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CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man
schwit1 writes: New statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the average American has packed on the pounds in the past 50 years. Both men and women have gained a considerable amount of weight since 1960, with the average American woman now weighing 166.2 pounds — nearly identical to what American men weighed in the 1960s. U.S. men have been getting bigger too, gaining nearly 30 pounds from the 1960s to 2010 — 166.3 pounds to 195.5 pounds today. The good news is that both sexes have gained almost an inch in height since then, so that accounts for some of the overall weight gain.
Honestly 90% of what we consumer is not food but just piles of sugar coated shit.
Stop eating at any restaurants, Stop eating anything that comes in a box or Bag. Hell even our bread is so sweet that most europeans call it cake.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Significant to have scientifically sound data, yes.
Significant to understand the problem, no. I just have to take a look outside to realize that even adjusted for muscle mass/body fat percentage would be an insignificant ripple in the data.
The anti gene lobby is about as reasonable as the anti nuclear lobby and I don't have a lot of patience for either.
As to the idea of just fixing everything through education... that's a stop gap at best. Long term we're going to genetically engineer ourselves and our food.
We stand at the cusp of the third revolution evolution on this planet.
First we had random mutation.
Second we had sexual selection.
Third we're going to have intelligent design.
Its happening. All you can do is slow it down a little. That's it. Nothing more.
I don't see the point. I'd just assume embrace it especially since it is the only hope most of us have for much expanded lifetimes. Yes, I want to live longer. Its in my blood. I make no apologies and offer no excuses for it.
As to IQ not being interesting, you're not understanding the impact that stupid people have on society or the benefits of having a society of geniuses.
As to more wisdom etc, don't talk to me about not wanting more technology on an internet forum. Go form a drum circle somewhere if you want to sell that.
Again, I just have very little patience for this new age hippy dippy Luddite stuff. Possibly you don't see yourself that way. Well, I don't see the genetics issue the way you do either. You're suggesting it is unwise. I disagree. I think it is extremely wise. I see not doing it as unwise.
Wise and unwise is often used as a code word for ideological dogma. hold this arbitrary code and you're wise. Don't do it and you're unwise. Its totally unlinked to any empirical measure of wisdom.
Lets look at what our society has accomplished with my mentality. You see risks. You're worried about things. But look at what we've done. We wouldn't have this without that boldness.
So if you want to preach the virtues of your philosophy, please show me what your philosophy has ever accomplished? Because I don't see it.
My intention is not to be rude or hurt your feelings. My point is rather to be brutally honest because frankly this is too important for that nonsense.
Again, it is going to happen. You cannot stop it. All you can do is slow it down. That's it. Nothing more. What is that worth? Not a whole lot. You might as well embrace it. Its going to happen regardless.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
Not saying the US doesn't have good beer, but that "award" is clearly bullshit if COORS is considered the best "large brewery" in the world. IMO it's the worst in the *US*, and there are a lot of bad large US breweries.
Anyway, at the high end anyone can make good wine, beer, and cheese. Where Europe really smacks down the US is in the high quality of the basic, low cost items.
No. It's about having better impulse control.
Poor people are also much more likely to have 5 children each with a different person. Maintaining a healthy weight requires some degree of effort and discipline. People that never adequately prepared for their future are simply demonstrating the same faults in their eating habits as they have done in other things.
Being poor doesn't eliminate the possibility of doing better. People like that are just less likely to stay poor (been there, done that).
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Moreover, in looking through the data for the last 30 minutes, I have yet to figure out where the CBS article is pulling their numbers from, since they linked to a very general page
Because it's great grand fun to call 'murrikkkans fat stupid racist sexist retarded rednecks who cannot do a damn thing right. Even by other 'murricains.
That kinda answers everything. Don't need data for that, Just envy or self loathing.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
A World Beer Cup where only a fraction of breweries outside of the USA participate in?
Look at the list of participants, for instance for Belgium only 27 breweries (some of which are owned by the same company) are listed, that's like one sixth of the Belgian breweries only.
And while we're doing that... how about raise the standard human IQ to something less obnoxiously pitiful. Because boy oh boy are there are a lot of morons.
I agree, although unfortunately a good chunk of your post exemplifies this. Corn and "starches" are bad, but fruit is good.... because the fructose in fruit is magically awesome but the fructose in corn is somehow tainted. And everyone knows that white rice is the most fatten of all foods, just ask the 3+ billion asians. Oh, wait.
There is certainly evidence that carbs were pushed way too hard in the 80s and 90s, but that doesn't mean that everything that comes out of the mouths of neo-Atkins/paleo/anti-corn/anti-gluten/anti-aspartame nutjobs should be believed. At the end of the day, it's about too many calories. While it's possible to alter one's metabolism a bit and/or feel fuller by eating different sorts of foods, any argument re: obesity that doesn't mention calories can be safely ignored as faddish nonsense.