Posted on 08/06/2008 12:40:29 PM PDT by edzo4
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects.
The figure might sound alarming, or impossible, but researchers say that even if the actual rate never reaches the 100-percent mark, any upward movement is worrying; two-thirds of the population is already overweight.
"Genetically and physiologically, it should be impossible" for all U.S. adults to become overweight, said Dr. Lan Liang of the federal government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, one of the researchers on the study.
However, she told Reuters Health, the data suggest that if the trends of the past 30 years persist, "that is the direction we're going."
Already, she and her colleagues point out, some groups of U.S. adults have extremely high rates of overweight and obesity; among African- American women, for instance, 78 percent are currently overweight or obese.
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What a pile of crap this “study” is. It is preposterous to suggest that EVERYONE will be overweight. Some foks NEVER will because they’ll continue to say “no” to overeating.
This is the fallacy of taking historical trend lines and continuing them out into infinity.
So why can’t Obama (the promised one) fix this so everyone grows taller and no one is obese?
I wonder then, whether we can stop issuing food stamps then.
Beat the rush. Have a cookie.
Buddy of mine is an avid bicyclist. Rides literally 100s of miles a week. The only fat on him is from whatever he ate for breakfast.
He also has a stocky, short build. His doc recently gave him a checkup, looked at the height/weight chart, and told him that he needed to lose 20 lbs.
My Friend's response? "From Where?" His next step was to get a more sensible doctor.
uh...all US Americans...uh...will be fat ....uh 40 years ...uh from now....uh....if they aren’t already dead.
uh, thank you.
If the trend continues after that, it may reach 200%...
Please tell me those are just fat suits !? I’ve packed on 5 pounds since joining FR. Maybe it’s time to quit, LOL!
You have to cut out the popcorn. It will be okay.
I know. LOL
I tried eating some of those food stamps once. They tasted terrible.
I also wish some rats would bite some scientists to enhance their chances of “catching cancer.”
nope they are fat sh!ts, not suits
Well, at least it’ll be easy to spot the methheads.
Extrapolation is always self-limiting; journalists enjoy no such restriction.
No skinny butt left behind...
Men and women, it does differentiate. Fat or muscle, no.
And you could be a 250 lb body builder and get jacked up life insurance rates.
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