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Three out of four Americans will be overweight or obese by 2020
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_he_me/eu_oecd_gett...
PARIS – Citizens of the world's richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the United States is leading the charge, an organization of
leading economies said Thursday in its first ever obesity forecast.
Three out of four Americans will be overweight or obese by 2020, and disease rates and health care spending will balloon, unless governments,
individuals and industry cooperate on a comprehensive strategy to combat the epidemic, the study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development said.
The Paris-based organization, which brings together 33 of the world's leading economies, is better known for forecasting deficit and employment levels
than for measuring waistlines. But the economic cost of excess weight — in health care, and in lives cut short and resources wasted — is a growing
concern for many governments.
Franco Sassi, the OECD senior health economist who authored the report, blamed the usual suspects for the increase.
"Food is much cheaper than in the past, in particular food that is not particularly healthy, and people are changing their lifestyles, they have less
time to prepare meals and are eating out more in restaurants," said Sassi, a former London School of Economics lecturer who worked on the report for
three years.
That plus the fact that people are much less physically active than in the past means that the ranks of the overweight have swelled to nearly 70
percent in the U.S. this year from well under 50 percent in 1980, according to the OECD.
In 10 years, a full 75 percent of Americans will be overweight, making it "the fattest country in the OECD," the report said.
The same factors driving the epidemic in the U.S. are also at work in other wealthy and developing countries, Sassi said. "There is a frightening
increase in the epidemic," Sassi said, "We've not reached the plateau yet."
The lifespan of an obese person is up to 8-10 years shorter than that of a normal-weight person, the OECD said, the same loss of lifespan incurred by
smoking.
In the U.S. the cost in dollars of obesity, including higher health care spending and lost production, is already equivalent to 1 percent of the
country's total gross domestic product, the report said. That compares to half a percent in other OECD countries, Sassi said.
These costs could rise two- or threefold over the coming years, the OECD said, citing another study that forecast obesity and overweight-related
health care costs would rise 70 percent by 2015 and could be 2.4 times higher than the current level in 2025.
The OECD found that rates of obesity, defined as a body mass index above 30, show a wide variation across its member countries, ranging from as little
as 3-4 percent of the population in Japan and Korea to around one-third in the U.S. and Mexico.
"However, rates are also increasing in these countries," the OECD said. Outside the OECD, obesity rates are rising at similarly fast rates in
countries such as Brazil, China, India and Russia.
The OECD advises governments on economic growth, social development and financial stability.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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luckily here in Colorado people do a lot of outdoor activities, I'm 5'11" 200 lbs & I'm more overweight than most people in their 20's around here,
but you see people from the mid-west in their 20's & they're HUGE. like 75% of them.
record collectors are pretentious assholes
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we're number 1 at something again
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America.
FUCK YEAH!
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Eat up America, weaken the gene pool so my spawn can dominate the world.
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3 out of 5 Refuse Resist members LOL.
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CR83
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These statistics do not surprise me. Scary scary shit
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fuck it
I am down 10 lbs
6 foot 2
210 lbs
36 years old
unemployed
fueled by Scrapple and Schaefer.
I challenge thee.
no takers?
thought so.....fags
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| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
fuck it
I am down 10 lbs
6 foot 2
210 lbs
36 years old
unemployed
fueled by Scrapple and Schaefer.
I challenge thee.
no takers?
thought so.....fags |
I'm on my way.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by barc0debaby
| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
fuck it
I am down 10 lbs
6 foot 2
210 lbs
36 years old
unemployed
fueled by Scrapple and Schaefer.
I challenge thee.
no takers?
thought so.....fags |
I'm on my way. |
right behind you, after i get a couple of whoppers in me.
I'm a jerk. All night,I'm seeing Sentrand and thinking "Where do I know that guy from?".
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Most people I know are "Overweight" by the BMI definition of what is overweight.
At my heigh I would have to be 185 pounds to be in the not overweight catagory...
The smallest I had been was 198 and I looked sick. People kept telling me I needed to stop losing weight.
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god i hope i dont get divorced/break up or what ever with my chick
by 2010 my chances of having to someday bang a fat chick it sounds like will go WAY up
32 years and i havent had to yet. theres no fucking way im gonna start at 42
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| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
fuck it
I am down 10 lbs
6 foot 2
210 lbs
36 years old
unemployed
fueled by Scrapple and Schaefer.
I challenge thee.
no takers?
thought so.....fags |
Jesus I was drunk last night.......
it appears that even my beloved thorp board was not spared.
I woke up to a whole bunch of crap thrown around my living room, cheese curl crumbs, and a headache.
Thursday night beer and crab night got the best of me again
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I am headed out for a scrapple egg and cheese sammich on an onion bagel with a heaping portion of home fries....time to up the ante
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BDx13
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^sounds like you need it. that kind of breakfast will cure any hangover.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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mission complete.....now I am ready to sleep again
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Good!
Living a life kept shut by a dream,
I'm reaching out to grasp my reality.
Hands of time wrap tight around my neck, and hit me so hard,
leaving me eyes black.
staring at a ceiling,
wondering why i never left,
penning words in a notebook,
wondering why haven't slept.
sanity is tapping in a cell
inside my fucking head.
begging for redemption
after hearing what was said.
the nights, they will not sleep
cause the days, have played for keeps.
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I stopped reading at "PARIS -".
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dan
I stopped reading at "PARIS -". |
Goddamn French
And I'm proud to be an American
where high cholesterol is free
And I won't forget my cardiologist
that snuck a burger in for me
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A healthy body and mind is a beautiful thing and no one should take it for granted. Take care of yourselves because there are a lot of people out
there that do not have the luxury to do so and would give anything in the world to be able too.
BKT.
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It's kinda related, funny, and 2/3 sexy.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
Most people I know are "Overweight" by the BMI definition of what is overweight.
At my heigh I would have to be 185 pounds to be in the not overweight catagory...
The smallest I had been was 198 and I looked sick. People kept telling me I needed to stop losing weight.
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Exactly. I'm 6'4 and the BMI chart says that I should weigh 175 pounds. If that were true I would be skin and bones and am technically 50 pounds
overweight. I weight 225 and could loose a few pounds for sure but 50 pounds wouldn't make me look very healthy.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jonnynewbreed
| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
Most people I know are "Overweight" by the BMI definition of what is overweight.
At my heigh I would have to be 185 pounds to be in the not overweight catagory...
The smallest I had been was 198 and I looked sick. People kept telling me I needed to stop losing weight.
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Exactly. I'm 6'4 and the BMI chart says that I should weigh 175 pounds. If that were true I would be skin and bones and am technically 50 pounds
overweight. I weight 225 and could loose a few pounds for sure but 50 pounds wouldn't make me look very healthy. |
i am 6'7" , Medical Recommendation says 169 - 222 lbs . i am 340 od so.This recommendation is based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) range of 19-25. i am
slightly higher at 39.4
Peoples Choice Ideal Weight 277 lbs. This shows the average weight that other people of your Age, Height, Weight and Gender would describe as their
ideal weight.
I'm a jerk. All night,I'm seeing Sentrand and thinking "Where do I know that guy from?".
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i'm 6'4" as well and would LOVE to weigh 225, but 250 is my first goal.
down to 272 from 287 in the past couple months.
i think there'll be a big increase in motivation when i hit the 260s.
can't remember the last time i was in the 260s.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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