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Poll: Obesity Rates Climbing In All Demographics In U.S.
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2013 Nov 5, 12:07am 5,141 views 19 comments
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Tenpoundbass
2013 Nov 5, 12:50am
Who in the hell can afford to eat gut busting portions, with this maniac in office?
Didn't they just cut foodstamps a few days ago?
Automan Empire
2013 Nov 5, 1:02am
Went trick-or-treating with the step-grandkids this year. While putting a baggy costume on his 3yo, their Dad mentioned that ALL of the costumes are cut for plus size kids now!
Tenpoundbass
2013 Nov 5, 1:04am
Because he starves his kid to death, doesn't mean the other kids are plus sizes, they just eat more than carrot sticks.
John Bailo
2013 Nov 5, 2:05am
My theory:
Change in oxygen levels, possibly due to decreasing air pressure (global warming).
My theory:
Change in oxygen levels, possibly due to decreasing air pressure (global warming).
Lol. There's no point in overthinking it. People are consuming more sugars/carbohydrates, and their body fat increases accordingly.
Dan8267
2013 Nov 5, 3:07am
Who in the hell can afford to eat gut busting portions, with this maniac in office?
Didn't they just cut foodstamps a few days ago?
The cheapest food at the supermarket is always the high calorie non-nutritious junk food, especially when maximizing calories per dollar. People on welfare are more likely to buy chips than fruits because they can fill themselves with fewer dollars.
It is more the lack of access to supermarkets that is blamed for the high obesity rates amongst the poor. I would argue that the cheapest eats in a supermarket are fresh veggies, but a lot of the poor don't have access, so they eat fast food which litter the landscape in poor neighborhoods, and crap available at "convenience" stores.
Dan8267
2013 Nov 5, 3:27am
I would argue that the cheapest eats in a supermarket are fresh veggies
Stuff that can spoil and is refrigerated is never as cheap as twinkies.
You can most certainly eat cheaper with healthy foods, then you can with unhealthy foods, don't fall for that myth, Dan.
You just have to understand what eating healthy looks like,,,,
Who in the hell can afford to eat gut busting portions, with this maniac in office?
Didn't they just cut foodstamps a few days ago?
The cheapest food at the supermarket is always the high calorie non-nutritious junk food, especially when maximizing calories per dollar. People on welfare are more likely to buy chips than fruits because they can fill themselves with fewer dollars.
So let's increase welfare so that the poor can buy organic hemp milk at Whole Foods.
People CHOOSE to eat fast food because it's convenient and crazy delicious, not because they can't afford healthy food. Besides, nothing is stopping the poor from ordering from the healthy menus at fast food restaurants, and that stuff is hella cheap too.
zzyzzx
2013 Nov 6, 10:06pm
Super-size graves: Council starts digging larger plots to accommodate bigger bodies
As more and more people are becoming obese, a council has resorted to expanding the size of its graves to accommodate bigger bodies.
Rochford Council in Essex, where more than a quarter of the adult population is classified as obese, has agreed to expand average grave sizes by 10 per cent in a bid to cater for larger bodies.
The town suffers from above average adult obesity rates and some cemeteries have already struggled to fit some larger coffins into the 9ft by 4ft graves currently provided.
It comes after many undertakers started providing the option of 'super-size coffins' for larger bodies.
Some funeral parlours in Britain have even had to install hoists capable of lifting 50 stone, purchase reinforced steel trollies and increase the size of their fridges in order to manage larger corpses.
Hospital morgues and crematoriums have already had to make alterations to deal with the changes, such as installing extra-large furnaces.
While a standard casket typically measures between 24 and 27 inches wide, manufacturers are now producing boxes as wide as 52 inches, capable of fitting a person weighing up to 1,000 pounds.
The move comes despite a shortage of space in graveyards across the country which has led to councils considering ‘reusing’ old grave sites.
Experts have labeled the space shortage a crisis with a recent survey revealing some councils could run out of burial space within the next 20 years.
Mr Gordon went onto explain that two plots can be bought to accommodate extremely large coffins although a two foot separation between graves is needed to prevent collapse.
He added: 'You can end up with a collapse if you’re not careful, I think that’s uppermost in people’s minds.'
Ambulance bosses have also started paying out millions to ‘supersize’ their vehicles to cope with the growing number of obese casualties.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is to introduce a fleet of 128 larger ambulances, each capable of dealing with patients who weigh up to 55st.
Its fleet of bigger vehicles, known as ‘bariatric ambulances’, have larger doors and more space inside.
They have also been fitted with specially-strengthened stretchers capable of expanding to take extra weight, motorised stretchers to help staff lift heavy patients, wider ramps and larger chairs.
Statistics released by Public Health England in September 2013 showed 24.2 per cent of England’s adult population suffer from obesity.
I come from a family of fat people. My parents and siblings (5 of them) are all overweight for the most part, and I'm the only one that works hard to be thin and stay in shape because it doesn't come naturally to me as a result of my genetics. So, I know what the mindset is, I know how they eat, and I know their exercise habits (none).
At least in my family, I see a strong correlation of obesity, laziness and entitlement. And, obviously, there's a correlation with health issues. This is why I feel so strongly that welfare (which 3 of my siblings are currently on) hurts our nation and tends to breed this type of behavior. I see it real time in my family, and it sickens me.
Who in the hell can afford to eat gut busting portions, with this maniac in office?
Didn't they just cut foodstamps a few days ago?
The cheapest food at the supermarket is always the high calorie non-nutritious junk food, especially when maximizing calories per dollar. People on welfare are more likely to buy chips than fruits because they can fill themselves with fewer dollars.
Where you at dan. You said you're never wrong for long, because you'll inform yourself and then switch to the correct position
Well I reject your premise. It is cheaper to eat well, with nutritious foods, then it is to eat "cheap" junk foods. Dollar on dollar cheaper. Prove me otherwise,,,,
Ever observe folks at Starbucks slurping down the 1,000 calorie drinks? An appalling spectacle of delighted fatties grunting about in the slop.
Tenpoundbass
2013 Nov 7, 1:24am
Well I reject your premise. It is cheaper to eat well, with nutritious foods, then it is to eat "cheap" junk foods. Dollar on dollar cheaper. Prove me otherwise,,,,
They say it, so therefore it's a fact.
Just like the obese numbers get higher and higher every time they rescare it.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/11/04/poll-obesity-rates-climbing-in-all-demographics-in-u-s/
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - A recent Gallup poll suggests that obesity rates are climbing in all groups in the United States.
Persons of various age, income, racial and regional groups all reported increases in rates of obesity, researchers found through their most recent poll.
“The adult obesity rate so far in 2013 is 27.2 percent, up from 26.2 percent in 2012, and is on pace to surpass all annual average obesity rates since Gallup-Healthways began tracking in 2008,†a release on the study’s findings stated.
The increase between 2012 and 2013 is also said to be the largest increase between years on record for Gallup.
“Obesity rates have increased at least slightly so far in 2013 across almost all major demographic and socioeconomic groups,†the release noted, before citing people between the ages of 18 and 29 as an exception. However, their obesity rates reportedly did not decrease, but rather, merely remained the same as one year prior.
People between the ages of 45 and 64 saw the biggest increases in obesity rates, followed by those earning annual salaries between $30,000 and $74,999.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have been observing such upward trends in obesity rates throughout the nation for the past two decades.
Researchers also note on the official CDC website, “More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7 percent) and approximately 17 percent (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.â€
Obesity is distinguished by a body mass index exceeding 30, according to Gallup.
Polling for the study was conducted between Jan. 1 and Oct. 28 of this year by polling 141,935 randomly selected American adults throughout the nation.