- Don't eat shitty fast food.
- Don't eat after 8pm.

That would work for like 80% of the obese population.

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.
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ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Bro... You're a stick at that height and weight
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More cushion for the pushin

Also yeah wtf I was a stick at 5'10" 155lbs back in highschool. You probably look like some POW at 6'3" and that weight
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I eat a lot, but I'm not really able to gain weight because of certain surgeries I've had to have.
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I do think Americans like their beer too much and TV. I quit the beer and now take a 10 minute jog everyday but I still end up in the lazy chair in front of the TV.
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ehhwhatever posted...

I do think Americans like their beer too much and TV. I quit the beer and now take a 10 minute jog everyday but I still end up in the lazy chair in front of the TV.

On top of the daily fast food, beer,, sugary drinks, candy, etc that we eat, we always find an occasion where it's acceptable to over drink or pig out. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, Fridays, etc.
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that's it i'm moving
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We've definitely got an overweight problem, but we also have a lot of big muscley people that lift weights for fun. Not sure how big of a percent that would be, though. Can't be that big, maybe like 3%.
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Xelltrix posted...

We've definitely got an overweight problem, but we also have a lot of big muscley people that lift weights for fun. Not sure how big of a percent that would be, though. Can't be that big, maybe like 3%.

The percentage of people that consistently diet and exercise well compared to those that don't is not even close.
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No African Nations on that list?

dodgefan91 posted...

I just don't understand how people can keep gaining weight without having an "oh shit" moment. I started gaining weight a few years ago and as soon as I stepped on a scale one day and saw199lbs, I made damn sure I was never going to see 200 pop up. I changed my eating habits and started exercising that day. I've had ups and downs and I'm still a bit heavier than I'd like to be, but I'm certainly healthier than I was.

This. I lost weight. Gained a little back but I found a happy balance
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Xelltrix posted...

We've definitely got an overweight problem, but we also have a lot of big muscley people that lift weights for fun. Not sure how big of a percent that would be, though. Can't be that big, maybe like 3%.

That amount of muscular people probs wouldn't even tip the scale on that list

Yeah, people like to cite the muscular people who may be overweight by BMI but normal weight by body fat percentage, but for the vast majority of people BMI actually has a tendency to under-indicate the presence of excess body fat. There are a lot of overweight people with a BMI of 23 or 24.
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Feathery posted...

Yeah, people like to cite the muscular people who may be overweight by BMI but normal weight by body fat percentage, but for the vast majority of people BMI actually has a tendency to under-indicate the presence of excess body fat. There are a lot of overweight people with a BMI of 23 or 24.

The BMI is definitely more overindicating than under indicistjng in most cases. It literally only takes into account weigh and height, ignoring muscle, bones, whatever else. Like, yes we have a huge obesity problem, but saying the BMI is underestimating how fat people is just dishonest, lol
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emblem boy posted...

ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Bro... You're a stick at that height and weight

fatty logic lol
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ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Guy, go eat some food.
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Sad_Face posted...

ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Guy, go eat some food.

I eat more than the average person, but I don't gain weight no matter what I eat or how much I eat. My body doesn't absorb as much nutrients as a normal person because some of my intestine had to be removed because of it twisting.
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SubtletyRefuge posted...

emblem boy posted...

ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Bro... You're a stick at that height and weight

fatty logic lol

Um, 6'3l and 150lbs is underweight, tettering on unhealthy.
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Xelltrix posted...

SubtletyRefuge posted...

emblem boy posted...

ProfDE posted...

I'm basically at my ideal weight. I'm 6' 3" and around 150 lbs. While what you eat is important, portion sizes are just as important. Some people eat way more than their body needs so they gain weight.

Bro... You're a stick at that height and weight

fatty logic lol

Um, 6'3l and 150lbs is underweight, tettering on unhealthy.

I think of stick as anorexia. Being a bit overweight isn't considered a whale or fatty either.
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