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#23685
February 26, 2013, 05:13:22 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 26, 2013, 05:06:45 PM
Wonder what got invented in 1990 to start that trend  :hmm:
Crystal Pepsi? :hmm:
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Liep

#23686
February 26, 2013, 05:13:48 PM
It'll probably continue rising until the current generation of fat kids grow up to be impotent.
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PDH

#23687
February 26, 2013, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 26, 2013, 05:06:45 PM
Wonder what got invented in 1990 to start that trend  :hmm:

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fhdz

#23688
February 26, 2013, 05:35:10 PM
and the horse you rode in on

MadImmortalMan

#23689
February 26, 2013, 05:39:54 PM
Quote from: PDH on February 26, 2013, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 26, 2013, 05:06:45 PM
Wonder what got invented in 1990 to start that trend  :hmm:

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It could be that, but it doesn't seem to be enough on its own if you ask me.
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Malthus

#23690
February 26, 2013, 05:46:33 PM
Shit, someone must have done a study on why Americans are so damned fat. Canadians too, for that matter. We lag behind in fatness, but are catching up.  :lol:

My own thought is that much of it has to do with ever-increasing portion sizes in foods bought either premade or at reataurants.
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MadImmortalMan

#23691
February 26, 2013, 05:57:04 PM
I saw an obesity map of Europe once. IIRC the fattest countries were the UK and Scandinavia.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
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DGuller

#23692
February 26, 2013, 06:04:02 PM
There has to be something behind the trend, and it is quite a scary trend when you consider the consequences.  The trend is also stark when you look at footage of random people from 1980ies, and see how painfully thin they are by today's standards.

lustindarkness

#23693
February 26, 2013, 06:04:59 PM
That shows that southern food is good. :mmm:
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Liep

#23694
February 26, 2013, 06:07:29 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 26, 2013, 05:57:04 PM
I saw an obesity map of Europe once. IIRC the fattest countries were the UK and Scandinavia.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_obesity
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

jimmy olsen

#23695
February 26, 2013, 06:08:59 PM
I'm sure I read somewhere that Mexico is now the fattest country in the world.
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Liep

#23696
February 26, 2013, 06:10:37 PM
My guess is on Samoa.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

lustindarkness

#23697
February 26, 2013, 06:11:58 PM
BTW, the difference from 93 to 02 to 05 makes no sense. They must have changes the definition of obese, look at the 15%.
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DGuller

#23698
February 26, 2013, 06:14:12 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 26, 2013, 06:11:58 PM
BTW, the difference from 93 to 02 to 05 makes no sense. They must have changes the definition of obese, look at the 15%.
I'm not seeing it.

lustindarkness

#23699
February 26, 2013, 06:16:11 PM
Quote from: DGuller on February 26, 2013, 06:14:12 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 26, 2013, 06:11:58 PM
BTW, the difference from 93 to 02 to 05 makes no sense. They must have changes the definition of obese, look at the 15%.
I'm not seeing it.

Look at the 15% - 19% on the 2002 map. Did all those people lose wight for the 2005 map?
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