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I LOVE BEING RIGHT!

by speedywalk Jan 2, 2013, 9:32 PM

Bloomberg, how about that soda ban now?

ACCORDING to the United States government, nearly 7 out of 10 American adults weigh too much. (In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention categorized 74 percent of men and 65 percent of women as either overweight or obese.)

But a new meta-analysis of the relationship between weight and mortality risk, involving nearly three million subjects from more than a dozen countries, illustrates just how exaggerated and unscientific that claim is.

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To put some flesh on these statistical bones, the study found a 6 percent decrease in mortality risk among people classified as overweight and a 5 percent decrease in people classified as Grade 1 obese, the lowest level (most of the obese fall in this category). This means that average-height women — 5 feet 4 inches — who weigh between 108 and 145 pounds have a higher mortality risk than average-height women who weigh between 146 and 203 pounds. For average-height men — 5 feet 10 inches — those who weigh between 129 and 174 pounds have a higher mortality risk than those who weigh between 175 and 243 pounds.
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Speedy reminds me of mythbusters by TheDudeAbides Jan 2, 2013, 10:27 PM
- Re: Speedy reminds me of mythbusters by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 8:21 AM
Fine. I'll bite. by 4 7r011 Jan 2, 2013, 10:54 PM
- why by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 8:20 AM
  - Re: why by 4 7r011 Jan 3, 2013, 1:25 PM
    - Go buy a Big Gulp by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 1:37 PM
      - Re: Go buy a Big Gulp by Haggard Jan 3, 2013, 1:38 PM
        
        And by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 1:40 PM
        
        If you don't watch the news you're uninformed by 4 7r011 Jan 3, 2013, 1:41 PM
        
        thus by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 2:21 PM
  - By the way you're acting by sic Jan 3, 2013, 3:12 PM
    - And why do you care what happens in NYC? by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 3:14 PM
      - Re: And why do you care what happens in NYC? by sic Jan 3, 2013, 3:32 PM
        
        Why are you looking at this negatively? by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 3:34 PM
        
        That'st he "blame the gun" mentality by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 3:34 PM
      - That's funny by LegitSmushmortion Jan 3, 2013, 3:54 PM
        
        No, I said by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 4:29 PM
        
        Actually by LegitSmushmortion Jan 3, 2013, 5:23 PM
        
        Re: Actually by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 5:39 PM
Why by LegitSmushmortion Jan 3, 2013, 3:51 PM
- Just because they did the study by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 4:28 PM
Re: I LOVE BEING RIGHT! by Jiangshu Jan 3, 2013, 4:58 PM
- I swear I had a reply here by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 5:45 PM
  - This one, by Candall Jan 3, 2013, 5:49 PM
    - no by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 5:49 PM
      - Hm. by Candall Jan 3, 2013, 6:03 PM
Almost a year ago by DebbieHarry Jan 3, 2013, 6:04 PM
- Really? by speedywalk Jan 3, 2013, 6:18 PM

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