Yahoo: 75% of the US will be overweight by 2020

[BeachSkin]

Damn...not looking good. I think it's hopeless personally.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_he_me/eu_oecd_getting_fatter

[Thiebear]

They banned tiny 8oz chocolate milk in school around here. How are they going to get fat?

You can now drink a nice skim, or some pearl soy juice(milk).

every fat is being legislated.

If 75% are something: doesnt it make that normal and 25% are underweight?

[skinfan2k]

did you guys watch dr. oz today? they said the average person drinks like 50 gallons of soda every year.

[twa]

Why?...Are they gonna change the parameters again?

usual idiocy from researchers trying to apply generalities to individuals.

[twa]

did you guys watch dr. oz today? they said the average person drinks like 50 gallons of soda every year.

Beats friggin soy juice

50 gallons ain't crap,I drink at least 400 gallons of soda a yr,and have for decades(which does not include the coffee and booze)

Water is for fish to **** in.

[RansomthePasserby]

Beats friggin soy juice

50 gallons ain't crap,I drink at least 400 gallons of soda a yr,and have for decades(which does not include the coffee and booze)

Gross.

[Burgold]

I went to Starbucks the other week and actually looked at their calorie chart, their green tea late with soy milk was amongst their worst offenders numberswise. Now, it could be the vanilla and sugars they add into their version of soy milk, but despite being plant based, some soy milk isn't exactly dietic.

[Spanky22]

Beats friggin soy juice

50 gallons ain't crap,I drink at least 400 gallons of soda a yr,and have for decades(which does not include the coffee and booze)

Water is for fish to **** in.

I guess everything IS bigger in Texas, eh?

[AsburySkinsFan]

'bout time ya'll are catching up....slackers.

[twa]

I guess everything IS bigger in Texas, eh?

I'm the baby of my mama's boys 225 lbs/5/10,and probably in the top 10% of the country in least body fat.

Obese my ass (32.3 BMI):moon::pfft:

[fullnelson9999]

If everyone is overweight, is anyone really overweight?

[terrifNick21]

I hate these studies. It's depressing to some. It's like saying "if you're fat, you're not as good as the skinny people."

You know what, **** that.

[Snarky]

I hate these studies. It's depressing to some. It's like saying "if you're fat, you're not as good as the skinny people."

You know what, **** that.

Apparently, people are.

[Burgold]

If everyone is overweight, is anyone really overweight?

Yes... scientifically speaking.

[alexey]

I think they are projecting based on numbers that will level off. Obesity rates are much higher in some demographics and socioeconomic groups. Rates will level off when those groups get maxed out.

This part is more like it:

However, the most recent findings by U.S. government scientists indicate the obesity epidemic may be leveling off, with roughly two-thirds of adults overweight and holding steady in the last few years.

[GhostofSparta]

Only if all of the hipsters start simultaneously dying from starvation and malnutrition. Otherwise, those skinny, unhappy ****s will help keep the numbers low. Perhaps we need to start reminding high school kids that obesity is worse than anoerexia and bulemia, so we can make these numbers start dropping. "Remember kids, it's the fat ones that will die when global warming fully kicks in. The skinny, beautiful people will be just fine!"

[nuposse87]

My uncle who is a cardiologist, whose also a huge republican which bugs the **** out of me told me something interesting once. Instead of going with obamacare, he said everyone(i think he meant adults) in the country should get some surgery (i wanna say it was a form of gastric bypass, but I'm not sure if that is technically right) in order to lower our caloric intake to like 1500 daily. Although I doubt the average american adult eats only 2000 calories anyways. Two perks to that, longer life expectancy and less health problems which helps the economy out in the long term. It's kinda funny, I don't think I have any fat friends, maybe i'm subconsciously avoiding them haha.

[Ancalagon the Black]

I am completely dumbfounded at the level of resentment in this thread.

Sure, alarming predictions should be taken with a grain of salt (or celery), but let's not dance around the fact that Americans, as a population, are FAT. Not every individual is fat, and there are significant flaws in using BMI as a measurement of obesity, but this doesn't change the fact that diabetes and other obesity-related diseases are still trending upwards. Redefining fat as "normal" does nothing to change one's risk of death from heart disease. All it does is make people feel better about their unhealthy lifestyles.

I'm not saying the government should step in and regulate anything. But i am saying that eating a terrible diet and saying "it's ok, it's normal" is a childish response. Americans need to face up to reality.

[Ancalagon the Black]

My uncle who is a cardiologist, whose also a huge republican which bugs the **** out of me told me something interesting once. Instead of going with obamacare, he said everyone(i think he meant adults) in the country should get some surgery (i wanna say it was a form of gastric bypass, but I'm not sure if that is technically right) in order to lower our caloric intake to like 1500 daily. Although I doubt the average american adult eats only 2000 calories anyways. Two perks to that, longer life expectancy and less health problems which helps the economy out in the long term. It's kinda funny, I don't think I have any fat friends, maybe i'm subconsciously avoiding them haha.

That's pretty much surrender. "We can't moderate our behavior, so we have to resort to invasive procedures to curtail our choice."

[twa]

Quit feeding them

Quit giving them bus rides to school

Turn off the AC and heat

Put a hefty sin tax on sugar

Gastric bypasses my ass

[BadKarma]

Why do I take enjoyment in the news that America is getting fatter?

[Ancalagon the Black]

Put a hefty sin tax on sugar

We don't even have to do that.

Eliminate the agricultural subsidies for corn. The price of high fructose corn syrup will skyrocket (and reflect its true cost). We may actually start using real sugar, and the cost of junk food will rise.

[zoony]

We don't even have to do that.

Eliminate the agricultural subsidies for corn. The price of high fructose corn syrup will skyrocket (and reflect its true cost). We may actually start using real sugar, and the cost of junk food will rise.

Just curious, since you used the term "we", and I don't think I've ever asked. Are you an American citizen living in Aus?

[Ancalagon the Black]

Yup - US citizen, living in a country that is catching up to the USA in terms of obesity.

[zoony]

I really don't see the free market handling this issue.

I think we need more accountability for food manufacturers. tax the manufacturers for production of foods with certain ingredients (hydrogenated oils, etc.) and for the production of foods that meet a certain caloric density.

I also think the American restaurant industry could take a hard look as well. When the chicken breast at applebees has 2 weeks worth of sodium and an entire day's worth of calories- how could we ever hope that people will turn it around on their own?

And I wonder at what point this will become a national security issue? Seem to me at some point our kids are going to be too fat to fight. What's the latest childhood obesity statistics? Staggering iirc.