Comments on: Americans Still Fat

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It's been a well known fact for more than 10 years that the average woman wears a size 14. We women have known this. Where have you been?

By: Ursula

Ursula — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Those numbers are right on. Most women are in the 12/14 size range. I know that's shocking for some of you men to accept -- but it's the reality.

By: Ben Schorr

Ben Schorr — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

In the discussion of fitness, health and obesity I think it's interesting that the mass media still emphasizes the obsolete concepts of body-mass index and the old "Height/weight charts" which most people knowledgeable on the subject have long since debunked.

Body fat percentage is a much more valid measurement of health than weight (or clothing size) is. I agree with James that Americans are taller and more muscular than they used to be.

Of course, that's not to say that our fast-food culture hasn't also made a lot of people fat...just that absolute weight is not a good measurement of that.

As for women...I don't have any idea what the average size is. There are a lot of beautiful women out there (regardless of their size), including my wife, and that's all that matters to me. :)

-B-

By: The SmarterCop

The SmarterCop — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

MONDAY'S COMPENDIUM - Around the Blogosphere Claire gives an interesting and colorful history of The California Revolt, especially for those of you in the Bear Pear Flaggers clique. So we're fat. So what? It's just another excuse to sell the Almighty Eat All You Want...

By: The Curmudgeonly Clerk

The Curmudgeonly Clerk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Junk In The Trunk
One of the funnier things I have noticed is that some Europeans love to criticize Americans for being fat. There...

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