Boastful America can add be the world's per capita leader in lard
asses...add that to be the most stupid and arrogant populace in the
world and you have quite a piece of work. Fat Dumb and Stupid with a
large helping of arrogance. Small wonder we are the most despised
people on earth.
Keke Goldfeller

Americans Are Getting Fatter and Fatter

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO - Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning
to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate.

The number of extremely obese American adults — those who are at
least 100 pounds overweight — has quadrupled since the 1980s to
about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.


Extreme obesity once was thought to be a rare, distinct condition
whose prevalence remained relatively steady over time. The new study
contradicts that thinking and suggests that it is at least partly due
to the same kinds of behavior — overeating and under-activity
— that have contributed to the epidemic number of Americans with
less severe weight problems.


In fact, the findings by a RAND Corp. researcher show that the number
of extremely obese adults has surged twice as fast as the number of
less severely obese adults.


On the scale of obesity, "as the whole population shifts to the right,
the extreme categories grow the fastest," said RAND economist Roland
Sturm. He added: "These people have the highest health care costs."


Sturm said health problems associated with obesity — including
diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and arthritis —
probably affect the extremely obese disproportionately and at young
ages.


Sturm analyzed annual telephone surveys conducted nationwide by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His report covers surveys
from 1986 through 2000. The findings appear in Monday's Archives of
Internal Medicine.


In 1986, 1 in 200 adults reported height and weight measurements
reflecting extreme obesity, or a body-mass index of at least 40. By
2000 that had jumped to 1 in 50, Sturm found.


The prevalence of the most extreme obesity — people with a BMI
of at least 50 — grew fivefold from 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 400,
Sturm said.


By contrast, ordinary obesity — a BMI of 30 to 35 —
doubled, from about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5, based on the same surveys.


Body-mass index is a ratio of height to weight.


Americans tend to understate their weight, and a recent study based on
actual measurements found an obesity rate of nearly 1 in 3, or almost
59 million people. Sturm said his findings probably understate the
problem for the same reason.


The average man with a BMI of 40 in Sturm's study was 5-foot-10 and
300 pounds, while the average woman was 5-foot-4 and 250 pounds.


Dr. Mary Vernon, a trustee of the American Society of Bariatric
Physicians, said the study reflects what doctors who specialize in
treating obesity are seeing in their offices. Vernon said the number
of her patients weighing 300 to 350 pounds or so has doubled in the
past several years.


She said thinking has evolved from a generation ago, when many doctors
believed extreme obesity was due to hormonal abnormalities or other
distinct conditions.


Now many believe it is a combination of lifestyle factors and
genetics, as well as a propensity for some people's bodies to be
hyper-efficient at storing calories. This tendency would benefit
people in societies where starvation is rampant but is a huge problem
in developed countries where food is plentiful and lifestyles are
increasingly sedentary, Vernon said.


Vernon said the biggest challenge in treating severely obese people,
who typically have tried mightily to lose weight, "is giving them
enough hope that it's worth trying again."

How does this pertain to Shortwave radio you anti-American microbe?
"Keke Goldfeller" wrote in message
om...
Boastful America can add be the world's per capita leader in lard
asses...add that to be the most stupid and arrogant populace in the
world and you have quite a piece of work. Fat Dumb and Stupid with a
large helping of arrogance. Small wonder we are the most despised
people on earth.
Keke Goldfeller

Americans Are Getting Fatter and Fatter

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO - Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning
to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate.

The number of extremely obese American adults — those who are at
least 100 pounds overweight — has quadrupled since the 1980s to
about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.


Extreme obesity once was thought to be a rare, distinct condition
whose prevalence remained relatively steady over time. The new study
contradicts that thinking and suggests that it is at least partly due
to the same kinds of behavior — overeating and under-activity
— that have contributed to the epidemic number of Americans with
less severe weight problems.


In fact, the findings by a RAND Corp. researcher show that the number
of extremely obese adults has surged twice as fast as the number of
less severely obese adults.


