Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade
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I hate to rain on the good news, but remember Abraham Lincoln's quote, "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are statistics." Being an engineer I dug deeper. Here is the real truth from the article...buried in paragraph 4.
>>>SHE CAUTIONED THAT THESE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN MAKE UP A TINY FRACTION OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION AND THAT THE FIGURES FOR THE BROADER SOCIETY HAD REMAINED FLAT, AND HAD EVEN INCREASED FOR WOMEN OVER 60.<<<
Only the promising data (sliver) was headlined, but the overall results were unchanged. This is purely data mining.
Sorry people.
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I'd be interested to know the stats for eating disorders in teenagers. Awareness about obesity is one thing, but pressure to always be mindful of what you eat can often have a negative impact, depending on your audience.0
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I'm not in the mood to do your research for you
May I suggest a Snickers bar?0 -
I'm not in the mood to do your research for you
May I suggest a Snickers bar?
No kidding! :laugh:0 -
I guarantee that we have not made any significant strides in the battle with obesity, adult or childhood.
I guarantee that you have no proof of this. :smokin:
Listen, this is my job, I research obesity, I am current on all of the peer-reviewed scientific data on the topic, There is nothing to suggest we are doing any better with obesity, feel free to look up some studies, I'm not in the mood to do your research for you
Listen, I don't know you from Adam, so yeah, eat a Snickers and stay out of the forum when you are in a bad mood.
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I'm seeing a lot more fat kids than I remember from years0
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geez, i'm sorry i shared this.0
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this data is coming from the same goverment that is telling you that obamacare is a success, the economy is getting better and our borders are secure.0
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this data is coming from the same goverment that is telling you that obamacare is a success, the economy is getting better and our borders are secure.
Well there's a nuanced, informed worldview.0 -
geez, i'm sorry i shared this.
I don't think you should be sorry for posting it. It's an interesting article, and some of the dissenting opinions have been interesting too. It'll be a good debate to have and worthwhile.0 -
Take your Tea Party BS somewhere else. This is a fitness and health site.0
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Obesity in adults has also been falling. Slightly falling, stagnated for a couple years, began going down recently.
This is pretty much why I laugh at all the supposed steps that need to be taken to solve this "problem" that's already solving itself.
Yeah, the overall data regarding obesity absolutely does not support the notion that this is a problem that you can slap quotation marks around and blindly suggest is "solving itself".
It is not.0 -
I saw this on CNN yesterday, ironically, at the gym. It's gratifying. Maybe some of the message is getting through to the parents. One can only hope.0
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this data is coming from the same goverment that is telling you that obamacare is a success, the economy is getting better and our borders are secure.
Well there's a nuanced, informed worldview.
:laugh:
Yeah, and the report is from the CDC, which has not commented on any of those things that I can recall.0 -
this data is coming from the same goverment that is telling you that obamacare is a success, the economy is getting better and our borders are secure.
Well there's a nuanced, informed worldview.
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I guarantee that we have not made any significant strides in the battle with obesity, adult or childhood.
Well heck, if I have a guarantee I guess I don't have to worry.
All I can think of when I see this is...
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geez, i'm sorry i shared this.
I don't think you should be sorry for posting it. It's an interesting article, and some of the dissenting opinions have been interesting too. It'll be a good debate to have and worthwhile.
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I guarantee that we have not made any significant strides in the battle with obesity, adult or childhood.
Well heck, if I have a guarantee I guess I don't have to worry.
All I can think of when I see this is...
one of the best quotes in the movie.0 -
Thank God for Michelle Obama-- :sick: :sick:
Pardon me-- I think I just threw up in my mouth.0 -
this data is coming from the same goverment that is telling you that obamacare is a success, the economy is getting better and our borders are secure.
Agree!!0
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