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Study: Men Getting Fatter, Women Holding SteadyPosted on Apr 6, 2006
OK, don’t pop out the champagne--or the pork rinds--yet, but scientists think the leveling off of obesity rates in women may signal a turning point in the nation’s epidemic.
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By R. A. Earl, April 9, 2006 at 8:20 pm #
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Very few people are overweight who get off their fat asses to MOVE. It’s just that simple.
It’s completely beyond me why BILLIONS of dollars are spent “researching” this issue, and BILLIONS more being made in the low fat, weight control, dieting and exercise machine industries.
I take that back. I DO understand… it’s all about taking PROFIT from those Barnum realized were “born every minute.”
Damn the masses are STUPID! Except for those few unfortunate souls whose biology has betrayed them, I have absolutely NO COMPASSION for the millions of fat, ugly slobs lined up in their air-conditioned, pollution-spouting, gas-guzzling SUVs ready to shout “super size it” into the clown’s mouth.
If I was “King for a Day” I’d pass legislation that would INVALIDATE the health insurance for anyone more than 30 pounds overweight not caused by a recognized metabolic disorder.
As far as I’m concerned, obesity, in most, but not all cases, is a SELF-INFLICTED INJURY and there’s no way the public purse should be liable for the damage done.
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