What's the solution to American obesity?

[Rickson]

Originally Posted by ORLYLOL

fat tax

So you are just going to lower their disability checks then?

[Harry]

I'd be happy if they just paid for both seats that they take up on planes and trains.

[ORLYLOL]

Originally Posted by Rickson

So you are just going to lower their disability checks then?

Sounds like it. Don't they add an extra tax on junk food in Sweden or something?

[Standtall]

Originally Posted by ORLYLOL

Sounds like it. Don't they add an extra tax on junk food in Sweden or something?

If you propose that in America, you will be branded a racist.

[FormLetter]

Originally Posted by Loner

BMI was designed as a tool for means of sedentary populations. Application at the individual level is inappropriate. Mainly because people are three, not two-dimensional. The stat lets short fatties off and punishes tall athletes. Sheba is around 30.

I brought this up with my doctor last time I talked to him. I was asking him if he would place any kind of limit on weight gain for me, and he said he wouldn't gain more than X pounds, where X put me at the top end of the "normal/healthy" range of BMI. I sought clarification by "what if it is was all lean muscle mass", and he maintained the limit of X pounds. He supported that stance by saying that even if it is muscle, the BMI does a good job of measuring the stress on your heart and other organs. He agreed that you can't use it to determine who is fat or fit or things like that, but that for overall health and longevity, it is still valuable.

[FormLetter]

Originally Posted by Harry

I'd be happy if they just paid for both seats that they take up on planes and trains.

and hospital beds

and medications

[Deano]

Wife is in the medical field. They gave to have much more fat equipment. Fat wheelchairs, fat beds. You need extra staff to freakin move some of these people. They even have fat mri machines.

[Deano]

Eventually there will be a tall thin good looking ruling class, and a short fat ugly worker class.

[DanielSong39]

FYI, even athletes with lots of lean muscle mass have shorter life expectancies and many more health problems.

I suppose the human body was designed to withstand only so much fitness.

Apparently 8 members of the 1994 San Diego Chargers have already passed away. Just saying...

[Jacob Jock]

Originally Posted by Deano

They gave to have much more fat equipment.

I think I know what you're saying, but can you straighten out that sentence anyway?