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So you're putting in ten miles a day? That is pretty awesome running.
http://calorielab.com/burned/?...

beef tallow is half unsaturated fat, half saturarated, but with no trans fat whatsoever.

http://calorielab.com/foods/animal-fats/fat-beef-tallow/47/04001/2

... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.

Well, there do seem to be more Higg's Bosons per person in the USA than other countries, but it appears that Mississippi has a greater claim than Texas

How about...
http://calorielab.com/news/2010/06/28/fattest-states-2010/
Notice how *NONE* of the states even get to the 32% number you are throwing around? It just is not numerically possible for it to happen.

Stats can be made to dance on a head of a pin. Also notice in *NEITHER* one of those do they state what is 'fat' or 'obese'. Just a magic number. They seem to usually gloss over the methodology. For good reason too. Even on that site they are all over the place in the numbers. People throw out numbers to impress each other.

I have seen numbers anywhere from 19% to 48%. *EACH* and every one had different methods for stating what was fat. What is the variance? What is the sample population? What is the value for each category? How did they find out this information? Was it phone calls? Doctor visits? What are the known issues with the methodology? For example if you are skinny and healthy in America would you bother going to a doctor? Yet in another country it may be customary to do so every 6 months? What was the age rates? Are they picking mean or average? Are they comparing a population of 300+ million to a population of 4 million (btw yes), apples and oranges?

Also for example I would be considered 'fat' by many of these charts ('only 15 over') and I bet you would be also (it doesnt take much only ~15 pounds over the 'normal rate' in many cases). Yet no one says 'omg your huge' or 'you should loose 20 pounds'. Most actually say the opposite. In America we have a very diverse population. Many have come here and are eating very high carb diets compared to what their grandparents ate 100 years ago. It is just not in their genetic makeup to burn those off. Also many of the high carb diets are cheaper in price. They also taste much better. So you have a vicious cycle of both cheap and tastes good. We also have a 'baby boomer' population so we have a slight skew to an older population.

Just because you are 'skinny now' and live in a country where others are 'skinny'. Does not mean it can not happen to you. I would be willing to *BET* cash you are in your 20s early 30s. The midlife plump up hasnt happened to you yet. It happens to everyone (esp to those of European decent). You then have to figure out how to change your whole diet. Bad carbs are everywhere.

I was like you at one point. I could eat whatever I liked and not gain a pound. I would look at overweight people and go 'what is wrong with you just dont eat as much'. Your life will change when you get near 40. If you dont think so you are deluding yourself. My elders told me the same thing. I laughed at them. Its true... Now back to my 20 year old weight :)

Also I question why you posted what you did. Here is a bit of homework for you. Perhaps you are looking for *ANYTHING* in which you can pick on 'those Americans' with? Perhaps you feel inadequate in some way? So you latched on to 'Those Americans are fat' 'nunh huh yes they are and here are my stats to back it up'. You may want to re-examine your motives in posting like that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_bias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer-expectancy_effect
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the best states are comparable to the worst eurozone countries.

http://calorielab.com/news/2010/06/28/fattest-states-2010/

And to be honest, I really can't see either catching on...

I don't know about "catching on" in the sense of people actually using them (I don't), but they're incredibly common in Japan, and have been for the last few years. Advertisements have them, magazines have them, McDonald's hamburger wrappers have them... Granted, it could all be a mass delusion of marketroids, but I doubt so many companies would go to the effort of putting the codes on--and continuing to put them on year after year--unless there was feedback saying it was effective.

I know of someone who got caught up in something like this and here's the case for it... http://calorielab.com/news/2006/07/24/more-cowbell-diet-web-site-the-daily-plate-caught-borrowing-calorie-data/ I do not know what the final outcome was for all of this unfortunately.

Well, if you want a bar without too much sugar and fat, there's always the Lindt 99% cocoa bar. Personally, I prefer the 70% bar better myself. Dark chocolate is a lot better for you because it contains a lot less sugar, and you feel satisfied after eating just a small amount. Remember to savour, not just swallow the pieces whole.

How come you say "particularly southern states" I moved to Austin from Philly and let me tell you, those in the North ate worse, went outside less and were obviously much larger.