Study: 1 in 50 Americans Morbidly Obese

[Seraphim]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031013/ap_on_he_me/extreme_obesity_2

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The graphic tracks the dramatic increase in the number of Americans who can be considered extremely obese, according to a report based on surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites). The report covers surveys from 1986 through 2000. The findings appear in Archives of Internal Medicine (news - web sites). (AP Graphic)



By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO - Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate.



The number of extremely obese American adults — those who are at least 100 pounds overweight — has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.


Extreme obesity once was thought to be a rare, distinct condition whose prevalence remained relatively steady over time. The new study contradicts that thinking and suggests that it is at least partly due to the same kinds of behavior — overeating and under-activity — that have contributed to the epidemic number of Americans with less severe weight problems.


In fact, the findings by a RAND Corp. researcher show that the number of extremely obese adults has surged twice as fast as the number of less severely obese adults.


On the scale of obesity, "as the whole population shifts to the right, the extreme categories grow the fastest," said RAND economist Roland Sturm. He added: "These people have the highest health care costs."


Sturm said health problems associated with obesity — including diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and arthritis — probably affect the extremely obese disproportionately and at young ages.


Sturm analyzed annual telephone surveys conducted nationwide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His report covers surveys from 1986 through 2000. The findings appear in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.


In 1986, 1 in 200 adults reported height and weight measurements reflecting extreme obesity, or a body-mass index of at least 40. By 2000 that had jumped to 1 in 50, Sturm found.


The prevalence of the most extreme obesity — people with a BMI of at least 50 — grew fivefold from 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 400, Sturm said.


By contrast, ordinary obesity — a BMI of 30 to 35 — doubled, from about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5, based on the same surveys.


Body-mass index is a ratio of height to weight.


Americans tend to understate their weight, and a recent study based on actual measurements found an obesity rate of nearly 1 in 3, or almost 59 million people. Sturm said his findings probably understate the problem for the same reason.


The average man with a BMI of 40 in Sturm's study was 5-foot-10 and 300 pounds, while the average woman was 5-foot-4 and 250 pounds.


Dr. Mary Vernon, a trustee of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, said the study reflects what doctors who specialize in treating obesity are seeing in their offices. Vernon said the number of her patients weighing 300 to 350 pounds or so has doubled in the past several years.


She said thinking has evolved from a generation ago, when many doctors believed extreme obesity was due to hormonal abnormalities or other distinct conditions.


Now many believe it is a combination of lifestyle factors and genetics, as well as a propensity for some people's bodies to be hyper-efficient at storing calories. This tendency would benefit people in societies where starvation is rampant but is a huge problem in developed countries where food is plentiful and lifestyles are increasingly sedentary, Vernon said.


Vernon said the biggest challenge in treating severely obese people, who typically have tried mightily to lose weight, "is giving them enough hope that it's worth trying again."

[GearGod]

I'm glad I'm 125lbs skinny. Now I just need some muscle. Hey skinny guys check this out: http://www.skinnyguy.net/ **EDIT** Unlike programs that teach you how to lose weight and gain muscle this program actually teaches you how to gain muscle from one's "skinny" status

If I was obese I'd like to get on that USMC weight loss program where they lose weight then go back to basic training or something--- How do they do that? Sounds pretty cool

[NcDeuce]

Do they still have 1-800-94-Jenny? lol

[Scrim]

****, I was at Wal-Mart today, and it was way more than 1 in 50.

[California Joe]

Stretch pants *shudder*

[JiJoMacLE45]

Ever notice how it's always a woman in the deuce and a half range who is married up to a heroin chique husband. Baffles me.

Screw the obesity is a disease BS. Lay off the fudge, drink a slimfast, and hit the treadmill you pudgy bastard.

[hood]

1 in 50 people are obese. If 49 people around you are skinny, you're it!

[JiJoMacLE45]

It was only a matter of time so I'll get it out of the way.

note the thick Scottish brogue "Get in my belly!"

[Nawlins]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

only a few selected parts if you know what I mean

[Haiw]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

only a few selected parts if you know what I mean
Did you really have to dig up this ancient thread for THAT reply?!

