Posted on 06/15/2015 9:19:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I read the headline over at the Washington Post (via Newsalert) and I can’t say I was surprised:
The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that’s almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s.
Men, you’re not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today. Doing the same comparison as above, today’s American man weighs almost as much as 1.5 American women from the 1960s. At 195.5 pounds, put five American guys in a room and you’ve gathered roughly half a ton of manhood.
Overall weight gain since 1960 is slightly greater for women (18.5 percent) than for men (17.6 percent). And both sexes have gained roughly an inch in height over the same period, which accounts for some of that weight gain.
Maybe the weight is seen as unsightly by some, but on average, those who are overweight but not obese might be healthier. I imagine it matters how much one weighs in proportion to height and if the person is active and healthy vs. overweight and sedentary. I must admit that at five foot six, if I weighed 166, I would be a mess. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), I can’t carry that kind of weight but some women can.
Also read:
1. I’m resigned that I will never return to my original weight, but 7 pounds, 8 ounces is not realistic.
2. My last chance for a smoking hot body is my cremation.
Two humorous lines from the net recently.
If you don’t think it’s antibiotics, then watch a few pre-WW2 movies and notice how small everyone is.
Oh oh. The Democrats are in trouble. It used to be that they would run homosexuals in the military stories when they needed to distract people.
And does the average American man now weigh as much as the averge 1960's family?
5.56mm
About the time the gov’t started pushing carbohydrates and corn syrup instead of proteins?
Bingo! Your in the lead for post of the day!
This is an average, not a median. All of the huge women are going to really bring up that average. There just weren’t a lot of 300 lb women in the 60s. Not uncommon today.
Women don’t care any more.
I weigh less than that now. I weigh about what I weighed when I exited the Air Force in 1970. I gained about 30 pounds of belly ten years ago but it scared me and I walked a lot of stairs and cut down on food until I lost the projection.Never again unless, of course, I lose the ability to walk,
From my observations, I’d like to see it broken down by race.
Women are also TALLER on average than they were in the 60s.
My Last Chance for a Smokin’ Hot Body......sounds good for a memorial stone.
Point is, obesity is NOT a disease. They want to make everything a disease today, so everybody is a victim and nobody has to be responsible. Obesity is caused by irresponsibly eating too much or too badly. It is a fundamental lack of will power, NOT a disease. That is the point.
I have a collection of photos I took at a Civil War reenactment. In one, the men are lined up in formation. Many bellies are hanging over the belts. Then I looked at some similar photos of the real thing. No hanging bellies to be found. Quite a contrast.
I've thought about cremation also...&^)
I’m not bragging but I can still wear the same earrings from high school.
I weighed that in about 7th grade. ;-P
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