42% of americans are obese (new study)

Right. Why aren't any of the politicians talking about how obese people represent 80% of the health care costs in the US. What they should be talking about is prevention. Like building bicycle paths and having financial incentives for people who commute by bicycle or engage in regular exercise and follow a regular diet.

The wasteful, incompetent and abusive government can't think like that. They just want to take care of the problem at the end - and get the fittest to pay for it all. Time for revolution!

YMMV wrote:

Fattest11 wrote:

Our ancestors ate more than double that in protein for millions of years, in the 100% bioavailable form: meat. The relatively recent advent of agriculture reduced human brain size by 10% and stature by more than that. Objectively dumber and weaker overall, but far more numerous. Grains were for the slaves, peasants and armies, meat remained for the ruling classes. East Asians understand this, and when they become more wealthy, they add meat to the their diet [/qoute]

And they also become more sick and obese. Grains were for warriors and gladiators they ate chia seeds and barely. no meat. No agriculture provided us with a reliable powerful calorie source to f u el our brains. You're brainwashed by protein propaganda where you ya get your proooooteeeen

I rest my case^

We were also smaller in stature and didn’t need to eat as much. That being said the body can only process so much protein at a time. I’m not saying a high protein diet is bad you just have to be good about timing your meals.

Jelly Dean wrote:

Obese criteria

It is measured by the body mass index, or BMI, a figure calculated from a person’s weight and height. A BMI of 25 or greater is considered overweight, a BMI of 30 and above is obese, and a BMI of 40 or above is severely obese.

A person who is 5-foot-4, the average height for U.S. women, is considered obese at a weight of 174 pounds and severely obese above 232 pounds. A person who is 5-foot-9, about the average height for men, is deemed obese at 203 pounds and severely obese at 270.

What can be done to fight against this flea that will cost billion and billion to healthcare systems? Sport is a great way to maintain weight but people eat way too unhealthy and way too much.

The definition of Obese is way too lenient to me. I'm 5'9" and being 203 would be ridiculous to me. It's pretty shocking that 42% of Americans hit that level. Way more than 42% are overweight. Probably close to 75%. The BMI system needs to be revised since it doesn't take into account muscle.

It is ridiculous how quickly America has climbed the obesity curve. When I was born 30 years ago roughly 12% of Americans were obese. The fat kid when I grew up would now be normal.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

The BMI system needs to be revised since it doesn't take into account muscle.

Americans are literally the only people who ever make this argument and 100% of the time they don't have nearly as much muscle as they think they do. newsflash: you're not a professional bodybuilder on steroids. you're a normal dude who is obscenely overweight. put down the cheeseburger, stop bench pressing, and go for a jog. you think you're the only country in the world that has discovered the concept of lifting weights?