[basket of soft kittens]

man thats horrible ..stretch pants nurses shows sweater and elastic....fat wear

[Romulus]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

[basket of soft kittens]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

[Romulus]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!

[basket of soft kittens]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!

not where i live they even added a new size heart buster...yea its a buccket of fries and a keg of soda and they give you 6 stacks of whater ever you order so whatever it is its 6 times higher and they give you a side of lard .......

[Jack Mehoff]

Hey, I can get a large coke and a large fries with 25 cents more.

[Ratamacue]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!
Die Supersize ist kaput? That's disconcerting.

[basket of soft kittens]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!
Die Supersize ist kaput? That's disconcerting.

serousily if you want a better view of this watch supersize me its on kazaa and lime wire

[Romulus]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!
Die Supersize ist kaput? That's disconcerting.

rofl

Nice. ;)

[basket of soft kittens]

Hey, I can get a large coke and a large fries with 25 cents more.

whats you avatar of now jakc the humvee i mean before you change it again

[hood]

I doubt they'd say no if you ordered a second order of fries/soda.

[Jack Mehoff]

Hey, I can get a large coke and a large fries with 25 cents more.

whats you avatar of now jakc the humvee i mean before you change it again

that's me firing an M60.

[basket of soft kittens]

Hey, I can get a large coke and a large fries with 25 cents more.

whats you avatar of now jakc the humvee i mean before you change it again

that's me firing an M60.

what branch are you in again?

[Romulus]

I doubt they'd say no if you ordered a second order of fries/soda.

Yeah really. But it was nice to fill that 40 gallon drum they give you for soda before I left the place.

[Jack Mehoff]

chairborne ranger at this moment

[basket of soft kittens]

chairborne ranger at this moment

yea my dad served in that unit he did a lot of work with cubicle company.

[hood]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*

[Ratamacue]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*
But Jared from the Subway commercials told me that they're bad. :|

[basket of soft kittens]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*

dammit now im hungry

[Romulus]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*

They promote work place violence. ....


Chicken Selects Linked to Workplace Violence
Written by Andy Lam

Chicken Selects: Described by the FBI as a "loaded gun"
OAK BROOK, IL – McDonald’s executives today confirmed that sales of the company’s new Chicken Selects chicken breast strips are down following their being banned by several major US corporations. The bans have been sparked by several instances of violence when colleagues have attempted to steal (or even been suspected of thinking about stealing) these moist and tasty treats.

The case of Peter Tupelo provides a cautionary tale. Tupelo, 23, graduated from the University of Boulder in May, 2004. After taking the summer off to travel with friends, he joined Adler Accounting, a 75 person accounting firm in Denver, as an administrative assistant. On only his third day at Adler, Tupelo, eating Chicken Selects while photocopying several documents, became strangely paranoid.

Margaret Bodecker, the company’s director of human resources, explains what happened next. “I heard a commotion,” explained Bodecker, “and then several people came running past my office. One of them, Steve [Grassley], I believe, shouted ‘the new kid is going nuts, get out of here’.

“Being the director of HR, I couldn’t just turn my back on an employee with a problem, so I ran to where the noise was coming from – it was not a pretty scene.”

When Ms. Bodecker arrived in the production room where Peter had been working, she found Peter squatting on the floor, rocking on his feet with his hands around his knees, sobbing. Not far from Peter lay the body of Ricky Pastore – sans head – another recently hired college graduate.

“Peter saw me right away and I will tell you I was frightened for my safety,” continued Bodecker. “But he looked up at me with eyes just full of tears and I knew he wasn’t going to do anything bad, so I shouted down the hall that someone needed to call 911 and I went to Peter. All he could say was something about the delicious zone. It made no sense to me.”

To Brock Greenway, it made only too much sense. Greenway, a special agent in the FBI’s Denver field office, is a forensic food investigator. He is responsible for investigating food-related crimes and has seen this situation repeatedly. “McDonald’s needs to understand that serving Chicken Selects is like handing a person a loaded gun. They are so damn tasty that they have driven at least 14 people to the type of violence that occurred in the Tupelo case.

