Waistlines Continue to Grow in U.S.

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/29/06 | Kevin Freking - ap

[unixfox]

Collins said tobacco use is another area that could be labeled a personal choice, but government agencies have taken many steps to provide people with the environment and information they need to help them make their choices. The same should be done with obesity.

Just what we need, more friggin government rules to tell us how to run our lives. Screw em all!!

[Unassuaged]

Wow! at 6"1", I would have to weigh less than 185 pounds to be normal, the upper edge of normal. When I weighed that much in college my mother thought I was a coke addict or had a tapeworm!

Not that I couldn't stand to lose a few pounds

[napscoordinator]

So true!!!! However I am so sick of hearing this. I don't believe it for a minute and I believe this is just another money making sceme.

[madprof98]

The problem really hit home a couple weeks back when I bought a pack of what are called "classic" T-shirts, the same brand (and same size) I've been wearing since I was a kid. The new shirts had been restyled--with larger collars and tent-like bodies. I had tossed them in the wash before I realized I couldn't even wear them. Later, a friend mentioned the same thing had happened to him. Evidently, we are now all expected to get fat so we will fit in with the heavy set.

[Ron in Acreage]

When food is free, via food stamps, people will eat more of it. The same goes for the free healthcare thats going broke, aka Medicaid. Hang nail? Go to doctor.

[007girl]

Heehee!

[WKB]

Waistlines Continue to Grow in U.S.

Boy you can say that again...........

[grundle]

The data comes from an annual random sampling of adults via the telephone.

Doing this kind of study by telephone is a horrible idea.