Posted on Sep 29, 2018
The average Americans' weight change since the 1980s is startling
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I actually thought it would be more. Of course, in cities the obesity problem tends to be worse: families eating twinkies and ring-dings for breakfast or hanging out at the pizza parlor, Chinese restaurants, etc. all day to eat more and more food.
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According to the report, the average weight of men in the United States rose from 181 pounds to 196 pounds between 1988-1994 and 2011-2014. Their average height remained the same at about 5 feet, 9 inches.
The average woman, meanwhile, expanded from 152 pounds to 169 pounds while her height remained steady at just under 5 feet, 4 inches.
How big of a deal are these weight gains?
"A 15- to 16-pound weight gain is fairly significant and typically would be consistent with a couple of points increase in body mass index," said Anthony Comuzzie. He's an obesity researcher and scientist with the department of genetics at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio.
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According to the report, the average weight of men in the United States rose from 181 pounds to 196 pounds between 1988-1994 and 2011-2014. Their average height remained the same at about 5 feet, 9 inches.
The average woman, meanwhile, expanded from 152 pounds to 169 pounds while her height remained steady at just under 5 feet, 4 inches.
How big of a deal are these weight gains?
"A 15- to 16-pound weight gain is fairly significant and typically would be consistent with a couple of points increase in body mass index," said Anthony Comuzzie. He's an obesity researcher and scientist with the department of genetics at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio.
The average Americans' weight change since the 1980s is startling
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If there is one thing only I can control....it is my weight. Some folks will make up all the excuses in the world of why they are overweight/obese. It comes down to discipline and exercise.
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And directly under discipline is controlling stress, sleep scheduling, water, and eating right.
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As usual, not much mention to the fact that resistance training has become more common since the 70's (when the BMI was created).
This is the article TL:DR:
"There are many active efforts to combat obesity, but our culture at large is in the business of propagating it for profit, from big food to big media to big pharma. It's that simple. We do much more, across the expanse of our culture, to foster obesity than to defend against it," Katz said.
This is the article TL:DR:
"There are many active efforts to combat obesity, but our culture at large is in the business of propagating it for profit, from big food to big media to big pharma. It's that simple. We do much more, across the expanse of our culture, to foster obesity than to defend against it," Katz said.
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