“I think that the company needs to consider pulling these products off the menu. At the very least, they need to turn down the deliciousness by several notches. Until they step up and take responsibility for their menu, employers, parents, schools and concerned citizens everywhere have little choice but to ‘ban the bird’.”

Mike Roberts, CEO of McDonald’s USA tried to put a good face on the situation at a hastily arranged press conference at the company’s Oak Brook headquarters. “We knew we had something good,” he said during his opening remarks, “but we never imagined that what we had would be so good that people would be willing to kill for them. Because this was an unforeseeable consequence of the introduction of the Chicken Select product, our corporate counsel has determined that McDonald’s Corporation bears no liability in any of the cases currently assumed to be related to Chicken Selects.

“However, because McDonald’s plays such a key role in the communities it serves and is an iconic American brand, we will be modifying the hormone load and levels in Chicken Selects. We believe that by drastically reducing the amount of testosterone currently used to maximize chicken size, we will see a far lower dose reaching the end consumer of products made from these chickens. While the scientific jury is still out on the effects of agricultural hormones on human development and behavior, we think this is an important step to address the perception of a connection between Chicken Selects and workplace violence.”

While experts agree that this may have a positive impact over time, they pointed out that McDonald’s currently has a three-year inventory of frozen Chicken Select strips in its restaurants and distribution centers across the country. Ralph Nader, a long-time consumer safety advocate and current presidential candidate offered these observations, “McDonald’s has been pumping poison into America’s guts for too long – and now the problem has come home to roost. Join me in combating this fowl scourge as part of my ‘Don’t Choke for Chicken’ campaign at www.dontchoke.com.”

Business leaders were equally unswayed by Mr. Robert’s comments. In an open letter to Roberts which will appear in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal, fifty CEOs – including Sandy Weill of Citigroup, Betsy Holden of Kraft Foods North America, Harvey Golub of American Express and Carly Fiorina of HP – have reaffirmed their plans to prevent employees from consuming Chicken Selects in the workplace.

“We all know Mike,” said Fiorina, “and we all know that he wants to do the right thing for his customers, employees and shareholders. But as business leaders ourselves, we need to make sure we are doing the right thing too – and keeping this fox out of the henhouse is the right thing to do.”

For the family of Peter Tupelo, and others like him, this move is a day late. His tearful mother Joyce, reached for comment by telephone at her Boulder home, was still in shock following her son’s arrest for murder. “Pete is a great kid, but now, no matter what happens, he’s going to bear the stigma of a murderer for the rest of his life, and that poor Pastore boy.” At this point Ms. Tupelo hung up her line.

McDonald’s spokesperson Vincent Ricci did inform that press that anyone impacted by the violence should contact McDonald’s immediately and that they would receive a compensatory package that includes $150,000 in McDonald’s gift certificates. “We feel it is the least we can do,” explained a solemn Ricci, “our hearts go out to these people.”

[Bombtrack]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*

They're rip-offs of wendys chicken strips, which are amazing

[Trigger]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*
But Jared from the Subway commercials told me that they're bad. :|
Awww, you know Jared's hittin' them chicken selects on the side...Fat bastard's probably animated from the neck down anyway. :D

[basket of soft kittens]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*
But Jared from the Subway commercials told me that they're bad. :|
Awww, you know Jared's hittin' them chicken selects on the side...Fat bastard's probably animated from the neck down anyway. :D

*zombie trust jared kill opistion , 3 subs for $12.99 ,brains

[Trigger]

rofl

[hood]

that had me laughing hard, then i see the google ads at the bottom 'date fat singles'.

[basket of soft kittens]

that had me laughing hard, then i see the google ads at the bottom 'date fat singles'.

what had you giggling in your suspenders?

