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CDC: Moderate Obesity May Not Be Deadly

PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5
Posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1091 times:

Latest release from the US Centers for Disease Control:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...0050420/ap_on_he_me/obesity_deaths

Interesting stuff, but given the way health studies seem to change all the time it's quite possible we'll soon hear that yes, even moderate obesity really is dangerous.

"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"

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JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1090 times:

Hurray ! Now define "moderate"....

Andreas From Germany, joined Oct 2001, 6104 posts, RR: 34
Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1090 times:

Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 1):
Hurray ! Now define "moderate"....

Since your signature indicates you're a member of the perfect people, your interest is purely academic, I assume...? Wink

I know it's only VfB but I like it!

JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1085 times:

Quoting Andreas (Reply 2):
your interest is purely academic, I assume...?

Naturally - one empathises with the less-than-perfect, in a distant, bemused sort of way.

PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5
Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1084 times:

Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 1):
Hurray ! Now define "moderate"....

Moderate obesity = a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 34.9.

BMI = weight (in pounds) divided by height (in inches) squared, with the result multiplied by 703.

"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"

JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1079 times:

Ooooh - just squeaked in under the wire ! Woohoo !! Donuts all round.

Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38496 posts, RR: 80
Reply 6, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1077 times:

That's what I've been saying all along!
I knew this 'obesity' hysteria was a load of crap.
My BMI is 34 yet I have lots of stamina. I usually ride 35-50 miles a week on my bicylce and that's including the steep hills here in San Francisco. I have just as much energy today at age 31 & 240 pounds as I did when I was a 150 pound 10 grader.

Bring back the Concorde

Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1070 times:

Guess Star Jones just stuffed her face with her 6th donut for the day when she heard that news !

USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54
Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1065 times:

By that formula my BMI is about 25...is there a scale or something that shows exactly what a BMI of 25 means? (or any other BMI for that matter?)

Greg

Chief A.net college football stadium self-pic guru

JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1065 times:

Quoting USAFHummer (Reply 8):
is there a scale or something that shows exactly what a BMI of 25 means?

It means you're boasting ! Skinny bitch...

( Smile

)

PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5
Reply 10, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1063 times:

Quoting Superfly (Reply 6):
That's what I've been saying all along!
I knew this 'obesity' hysteria was a load of crap.
My BMI is 34 yet I have lots of stamina. I usually ride 35-50 miles a week on my bicylce and that's including the steep hills here in San Francisco. I have just as much energy today at age 31 & 240 pounds as I did when I was a 150 pound 10 grader.

One problem with the BMI index is that it takes no account of a person's fat vs. muscle distribution. A very muscular person may have a significantly higher BMI than another person who is basically just pudgy baby fat, and almost certainly will be a healthier person (other things being equal), yet according to the BMI-centric view the muscular person will be considered less healthy. A more useful index would tie in BMI with body fat percentage; on the downside, it would be more complex and more difficult to use, in addition computing body fat percentage isn't easy.

"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"

Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1060 times:

Obesity is like pornography.

You can't really define it, but you know it when you see it.

Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38496 posts, RR: 80
Reply 12, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1054 times:

People need to stop worring about these things. People need to stop having so much guilt with pleasure. The focus should be lots of sex, excersize, less work, good beer & cocktails, good food and enjoying life. That's what a healthy life is.
Too many people want these miracles to come from pills. There are plenty of drug-pushing pharmacutical companies that would be more than happy to market there drugs to the masses.
I see we shut them down by not buying there drugs.

Bring back the Concorde

CoTXDFW777AA From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 321 posts, RR: 1
Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1045 times:

BMI: 19 6'2 148 pounds

Texas- it's like a whole different country!

MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15722 posts, RR: 47
Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1040 times:

Not surprising. Obesity is the media health-scare hype of the year.

E pur si muove -Galileo

Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38496 posts, RR: 80
Reply 15, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1033 times:

Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 14):
Not surprising. Obesity is the media health-scare hype of the year.

Very true and the pharmacutical companies are making a killing off these people who are scarred to death of obesity yet to damn lazy to excersize.

Bring back the Concorde

FlyingTexan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 16, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1027 times:

Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 14):
Obesity is the media health-scare hype of the year.

Something to do with last year’s docu-tainer, Supersize Me?

Why do you suppose one hardly sees old fat people?

CaptOveur From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 17, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1022 times:

Quoting Superfly (Reply 12):
Too many people want these miracles to come from pills. There are plenty of drug-pushing pharmacutical companies that would be more than happy to market there drugs to the masses.

No shit. I decided I wanted to lose some weight, I made some minor modifications to my eating habits (reduced quantities mostly) and started doing barely 30 minutes of exercise a night. I am losing close to 10lbs a month and I am down almost 3 pants sizes... It isn't a hard thing to do. People bitch they don't have the time or whatever so they just pop a pill that has who knows what long term side effects. I would rather make time than endanger my long term health.

MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15722 posts, RR: 47
Reply 18, posted (8 years 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 981 times:

"Very true and the pharmacutical companies are making a killing off these people who are scarred to death "

I'm sorry but a fool and his money are soon parted. If the American public wasn't so stupid and insistent on letting the media scare it for no reason, this wouldn't happen. Serves them right...

E pur si muove -Galileo

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