40 years until we're all overweight?

08.12.08 ElasticWaist.com Could it be possible that in 40 years, every American adult will be overweight? Lady Emmy, Ellie Rountree, Hitha Prabhakar, and Kim sit down at the round table to discuss.

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• americans
• diet
• eating
• ellie
• emmy
• health
• hitha
• kimberly
• lady
• lifestyle
• miller
• obesity
• overweight
• rae
• roundtree

[optifog]

So genes that make peope fat are getting more common? And only in certain countries? And in such a way as just happens to correlate with lifestyle? Hmmmmmm

[BRETHRENofCHAOS]

what an annoying bunch of women. no men i see. (im a man) anyhow back to the weight thing. i find it interesting to watch these programs coz im trying to gain weight. i have to eat unhealthy food becasue it has high colories and i stil hardly gain a pound. its completely genetic, wot u eat matters but very slightly. ur weight is based on genetics and exercise. im always walking everywhere. in 40 years u'l hav skinny ppl trying to gain weight & fat ppl trying to lose it just the same.

[itCameFromEarth]

I found the study... You Lied!

"It's all U.S. adults COULD be overweight in 40 years"... not "all U.S. adults WILL be overweight in 40 years".

Because it's an indefinite conclusion without a statistical probability... it cancels it self out. That is to say the study reached NO conclusion, but instead used silly word games so they don't all get fired.

[itCameFromEarth]

Who conducted the study?

How was it conducted?

How did they draw their conclusions?

What is the estimated % error of the study?

Has this study been peer reviewed?

Why are there no guy's on your show?

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If you had a guy on your show, he might find answers to questions like these. Questions that men need answered before we consider the validity of a study. Maybe you could get one of your boyfriends to help... It will probably increase your male audience.

[Elk4758]

If you eat way less then you should, yes it will slow your metabolism. Eating a little less then you need (what you're suppose to do to lose weight) won't slow you're metabolism.

I'm not talking about thin people, I'm talking about people that aren't obese. Not being obese isn't a matter of luck, it just takes a little work.

[Elk4758]

What was the bulimic/anorexic's height and weight?

[ozwalled2007]

Moreover, the smoking comparison is bogus -- you're comparing something that a person needs to do to live, eating, with consuming a highly addictive drug. It's apples and oranges.

The fact is that many fat people eat just as much as skinny people, but the fat people have lower metabolisms. To make matters worse, reducing your calorie intake (dieting) decreases your metabolism even FURTHER, as your body tries to conserve fat to survive the harsh time.

Most thin people are LUCKY, not diligent.

[ozwalled2007]

You're way off. I think the BMI is one of the most atrociously ridiculous scales ever created. Having seen a bulimic/anorexic who looked like a human skeleton up close who was considered by the BMI scale to still be of healthy weight, I think it's a ludicrous standard for medicine to hold people to.

YES, people are are a greater risk for illness after a certain weight, but when you practically need to be prepubescent to or genetically gifted to fit into the "normal" range, this it's absurd.

[Elk4758]

And since I'm pretty sure I know where you are going to go with this. When I say fat, I mean actually fat (obese according to BMI), I'm not say women need to look like ones you see in fashion mags. With a few rare exception nobody needs to go on a starvation diet to not be obese.

[Elk4758]

It's not that people want to be fat, it's that they don't want to change the way they eat. I know a bunch of people that are trying to quit smoking, the reason they haven't quit isn't because they want lung cancer.

Other then the fact that most people don't realize how many calories they eat, the lack of weight loss comes down to a lack of will power. I'm guessing a lack of will power isn't what you mean by genetic factor.