All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years (Reuters)

Reuters News ^ | 8 August 2008 | Reuters HEALTH

[AmericanInTokyo]

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....

[dalereed]

I won’t be, I’ll be dead and decaying to an eventuall weight of 4% of what it is today!

[ari-freedom]

here's why

Yes, that is a glazed krispy kreme donut for a bun, not a bagel.
Then there's the Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing

[airborne]

President Obama will call for mandatory liposuction, using the fat collected as a source for biofuel.

“We can break our oil dependency using cellulite, and never have to drill like the evil Republicans want!”

[Bernard Marx]

Well hell, I’m just a little ahead of my time...

[seoul62]

Well, I did consume a Dove Ice Cream Bar: Vanilla with Dark Chocolate Coating, yummy...../Just Asking - seoul62.......

[pfflier]

Considering ideal weight is a contrived number, derived partly from averaging, it would be impossible for 100% to be overweight.

Now, if they don't want to be PC and say it like it is, they are saying 100% will be carrying too much fat.

[meyer]

It doesn’t hurt that they changed the definition of “obesity” a few years ago.

[tbw2]

I DO do that. I write science fiction and horror, and some sci-fi horror.

[tubebender]

I think you hit on it. These people aren't overweight, they are over inflated...

[ari-freedom]

[meyer]

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you. But don’t worry, your Government is trying to correct this problem.

It's also possible that America's superior health-care system is better at diagnosing heart attacks than are those of other, more "socialized" nations.

[MediaMole]

Yeah, and if the temperature trend from January to August of this year in North Dakota continues, the average temperature on Earth will be 5000 degrees Fahrenheit by March of 2015.

[meyer]

Dang it - put those on sourdough buns instead of donuts and they’d be great!

[ReagansShinyHair]

Schadenfreud much? Women often gain weight like that after being sexually attacked/abused.

[ari-freedom]

still you'd have to have a mouth like this just to eat it

[GladesGuru]

Forty years from now, many of those now categorized as “adults” will have assumed room temperature.

[Verginius Rufus]

I heard a report the other day that 75% of the people in Greece are either overweight or obese.

Apparently the healthy Mediterranean diet is becoming less popular in the Mediterranean countries.

[tx_eggman]

All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight in 40 Years

tx_eggman - ahead of the times, as usual

[FlyVet]

every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now,

Completely idiotic statement. People will be overweight only if they eat too much.

I weigh the same as I did when I graduated high school and I'm 50 yrs old.

Some of us just can't over-eat, because we feel bloated and like $**+ when we do.

[tx_eggman]

In the immortal words of Howlin Wolf:

I'm built for comfort baby, I ain't built for speed.