Wow! 64.1% of American women are obese!

[Tiny Coq]

that's what i'm saying... the rules about what 'fat' is have changed... americans are fatter.... but not that much fatter

I agree. But then, you only have to walk around the town to know that over half the people are fat/obese, so it might not be that wrong.

BMI though...not a good measure.

[Radical Plato]

You fat bastards, do you have to bring Harpoons on first dates?  

US obesity 'higher than thought'
By James Gallagher


The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.

They said using the Body Mass Index or BMI to determine obesity was underestimating the issue.

Their study, published in the journal Plos One, said up to 39% of people who were not currently classified as obese actually were.

The authors said "we may be much further behind than we thought" in tackling obesity.

BMI is a simple calculation which combines a person's height and weight to give a score which can be used to diagnose obesity. Somebody with a BMI of 30 or more is classed as obese.

The US Centers for Disease Control says at least one in three Americans are obese.


Other ways of diagnosing obesity include looking at how much of the body is made up of fat. A fat percentage of 25% or more for men or 30% or more for women is the threshold for obesity.

One of the researchers Dr Eric Braverman said: "The Body Mass Index is an insensitive measure of obesity, prone to under-diagnosis, while direct fat measurements are superior because they show distribution of body fat."

The team at the New York University School of Medicine and the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, looked at records from 1,393 people who had both their BMI and body fat scores measured.

Their data showed that most of the time the two measures came to the same conclusion. However, they said 539 people in the study - or 39% - were not labelled obese according to BMI, but their fat percentage suggested they were.

They said the disparity was greatest in women and became worse when looking at older groups of women.

"Greater loss of muscle mass in women with age exacerbates the misclassification of BMI," they said.

They propose changing the thresholds for obesity: "A more appropriate cut-point for obesity with BMI is 24 for females and 28 for males."

A BMI of 24 is currently classed as a "normal" weight.

"By our cut-offs, 64.1% or about 99.8 million American women are obese," they said.

It is not the first time BMI has been questioned. A study by the University of Leicester said BMIs needed to be adjusted according to ethnicity.

Last year in the BBC's Scrubbing Up column, nutrition expert Dr Margaret Ashwell advocated using waist-to-height ratio to determine obesity.

She said: "It is a real worry that using BMI alone for screening could miss people who are at risk from central obesity and might also be alarming those whose risk is not as great as it appears from their BMI."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17585734

Pics Please!

[WOOO]

I agree. But then, you only have to walk around the town to know that over half the people are fat/obese, so it might not be that wrong.

BMI though...not a good measure.

more like 20%... and it's regional...

like I posted earlier, watch the movie 'Fat Head'.... good eye opener

[MB]

It seems strange that there is not a men's and women's portion on restaurant menus.  Think about it, why does a woman who is suppose to weigh significantly less than a man need the same portion?  They have a kid's menu, why not a women's menu? 

[Tiny Coq]

It seems strange that there is not a men's and women's portion on restaurant menus.  Think about it, why does a woman who is suppose to weigh significantly less than a man need the same portion?  They have a kid's menu, why not a women's menu? 

Because if they did that, i would not be able to finish off whats left of the mrs' meal!!!

When we go out, i sit there like a vulture, just waiting for her to finish so i can leap on to her unguarded plate!!!

[chunkramwell]

I say shoot them into space.

[El Diablo Blanco]

You do know tht Segway's have a weight limit of 250 pounds.

Look out your fucking window. Lazy fuckers.
Segway started it all, its all down hill now!!!

When you have to drive to 7-11 that is 2 blocks away because you get winded, all in the name of a super big gulp 1L of pop bulshit while stuffing your face with sweet chili heat doritos. But you get stuck behind your stearing wheel because your fat gut wont pass it without you moving the seat back, so you start sweating and have to hand the teller soggy money.

Like wholy fuck, slap them bitches with a frozen tuna fish!

Explain how they can work the street corner and still make money. My god, the world is coming to an end.
Here I am in my moms basement ranting on the internet about fat women. Muahahhaah

Let me put it this way for you getbiggers.
"If it was easy, everyone would do it"
OR for you hardcores.
"kick that bitch down the stairs"

END RANT:

[chris-a]

hahahaha!   

[oldtimer1]

How many American guys are obese?  I can't count how many times I have watched football and a guy will say that player is my size. I want to say yes you're both 5'10" 245 except he's 10% body fat and you're 30%.  I think guys are more delusional than women when it comes to what they look like.

In the gym I hear guys saying," I'm around 10% body fat", when they have a gut.  Just so delusional.

[MikMaq]

How many American guys are obese?  I can't count how many times I have watched football and a guy will say that player is my size. I want to say yes you're both 5'10" 245 except he's 10% body fat and you're 30%.  I think guys are more delusional than women when it comes to what they look like.

In the gym I hear guys saying," I'm around 10% body fat", when they have a gut.  Just so delusional.

Agreed, getbiggers for the most part are all fat permabulkers, the way the phrase skinny twink is  thrown around here is all the proof you need. There's no reason any healthy person should ever be over 200 pounds.

