Monday, July 28th, 2008...1:11 pm
Are you in the other 14%?
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A new study suggests that at the current rate of increase, 86% of Americans will be overweight or obese by the year 2030. Are you going to join me in the other 14%?
What do you intend to do to make it happen? If you add only two pounds per year in 22 years (let me do the math) that is 44 pounds of fat. I don’t know about you but I would be overweight.
Obesity is already a public health crisis now. So let’s make some positive changes starting today. Are you going to workout today? How are your eating habits? Talk to me if you need suggestions.
And check out the study here.
2 Comments
July 28th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
obese is such a “bad” word. I am very muscular, and because of my muscle weight I am on the cusp of “obese” — but I work out and watch what I eat and anytime I mention to others that I need to slim down they look at me and roll their eyes and tell me to not say that… so I don’t consider myself to be on the cusp of obese. but yes, america is going down the tubes!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hey crazygina my guess is that you might be using the BMI to decide if you are on the cusp of obese. I don’t buy it. BMI is not a valid measure of obesity as many pro football running backs are in the upper ranges of BMI yet their body fat percentage would be considered excellent. So a better measure is body fat percentage above 33 percent for obese.
Thanks for the comment.
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