Related: State Screams Fatso at Massachusetts Kids
Besides, I like the plump young girl down at the coffee shop.
You are JUST AS SEXY as the other girls and don't ever forget that, young females.
They are simply LAYING ON a GUILT TRIP!
"More Americans on the Road to Obesity
A nationwide survey of obesity rates offers very little good news. More than two-thirds of Americans are now overweight or obese, and the percentage is still rising....
The authors acknowledge some debate over the use of B.M.I. For example, the index does not distinguish between fat and muscle, and some well-muscled people can have a high B.M.I. without an unhealthy amount of fat....
PFFFFFT!
Still....
Translation: get ready for some shit being slung.
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Look out!!!!
"Obesity linked to $147b in health costs" by Reuters | July 28, 2009
CHICAGO - Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all US medical spending, or an estimated $147 billion a year, researchers said yesterday.
How much are the WAR MUTILATIONS costing us?
They said the country’s obesity rates rose 37 percent between 1998 and 2006, driving an 89 percent increase in spending on treatments for obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and other conditions. Obese people spent an extra $1,429 per year, or 42 percent more, for medical care in 2006 than did normal weight people, the researchers said. Most of that was spent on prescription drugs.
Oh, this is about HEALTHCARE COSTS!!!!
And since when have they complained about the pharmaceuticals getting rich?
The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, was released at the Weight of the Nation conference in Washington, where the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued 24 new recommendations on how communities can combat the problem....
Agenda-pushing garbage (which is what you get for MSM grub, 'murkn).
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Related: Lunch at the U.N.
No worries about obesity there, huh?