[oldtimer1]

I've seen it in a lot of gyms. The 200lbs permabulker who does look decent in clothes trains for his first contest. If they are not juicing to the max they go down to 190 and find they are not ripped. Then 180lbs and they are not ripped. They get down to 170 and ripped. It just shows that they were 30lbs too heavy to begin with.

[phreak]

Because if they did that, i would not be able to finish off whats left of the mrs' meal!!!

When we go out, i sit there like a vulture, just waiting for her to finish so i can leap on to her unguarded plate!!!

sounds very familiar.

[Wayne Root]

On a sidenote:  Yet somehow the average American woman thinks she deserves a 6ft male who clears 100G a year after taxes, has a 8 inch dick and obeys her every command.

The level of entitlement of the typical American woman is astonishing. 

So many single mothers on Plenty of Fat demand six foot plus from prospective men and they offer what in return?

[Radical Plato]

I'M KOREAN
SON OF A BITCH AMERICAN
AMERICAN IS PIG
DO YOU WANT A HAMBURGER?
DO YOU WANT A PIZZA?
AMERICAN IS PIG DISGUSTING
GEORGE WALKER BUSH IS A MURDERER
FUCKING U.S.A




On a sidenote:  Yet somehow the average American woman thinks she deserves a 6ft male who clears 100G a year after taxes, has a 8 inch dick and obeys her every command.

HA HA  Kim Jong-un signed up for GETBIG

[Hulkotron]

I say shoot them into space.

x2 this is a good solution to the Fats problem.

[hematocritter]

On a sidenote:  Yet somehow the average American woman thinks she deserves a 6ft male who clears 100G a year after taxes, has a 8 inch dick and obeys her every command.

This is most fascinating to me as well.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Feminism is strong there.

Scientist are finding out that the chemicals in plastic are feminizing males. Shit is no joke. People should think twice about drinking water out of plastic bottles.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228095/Toxins-plastics-feminise-boys-play-like-little-girls-say-scientists.html

[Desolate]

This is true.

The chemicals behave like estrogen in the body. Supposedly, men born after WWII produce half as much sperm as did men before this period.

A lot of times I think the government knows about most of this shit. What people don't realize is that the government has a vested interest in killing you. This is especially true for liberals.

They see every newborn as a potential mouth to feed, another welfare recipient, someone else using resources (water, fossil fuel) etc. al.

They want you to die, especially the ones that don't contribute to society.

Take Planned Parenthood for example. A massive left-wing organization primarily in existence to push abortion. It was started by a woman. She was a eugenicist who believed that the black race should be wiped from existence. The joke is that 99.9% of this country doesn't know this fact.

[Meso_z]

hes dead. 

[Parker]

Scientist are finding out that the chemicals in plastic are feminizing males. Shit is no joke. People should think twice about drinking water out of plastic bottles.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228095/Toxins-plastics-feminise-boys-play-like-little-girls-say-scientists.html

Also many of the chemicals in lotions are estrogen based...

[freespirit]

 

[JOHN MATRIX]

pretty much everything in the average americans diet is artificial crap produced by big corporations whose only concern is profit, who will put the cheapest garbage allowable by law into their 'food product'.

the brutal irony is that its got to the point where most americans not only do not accept actual, organic, real food, but actually see it as something shady and untrustworthy. artificial food has become the norm, the only acceptable norm.

everyone is a fat disgusting unhealthy shit.

[avxo]

I'M KOREAN

My condolences.

SON OF A BITCH AMERICAN

You seem to be yelling. Are you still upset you're Korean? Really, it wasn't your fault, and if you work hard you too can overcome the disadvantage and become an American.

AMERICAN IS PIG

If you want to become an American you need to learn to speak better English to fully integrate into our society. I understand that this can be a challenge, but you must try!

DO YOU WANT A HAMBURGER?

No, but thank you for asking. I just came in to have my pants dry-cleaned.

DO YOU WANT A PIZZA?

*mumbles* No, no pizza. Dry. Clean. Pants. Please.

AMERICAN IS PIG DISGUSTING

You're missing a comma and your sentence is gramatically incorrect. I think you will need to try harder to pursue your dream of being an American.

GEORGE WALKER BUSH IS A MURDERER

Also, he owned a baseball team. As a future American, you too must learn about baseball. It's our national pastime!

FUCKING U.S.A

That's right! We're the best! America! FUCK YEAH!

[garebear]

My condolences.


You seem to be yelling. Are you still upset you're Korean? Really, it wasn't your fault, and if you work hard you too can overcome the disadvantage and become an American.


If you want to become an American you need to learn to speak better English to fully integrate into our society. I understand that this can be a challenge, but you must try!


No, but thank you for asking. I just came in to have my pants dry-cleaned.


*mumbles* No, no pizza. Dry. Clean. Pants. Please.


You're missing a comma and your sentence is gramatically incorrect. I think you will need to try harder to pursue your dream of being an American.


Also, he owned a baseball team. As a future American, you too must learn about baseball. It's our national pastime!


That's right! We're the best! America! FUCK YEAH!

Haha.

[mass243]

At least American "soldiers" like raping underage Korean girls