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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.
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.