The Weight Replacement

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9:21a, 6/21/22


There is absolutely no way this ends well for the US. I just don't understand how these people can look at a mirror and think "this is fine" and continue to stuff their massive gullet with candy, sweets, chips, and other processed garbage while ordering takeout 3 times a day. It's going to eventually crush our health care system if these rates keep skyrocketing like this.
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9:23a, 6/21/22
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Most people are far too stupid to make good decisions.
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9:24a, 6/21/22
If the WuFlu didn't teach people that being obese is a bad idea, nothing will.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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9:24a, 6/21/22
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Have you seen fitness commercials or the SI swimsuit issue lately? A bunch of obese people plastered all over the screen/page like it is healthy/beautiful
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9:24a, 6/21/22
The impending food shortage could solve this
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9:24a, 6/21/22
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We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.
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9:27a, 6/21/22
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...but the percent "overweight" is dropping. That is a good thing, right?

Seems like that chart should be: "Overweight+, Obese+, and Severely Obese+".
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9:28a, 6/21/22
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Fat people.
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In reply to 1939 • 9:29a, 6/21/22
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1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"
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9:29a, 6/21/22
"Body positivity"

No one should ever feel bad about themselves. And it's weird watching this historical shift...in the 21st century, it's largely poor people that are fat. Very strange.
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In reply to 1939 • 9:29a, 6/21/22
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


Because the average American is actually a pretty muscular athlete.



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In reply to Rapier108 • 9:29a, 6/21/22
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If the WuFlu didn't teach people that being obese is a bad idea, nothing will.
CDC had the perfect opportunity to get people to lose weight. But it's pretty obvious they don't really care about our health.
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9:30a, 6/21/22
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Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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In reply to 1939 • 9:30a, 6/21/22
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1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


Really??

We are fat because BMI is not a good measure?????
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9:30a, 6/21/22
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Gatorade has taught me it's ok to look like Stacy Abramsโ€ฆโ€ฆ.
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9:30a, 6/21/22
A spoonful of castor oil before each meal will prevent you from overeating... Just sayin...
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In reply to Artorias • 9:31a, 6/21/22
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Artorias said:
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"
Our country is full of 5'8" 250LB office workers. BMI is a good indicator for the overwhelming majority of Americans.
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In reply to Artorias • 9:32a, 6/21/22
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Artorias said:
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"


And what % of the population is NFL LB?
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In reply to DrEvazanPhD • 9:35a, 6/21/22
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DrEvazanPhD said:
"Body positivity"

No one should ever feel bad about themselves. And it's weird watching this historical shift...in the 21st century, it's largely poor people that are fat. Very strange.


Body positivity my ass. If you're fat, you should feel shamed. And that's BMI of 25 and up.
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In reply to Rydyn • 9:36a, 6/21/22
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Rydyn said:
...but the percent "overweight" is dropping. That is a good thing, right?

Seems like that chart should be: "Overweight+, Obese+, and Severely Obese+".
I'm assuming the downtick in Overweight are men who have flipped to that uptick in Obese. IOW, they doubled down on the double cheeseburgers and got fatter.
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In reply to AggieDruggist89 • 9:36a, 6/21/22
AggieDruggist89 said:
Artorias said:
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"


And what % of the population is NFL LB?



He's saying that just using BMI is a horrible method of determining anything. When I graduated HS I was 6'7" and 245. Excellent condition. BMI would say I was fat. It's an idiotic methodology.
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In reply to Martin Q. Blank • 9:37a, 6/21/22
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Martin Q. Blank said:
Rapier108 said:
If the WuFlu didn't teach people that being obese is a bad idea, nothing will.
CDC had the perfect opportunity to get people to lose weight. But it's pretty obvious they don't really care about our health.


In fact, they did the opposite. They would team up with companies such as Dunkin Donuts to offer free donuts if you got the experimental gene therapy shot.

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In reply to BigRobSA • 9:39a, 6/21/22
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You're an exception to the rule. And those exceptions don't make the rule.

I was 5'10" 165 when I graduated HS. 38 years later, I'm still 165 pounds with 32 inch waste. I too am an exception. And my BMI is about 24. And I consider myself almost borderline overweight.
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9:40a, 6/21/22
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I do not dispute those charts at all because that would mean I'm ignoring my own eyeballs.

However, I do wish BMI was discarded. There was a better metric proposed some years ago, but it was never adopted and I don't even remember what it was. I just recall it being more logical.

