re: More Fatties Than Ever Before in the United States of Inevitable Diabetes

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Everyone is going to argue BMI here but this is the bigger problem with their study. NHANES estimates obesity around 35%. The increase is probably real but the overall prevalence is most likely underestimated.

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Yeah, the study was done the same way the last time, so even if it is done by anonymous phone calls and you take issue with that method, it's still pretty crazy that we are continuing to see an uptick in the percentage of obesity, despite the fact that society as a whole recognizes the problem and even has prominent public figures (such as the First Lady) working to curb the problem.

Bottom line is: America is going to collapse under its own weight soon if nothing is done, whether that is a change in the medical system to eliminate care or to seriously decrease care given to people who are morbidly obese based on a doctor's determination as to what is in the best interest of the State (like in Britain), or a daily ration of food for people. Clearly, Americans are incapable of deciding for themselves what is healthy and what isn't, so drastic measures will have to be taken. This "epidemic" is becoming increasingly out of hand.