[redstates4ever]

"Fatter in 37 states? what about the other 20?"

"More fried chicken and hush puppies, please..."

[redstates4ever]

“Report: Americans Fatter in 37 States” *ping*

[babble-on]

I’ve lost 25 pounds this year. Started riding my bike to work.

[Apollo 13]

It really is a problem, not only in the States, but throughout the Western world. As much as I would like to crack a joke about this, or state that it’s everyone’s freedom to eat what they want (which happens to be true, by the way), that wouldn’t diminish the gravity of the situation.

I’m inclined to make a connection with the hugely successful campaign against smoking and the rise in obesity. Both in the end are oral addictions, and may even be ‘rewarded’ in the same brain centers (e.g. the so-called mesolimbic system).

If this were true, then, strange as it may sound, I’d call moderate smoking the lesser of the two evils. It doesn’t impair your life as much, the number of diseases contractable may be roughly equal, and perhaps one’s life expectancy is even longer in the case of moderate smoking.

But in the end, I don’t know. I’ll give it some more thought.

[ETL]

[rabscuttle385]

Better a few pounds over than to be Starvin' Marvin in Ethiopia.

[Ron in Acreage]

I’m guessing obesity rates and welfare/food stamp rolls go hand in hand.

[lovecraft]

Although not good, of all the problems a country can have, (genocide, rebellion, disease, famine) being the fattest is the one problem I'd rather have.

Second only to being over sexed as a problem. :-)

[dfwgator]

"And Leon's getting LAAAAARGER!"

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I was gonna make a joke about people being fat in 53 states according to the Obama Campaign, but ya ruint it for me! :-D

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[DouglasKC]

Americans Fatter in 37 States

38 when this guy shows up at in Denver:

[DouglasKC]

Americans Fatter in 37 States

38 when this guy shows up at in Denver:

Badaboom....I'll be here all week folks...

[wastedyears]

So how do they determine the ‘overweight’ threshold?

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

that’s funny

[hattend]

Did anybody see the “special report” during the Olympics that Chinese kids are becoming more and more obese “thanks to a growing number of American fast food restaurants”.

Long story short, it’s America’s fault that China is growing fatter.

Damn, NBC, can’t you keep the bias out of a sporting event.

[lilylangtree]

Recently, I rec’d two office chairs with bigger seats. Now I know why.

[Eagle Eye]

More than 25 percent of adults are obese in 28 states

I am 100% fatter in all states.