For example, my current BMI is 24.8. I'm 6'1 and 188. I'm not remotely overweight but that has me borderline fat if not fat, technically speaking.
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In reply to Artorias • 9:40a, 6/21/22
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Artorias said:
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"


Fwiw, however, 99% of persons don't have a lifetime's worth of building muscle mass to become an outlier.

I used to make this argument too, but the truth is nearly every adult that isn't training hours a day with a very controlled diet with a high BMI is a fatass, not a heavy muscled athletic abberation.
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In reply to gbaby23 • 9:42a, 6/21/22
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gbaby23 said:
Artorias said:
1939 said:
We are definitely a fat society but those numbers are typically over inflated because they use BMI as a measure which is not a good measure.


This is true. According to BMI, a 6'5 250lb NFL linebacker with 10% body fat is "obese"
Our country is full of 5'8" 250LB office workers. BMI is a good indicator for the overwhelming majority of Americans.


With a handle of Biller Miller sweet tea
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In reply to YouBet • 9:42a, 6/21/22
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You're almost fat!
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9:43a, 6/21/22
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Be honest, how many of ya get nervous when you have an empty seat next to you on the plane and see a 300 pounder coming down the aisle making eye contact with you???

Don't be that 300 pounder. Quit stuffing your face.
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9:46a, 6/21/22
Yeah BMI is ridiculous. When I graduated high school in the best shape of my life. Hardly any body fat. Excellent athletic condition, I was considered over weight.






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In reply to BCR • 9:50a, 6/21/22
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Well, when did u graduate HS and what about today?
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In reply to AggieDruggist89 • 9:50a, 6/21/22
AggieDruggist89 said:
DrEvazanPhD said:
"Body positivity"

No one should ever feel bad about themselves. And it's weird watching this historical shift...in the 21st century, it's largely poor people that are fat. Very strange.


Body positivity my ass. If you're fat, you should feel shamed. And that's BMI of 25 and up.
I feel shame that I've let myself slip from an 8-pack to a soft 6.
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In reply to LupinusTexensis • 9:50a, 6/21/22
LupinusTexensis said:
The impending food shortage could solve this


Most studies actually show obesity increases during these times.

People flock to cheap high calorie alternatives.
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In reply to BAP Enthusiast • 9:51a, 6/21/22
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There is absolutely no way this ends well for the US. I just don't understand how these people can look at a mirror and think "this is fine" and continue to stuff their massive gullet with candy, sweets, chips, and other processed garbage while ordering takeout 3 times a day. It's going to eventually crush our health care system if these rates keep skyrocketing like this.
They think it's fine due to social conditioning. When overweight becomes the norm, people see overweight as a healthy, normal weight. If those who are overweight are seen as healthy, then the obese see themselves as simply overweight and convince themselves that means they should try to lose about 10 pounds or so. That's really no concern because 10 pounds can be lost as quickly as one month to six weeks with dieting. They'll start next month (but then realize that month has fourth of July which is a "food holiday, then decide to start in August but don't because of the stress of school starting back, September means football and tailgate parties, you get the idea - but no big deal because they are only sightly overweight).

Combine this with society pushing "body positivity" and not being able to call out extra pounds as the health risk they are and you get people who are convinced those who are a healthy weight are actually underweight, overweight people are average, obese is slightly over weight, and there is no reason for concern until you are eligible to be on My 600 Pound Life.





It's really not hard to convince people something unnatural or unhealthy is perfectly natural or healthy. You just keep bombarding them with it until their brain rewires into thinking it is so.
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9:51a, 6/21/22
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Like others have said, yes we are very fat but BMI has always been a joke for me personally. At 6'1", I'm in the "healthy" range at 140-185 lbs. If I weighed 140, I would be confined to a hospital bed. At 18 years old In high-school, I weighed 185 and was thin as a twig. Anything under 200 and I promise you I am in a healthy weight range, but bmi would still call me rather overweight.
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In reply to BAP Enthusiast • 9:51a, 6/21/22
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There is absolutely no way this ends well for the US. I just don't understand how these people can look at a mirror and think "this is fine" and continue to stuff their massive gullet with candy, sweets, chips, and other processed garbage while ordering takeout 3 times a day. It's going to eventually crush our health care system if these rates keep skyrocketing like this.

bigot! what's wrong with watching a strong black female in lululemon tights in an advertisement for working out?!?

so what if she is 245 pounds and busting out of her tights!!

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