90% of US fat by 2020.
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Yay for extrapolating! how else would we motivate the masses?grimsprice said:LOL.
drawing lines through graphs is fun isn't it.
I think that happens to me too. I spend most of my time in 'the office' and it's ungodly hot compared to the rest of the house, or so I'm told. I also have that lovely problem of sweating all over my game controller even while playing the least involving games.PayJ567 said:
you and me both, im 118 as we speek and im going on 20, i love that i have the metabolism of a gopher on crack.Aby_Z said:
Wow, when I was in High School, I was one of the tallest kids, standing at 5'10. Well, I was in Hawaii, and nearly 80% of the school was Asian, so that could be why. I'm Half Asian too, so I think I'd be a little short on the mainland.PayJ567 said:
The Biggest Loser will create its own enterprise, with those two trainers whose names I forget as entrepreneurs, and it will become a multimillion dollar industry. Then they shall rule the world with their harsh words and croaky voices.
Are you kidding me? That's a really thick thing to say. I mean really - do you honestly think it's us fat lazy Americans that are starting wars? No and I won't deal with that sort of lumping of groups. It's all the religious, right-wing survivalist gun nuts. Those guys keep active and stay in shape so that they can defend their soil when the "brown folk" come to take it from them. Me, I just sit back and watch me some TV.The Heik said:
Anywho I don't buy this anyway. There's a real "health food and working out is good for you" thing going on in the states now. It's a bit too late for someone like me who grew up in a ridiculously unhealthy environment but hey, that's life.
That is according to the incredibly vague Body mass index. There is no standard to compare. We are all so very different.
Come on people, use some logic. No source = No credibility. Looks like I get to dust off the can of spray. I thought I would be done with it after the March Mayhem. I'll probably have to go out and buy another case of the stuff.mrhappyface said:
Well considering that America has been in pretty much every major conflict since WW2, I would say that it has been bit more gung-ho for battle than most governments. It's not to say that everyone in America is as you say a "religious, right-wing survivalist gun nut", but most of you certainly had not actively tried to stop those who are, so I consider that condoning their actions, which is just as bad as saying it's OK for them to do that.misfit119 said:
Anyways though, the statement was simply a joke about if 90% of a country was fat, then statistically there would be quite a few people in the armed forces who would be considered obese, and as such would have more trouble with the actions required of them in the field ie. fitting into a tank (though admittedly that was on the extreme end of the spectrum, to which I apologize if you were offend by it)
Mmmmmm.... xkcd.grimsprice said:LOL.
drawing lines through graphs is fun isn't it.
OT, fake statistic is fake. 92% of statistics are made up on the spot.
(commence mass quoting pointing out irony)
I'd love to see some evidence supporting that. Also the whole weight chart is absurd. The way they calculate it is purely based on height, weight, sex, and "frame" of the body. There are so many factors that come into play that it's not even funny. Body fat percentage needs to be the primary thing in determining how over weight you are, period.mrhappyface said:
I am 5'7" 178 LBS. I'm considered obese by the charts, but I only have 8% body fat which puts me in the category of an athlete. Many athletes are well over or under the weight projection, so what does that say about them? There's also females that are under the weight projection, but have ridiculously high body fat content, are they fat?
The whole system is absurd. As long as you have a clean bill of health and no warning signs for disease, you should be happy with who you are.
Sounds to me like someone is making things up out of envy.Abedeus said:
tie a hot dog onto a stick and wave it in front of every fat person in the U.S. fortunately for me i have a fast metabolism [:
although...some fat people can't help it because of a slow metabolism or something, i don't know, I'm not a doctor, but i play one on TV
although...some fat people can't help it because of a slow metabolism or something, i don't know, I'm not a doctor, but i play one on TV