90% of US fat by 2020.
- Thread starter mrhappyface
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Seconded, I strongly suspect this statistic is a concocted little fib to see how people will react. Let's get a source before I join the panic party.Eric the Orange said:
Uh, thanks for pointing that out? Was this from an actual article (if so link it), or just something you heard from someone? Just to give some context, but you know, whatever.mrhappyface said:
<color=white> On another note, I'm actually in a statistics class, not very fun.
As for what I'd do?
<image width=300>http://aroundthesphere.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg
Point and laugh obviously
OK, I used some data off wikipedia, and tried to input the data in Excel and ZOMG! That's what i got.
Redefine "fat", obviously.
Or go to the gym. I'm overweight, but not "fat".
Or go to the gym. I'm overweight, but not "fat".
Careful, I've encountered weirder fetishes then that...The Warden said:Well even if the stereotype were true, I think anything in the world would be considered attractive against this:
Trust me, when you hit 18-19 It'll start to catch up to you if you dont do any exercise.Aby_Z said:
OT: Unless scientists can predict EVERYTHING we (or rather you Americans in this case) do, that's nothing more then a guessed statistic.
EDIT: That image is gross, looks like shes giving birth to a flesh-blob....
I blame microsoft for making excel think that America will be apparently 160 % overweight and 90% obese by 2060.
Yeeeeaaaahhhh, I can see about five problems with that.mrhappyface said:
1: Wikipedia.
2: Attempting to predict the future using a straight line.
3: Used "some data", probably from multiple sources.
4: Wikipedia.
5: Freaking Wikipedia! I failed an essay because of that site...
Thank you for giving me nightmares for weeks to come.Kajin said:She looks like she has giant testicles.The Warden said:
Okay, sure, I'm obese. Sure, I'm American. But you know what? I don't care about your statistics. To be completely honest with you, I'd rather be fat as I am, with an unhealthy lifestyle, and be dead ten years earlier than I should be, but be HAPPY. As for now, I'm perfectly content with my life, and I don't see many reasons it needs changed. Sure, health or whatever, but I don't care.
I'm not going to work for years and years, being miserable, just so I can live ten years longer, still working and being miserable.
Fat and happy versus skinny and miserable? I'd rather be happy any day.
Also this post was written pretty late at night, so if it's incoherent I apologize in advance.
I'm not going to work for years and years, being miserable, just so I can live ten years longer, still working and being miserable.
Fat and happy versus skinny and miserable? I'd rather be happy any day.
Also this post was written pretty late at night, so if it's incoherent I apologize in advance.
I'd just like to note that there's a world of difference between Overweight according to the Quetelet body mass index and what is generally considered "fat." I'm between 5'8" and 5'9" (about 174 centimeters for those of you on the metric system) and about 180 pounds (81kg) and according to the BMI, I'm overweight. Oddly enough, the doctor at my last checkup didn't seem too concerned.
There are all sorts of problems with the commonly used BMI scale. There's failure to distinguish between fat and muscle, for one - a lot of athletes score Overweight or even Obese. It also breaks down when dealing with very tall people, and is evidently less accurate for men in general (likely due to the aforementioned fat vs. muscle problem). Best of all, most studies indicate that there is no real difference in premature mortality between the Healthy and Overweight categories, and even a few that suggest that people in the Overweight category are healthier (see here [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16920472&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum]).
TL;DR: There's a lot of alarmist bullshit out there. Don't take it at face value.
There are all sorts of problems with the commonly used BMI scale. There's failure to distinguish between fat and muscle, for one - a lot of athletes score Overweight or even Obese. It also breaks down when dealing with very tall people, and is evidently less accurate for men in general (likely due to the aforementioned fat vs. muscle problem). Best of all, most studies indicate that there is no real difference in premature mortality between the Healthy and Overweight categories, and even a few that suggest that people in the Overweight category are healthier (see here [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16920472&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum]).
TL;DR: There's a lot of alarmist bullshit out there. Don't take it at face value.