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Just how fat are we?
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| Larry Elder
Posted on 05/19/2005 12:02:46 PM PDT by manny613
Oops, make that 25,814 — not 400,000.
In March 2004, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said 400,000 Americans die each year due to obesity-related problems. But wait. Citing flawed data, four months ago the CDC revised the number down to 365,000. But now, another branch of the CDC says the first branch — the CDC's Division of Adult and Community Health — got it wrong. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics says, no, the real figure is 111,909. And after you deduct the beneficial effects of being moderately overweight, the figure declines to 25,814!
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; health; larryelder; obesity
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:02:46 PM PDT
by
manny613
To: manny613
I AM A LITTLE ZAFTIG AND CONTENT AND I'LL EAT A BIG MAC ANY TIME I WANT TO.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:03:53 PM PDT
by
brooklyn dave
(Catholic school survivor and proud of it.)
To: brooklyn dave
good for you! read the whole article
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:04:45 PM PDT
by
manny613
(Trying my best)
To: manny613
Lets not be cruel, cuz fat chicks need looovin too.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:06:07 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: manny613
I bet Larry Elder loves it when stupid callers write his articles for him :)
"Look on the bright side. Linda isn't in Congress . . . yet."
That's classic.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:06:45 PM PDT
by
tfecw
(Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
To: manny613
5 ft. 8 in.
226 lbs
BP 104/80
heart rate 54
cholesterol 156
Blood sugar 119
Doctor said I would die of some fool running over.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:08:15 PM PDT
by
handy old one
(It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
To: manny613
Liberal obsession with the body is getting old. What's next? Do American have properly toned skin?
How many ways are there to say "shallow"? Really, really shallow.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:09:34 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
( Bright lines between soldiers and citizens blind both.)
To: handy old one
heart rate below 60 - are you a runner?
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:10:00 PM PDT
by
peacebaby
(I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
To: manny613
The "experts" keep redefining illnesses depending on what new drug is coming out.
So far, "ideal" blood pressure standards have been lowered, "ideal" blood sugar levels have been lowered, and "ideal" weight has been lowered. Of course, there are drugs and/or surgery to "fix" these conditions.
To: manny613
food Mafioso; cigarette Nazis; big mac bouncers - pure condescension.
Realistically, low fat diets, not walking enough but riding everywhere in our fancy cars, eating portions enough for two - all contribute to our obesity.
Everything in moderation is a very good thing.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:16:15 PM PDT
by
peacebaby
(I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
To: bookworm100
So my "ideal weight" is suppose to be 103. This when I was in my 20s.
Fat chance of that ever happening.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:19:10 PM PDT
by
peacebaby
(I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
To: manny613
Feed a rat a little MSG and it becomes fat and diabetic. Any correlation?
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:20:34 PM PDT
by
tertiary01
(Help.....I'm a victim of Mexican imperialism.)
To: bookworm100
You forgot the redefinition of death so the drugs could be paid for.
To: peacebaby
Work hard and carry tile up stairs.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:31:34 PM PDT
by
handy old one
(It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
To: tertiary01
Feed a rat a little MSG and it becomes fat and diabetic. Any correlation?
I do not doubt that but I do not meet many fat Chinese people.
To: bookworm100
Lots of Asians are diabetic. But I think it's only put in their American cuisine.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:35:36 PM PDT
by
tertiary01
(Help.....I'm a victim of Mexican imperialism.)
To: tfecw
I'm picturing Linda as someone who has had numerous plastic surgeries (implants & duck lips) and has a bulemic daughter. What a shrew!
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:45:19 PM PDT
by
Millee
(So you're a feminist......isn't that cute??)
To: peacebaby
Not at 5'8" and 226, he's not.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:50:03 PM PDT
by
sparkomatic
(This happens every time one of these floozies starts poontangin' around with those show folk fags!)
To: peacebaby
He meant Nightly Apnea Events, not Heart Rate. Oh shut up, I wuz kidding.
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:55:30 PM PDT
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
To: manny613
Two to go please!!
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posted on
05/19/2005 12:57:37 PM PDT
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
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