Female Obesity

To be fair to mikesandy, obesity is very much a problem in the country. He's referring to it from aesthetic standpoint, but I think the long-term health implications are of even greater importance.

 

Exactly, anyways here's a book written by an organization about it, it's a good read:

http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2010/Obesity2010Report.pdf

Another interesting tidbit about obesity that I realized (again from an economic perspective), is that the crappier food (fast food) is cheaper than the food that could be considered as healthy, which is more expensive. I think it makes sense to say that perhaps the recession could act as a catalyst to obesity, since people would be spending less on everything anyway.

Edit: The other reason I created the thread was because there was a small seminar that was hosted today at school about it, so I thought this would be a great place to continue discussing about it and gather some opinions.

 

If this is supposed to be about heath, why is the focus only on women?

 

Because I'm a guy. I have a greater concern for women that are obese than for guys that are obese. What I also posted up stated that women (in general) were more obese than men. Even my own mom, is kind of straddling the line between being obese/not obese. In movies you watch, you see the same things with particular characters or people that are just there in the films.

 

Men don't suffer from obesity.

 

No, coz women are a commodity that we can buy and sell, just look across the river from your state, lol. I am bad, I'ma burn in hell, just pray for me, lol.

 

I think the motive on a lot of this "overweight" talk around here is more about a sense of empowerment some men get by drawing a line in the sand and letting the world know theyre a tier or two above the women that they feel dont meet their standards.

 

It's also from the book too, Max.

"There is a very strong correlation between adult obesity rates and socioeconomic status. Among individuals earning less than $15,000 per year, 35.3 percent were obese compared to 24.5 percent of adults earning $50,000 or more per year."

"Among adults who did not graduate from high school, 33.6 percent were obese compared to only 22 percent of adults with a college degree."

The other reason that prompted me to create this thread is the conflict between Michelle Obama and Sarah Palin about the obesity epidemic.

 

You are a clever boy

 

I don't see it that way. Obesity is something that occurs globally, everyone loses in the long run. Back in the 1990s, obesity wasn't a serious issue to worry about, now it is in this decade (2010s) it's a more serious issue that everyone has to contend with.

 

I wanted to rep you- but I have to spread it around first.

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I'll rep him for you.

 

Max, I definitely feel that this is part of the reason why I thought of discussing it, I'm not sure if it was brought up on the other threads here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/24/palin-slams-michelle-obam_n_788200.html

By the way, I'd like to know what the other obesity threads on here were like, because I've looked around for a while, and I don't see any. I didn't plan on bashing a group of people when I made this thread. My topic was going to be centered more around the politics and economics of it, not specifically about people who are obese.

Somewhat related to this thread, I just came across some breaking news:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...all-who-is-going-to-shoot-obama_n_828047.html

I take my word back now, Mod. Don't put this thread in the recycling bin. Keep it active.

 

By all means, discuss it. This is actually one of the more tactful versions.

Just wondering where the men with heart disease and diabeetus fit in.

 

OK.

 

Ok. I'd just like to change the title of the topic, is there a way I could do that?

 

ROFLMAO @ Wilford Brimley!