42% of americans are obese (new study)

Rachel1 wrote:

check out the UK wrote:

I travel quite frequently to UK/ Europe.

You are out kicking us in portulence .

And all of your fag smokes may keep your weight down by a stone at most.

And all of you smell like ashtrays not to mention your nether regions.

Someone’s easily triggered, did it hit a nerve?

Britbongs might be less fat but Americans actually have serviceable teeth

.InjuryProne. wrote:

Yeah it’s getting out of hand and the body positivity movement doesn’t help. But BMI isn’t the best measure to use as it doesn’t differentiate muscle and fat.

BMI correlates with negative health outcosmes, whether it comes from fat or muscle. Muscle might look good, but too .much of it is not healthy. It's hard on the heart.

In certain cultures, being fat implies being prosperous and that you have made it.

YMMV wrote:

Data953 wrote:

Meat consumption per capita in the US is among the highest in the world.

The world's highest meat consumption is in Hong Kong (1.5x U.S.) and Japan, which have the lowest obesity rates and highest longevity. The highest meat consumption regions of India are far healthier than the primarily vegetarian areas.

Regardless the premise that Americans have a low protein diet is objectively false.

big HONKING birds wrote:

Rachel1 wrote:

Someone’s easily triggered, did it hit a nerve?

Britbongs might be less fat but Americans actually have serviceable teeth

We’re such an angry nation, lash out at any and everything that doesn’t say we’re the best. Very insecure look.

bmi is a total joke wrote:

BMI is a horrible metric. My BMI is 26.5 and I can run 4.35, do 25 pull ups and my body fat is <10%. 37 years old and I feel great. I went to get my annual check up and the doctors wrote 'overweight' on my charts.

Right, and you have a supermodel girlfriend and make $250k working only 6 hours per week. Probably have 3 million saved for retirement already, and ran D1 on a full ride. AKA typical Lets Run liar.

Actually likely the only true thing you said here is that you are 37 years of age.

I mean, what nitwit gets annual checkups at 37 years of age even?

SMH

still here? wrote:

In certain cultures, being fat implies being prosperous and that you have made it.

I believe "fat equals prosperity" is a cultural norm among many great American trailer parks.

My wife and I spent two weeks in Italy last summer.

When we were in little villages around Lake Como, most of the Italians didn't speak a lot of English and my Italian barely passes muster for a grade school kid. So whenever we needed help, we'd just look for the fattest person around us. They were always Americans.

Data953 wrote:

YMMV wrote:

The world's highest meat consumption is in Hong Kong (1.5x U.S.) and Japan, which have the lowest obesity rates and highest longevity. The highest meat consumption regions of India are far healthier than the primarily vegetarian areas.

Regardless the premise that Americans have a low protein diet is objectively false.

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 diet.

In Switzerland, my current health insurance gives me about 600 bucks a year for a health club membership, the old insurance gave 1000 bucks. It costs about 1300 a year for the membership to a gym with pool, sauna, weights, classes, machines, the works. The insurance costs about 350 a month. Not sure how that compares to other countries.

BMI is a GREAT standard for the average population.

Of course, it's largely irrelevant for those who are actually in shape/healthy/active.

Just remember...

If you are in shape and take off your shirt at the beach, you're a self-centered egotist.

If you are obese and take off your shirt at the beach, you're B R A V E

BMI works wrote:

bmi is a total joke wrote:

BMI is a horrible metric. My BMI is 26.5 and I can run 4.35, do 25 pull ups and my body fat is <10%. 37 years old and I feel great. I went to get my annual check up and the doctors wrote 'overweight' on my charts.

You are not overweight; you are a dwarf

5'11"

Stop all food / ag subsidies. Let the free market do its thing.

If you want to accelerate the timeline tax the hell out of junk food and soda.

YMMV wrote:

Data953 wrote:

Regardless the premise that Americans have a low protein diet is objectively false.

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 diet.

Have you considered there are other factors to societal health besides meat consumption? If your notion that more meat consumption = healthier was correct then the US would be one of the healthiest societies in the world since their meat consumption is also one of the highest. That's not the case.

A large change in demographics over the years.

HC wrote:

Stop all food / ag subsidies. Let the free market do its thing.

If you want to accelerate the timeline tax the hell out of junk food and soda.

Thumbs up for the first part. I am against taxing since it opens the for for political manipulation.

And the sleuths even come on this thread to blame Trump for obesity. Dam>.

Don't worry, the democratic party will victimize obesity; swoop in to "protect" them because, you know, they truly care about victims (or least want their vote).

YMMV wrote:

Data953 wrote:

The world's highest meat consumption is in Hong Kong (1.5x U.S.) and Japan, which have the lowest obesity rates and highest longevity. The highest meat consumption regions of India are far healthier than the primarily vegetarian areas.

Regardless the premise that Americans have a low protein diet is objectively false.

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