On the scale of obesity, "as the whole population shifts to the right,
the extreme categories grow the fastest," said RAND economist Roland
Sturm. He added: "These people have the highest health care costs."


Sturm said health problems associated with obesity — including
diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and arthritis —
probably affect the extremely obese disproportionately and at young
ages.


Sturm analyzed annual telephone surveys conducted nationwide by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His report covers surveys
from 1986 through 2000. The findings appear in Monday's Archives of
Internal Medicine.


In 1986, 1 in 200 adults reported height and weight measurements
reflecting extreme obesity, or a body-mass index of at least 40. By
2000 that had jumped to 1 in 50, Sturm found.


The prevalence of the most extreme obesity — people with a BMI
of at least 50 — grew fivefold from 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 400,
Sturm said.


By contrast, ordinary obesity — a BMI of 30 to 35 —
doubled, from about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5, based on the same surveys.


Body-mass index is a ratio of height to weight.


Americans tend to understate their weight, and a recent study based on
actual measurements found an obesity rate of nearly 1 in 3, or almost
59 million people. Sturm said his findings probably understate the
problem for the same reason.


The average man with a BMI of 40 in Sturm's study was 5-foot-10 and
300 pounds, while the average woman was 5-foot-4 and 250 pounds.


Dr. Mary Vernon, a trustee of the American Society of Bariatric
Physicians, said the study reflects what doctors who specialize in
treating obesity are seeing in their offices. Vernon said the number
of her patients weighing 300 to 350 pounds or so has doubled in the
past several years.


She said thinking has evolved from a generation ago, when many doctors
believed extreme obesity was due to hormonal abnormalities or other
distinct conditions.


Now many believe it is a combination of lifestyle factors and
genetics, as well as a propensity for some people's bodies to be
hyper-efficient at storing calories. This tendency would benefit
people in societies where starvation is rampant but is a huge problem
in developed countries where food is plentiful and lifestyles are
increasingly sedentary, Vernon said.


Vernon said the biggest challenge in treating severely obese people,
who typically have tried mightily to lose weight, "is giving them
enough hope that it's worth trying again."

"Erik Chait" wrote in message
...
How does this pertain to Shortwave radio you anti-American microbe?

I guess you ain't been to a hamfest recently......

Never see so many overweight balding middle-aged
white guys in dirty stinky unwashed old clothing in
all my life.

This year's "winner" was a guy I saw at a Pa hamfest few
weeks ago. His belly hung clear over the front of
his belt, had 3 ham HT's and a scanner on the rear
of his belt hanging cockeyed due to his *enormous*
pear shaped butt and 2 beepers hanging off his
suspenders which looked like jet-fighter pilot seatbelts......

Wish I had a camera. It could have been used as a
"spot photo" on Letterman...

"Yankee Fan" wrote in message .. .
"Erik Chait" wrote in message
...
How does this pertain to Shortwave radio you anti-American microbe?

I guess you ain't been to a hamfest recently......

Never see so many overweight balding middle-aged
white guys in dirty stinky unwashed old clothing in
all my life.

This year's "winner" was a guy I saw at a Pa hamfest few
weeks ago. His belly hung clear over the front of
his belt, had 3 ham HT's and a scanner on the rear
of his belt hanging cockeyed due to his *enormous*
pear shaped butt and 2 beepers hanging off his
suspenders which looked like jet-fighter pilot seatbelts......

Wish I had a camera. It could have been used as a
"spot photo" on Letterman...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lol...sure you weren't at an ATF agent picnic? If you ever want some
championship quality "spot photos" find out where your nearest ATF
office holds its get togethers...just when you think you've seen the
best (or worse depending on your perspective) another one will pull up
in his pick-up and waddle out to top. Real cream of the crop those ATF
agents...warms ones heart to know that your tax dollars are financing
the careers and lucrative retirement packages these bafoons receive.
Keke Goldfeller
P.S. Congrats to your Yankees, quite a comeback last night! Florida
won't be a problem - Yanks in six.

guess he told us.......