[hood]

i felt the need to post that ultra 'large' girl' laughing, the one bouncing up and down, but i started to taste badness in my throat. since we're on the topic of extreme acid reflux, here's a good clip, go to the link below and click on the "MTV Exclusive: Gary tries to drown his sorrows" clip.

http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/t/team_america_matt_trey_041014/?_requestid=451013

[basket of soft kittens]

i felt the need to post that ultra 'large' girl' laughing, the one bouncing up and down, but i started to taste badness in my throat. since we're on the topic of extreme acid reflux, here's a good clip, go to the link below and click on the "MTV Exclusive: Gary tries to drown his sorrows" clip.

http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/t/team_america_matt_trey_041014/?_requestid=451013

cant see it it say i have to switch back to mp 9

[hood]

well you have to bring it up in internet explorer, mozilla won't load it correctly.

[Ratamacue]

well you have to bring it up in internet explorer, mozilla won't load it correctly.
IE makes me cry. But alright.

[basket of soft kittens]

well you have to bring it up in internet explorer, mozilla won't load it correctly.
IE makes me cry. But alright.

not worth bringing it up if i do the 5 seconds i have it up 5000000 spyware comes in

[hood]

:) SP2 helps a lot. they've completely disabled active X by default.

[Ratamacue]

Haha, that was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. rofl

[basket of soft kittens]

i felt the need to post that ultra 'large' girl' laughing, the one bouncing up and down, but i started to taste badness in my throat. since we're on the topic of extreme acid reflux, here's a good clip, go to the link below and click on the "MTV Exclusive: Gary tries to drown his sorrows" clip.

http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/t/team_america_matt_trey_041014/?_requestid=451013


that was so l33t

[TallGuy]

Those statistics are seriously flawed. All obesity related statistics are based on BMI(body mass index). In 1998, the U.S. Government changed the standards by which Body Mass Index (BMI) is measured. As a result, close to 30 million Americans were shifted from a government-approved weight to the overweight and obese category -- without gaining an ounce.
A BMI of 30 or more means you are obese. At 5'7" and 201 pounds, Tom Cruise scores a BMI of 31. Arnold Schwarzenegger is also considered obese.

BMI Calculator:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

[basket of soft kittens]

Those statistics are seriously flawed. All obesity related statistics are based on BMI(body mass index). In 1998, the U.S. Government changed the standards by which Body Mass Index (BMI) is measured. As a result, close to 30 million Americans were shifted from a government-approved weight to the overweight and obese category -- without gaining an ounce.
A BMI of 30 or more means you are obese. At 5'7" and 201 pounds, Tom Cruise scores a BMI of 31. Arnold Schwarzenegger is also considered obese.

BMI Calculator:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

tom cruis dose not weigh 201 pounds hes ways to skinny

[TallGuy]

tom cruis dose not weigh 201 pounds hes ways to skinny

Read this:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111304,00.html

[basket of soft kittens]

well ill be a monkey cousin twice removed

[Jack Mehoff]

I just done watching that movie Supersize Me. I didn't know 61% of Americans are overweight, yikes! Most fat people live in the South and Mississippi is #1 on the list . Generally speaking Utahn are more healthy than the rest of the nation anyway.

[BarkingSquirrel]

"Overweight" is anything between slightly above normal, and "Holy ****, since when is the moon in Florida?". Using the term is a great way to fluff percentages.

[Moledet]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*
If you'd know from what and how they make them, you'll think twice about eating it.
They take chicken with extremely large breast, they take out the bones and put it with the feathers inside a machine that cut it to small peices and then it put it in a mold that gives it its shape. And they fry it and they serve it to you.

[hood]

Was that really necessary? Now I have to go get some right now!

[Fee Fi Fo Fum]

I don't know whether to laugh or cringe.

But seriously people... you don't have to supersize everything.

Mcdonalds won't let me anymore. Thanks to the media blitz on how healthy I need to eat.

really they wont let you?

No joke. Supersize is Kaput!

same here, no more supersize, just large...

[Romulus]

Just an FYI, the chicken selects are amazing. You have to go right during peak hours though.. otherwise they're overcooked and burned, or they've been sitting around too long. When they're just right, they're insanely juicy and the crunchy breading is to die for. *drool*
If you'd know from what and how they make them, you'll think twice about eating it.
They take chicken with extremely large breast, they take out the bones and put it with the feathers inside a machine that cut it to small peices and then it put it in a mold that gives it its shape. And they fry it and they serve it to you.

I've actually seen the whole process and they do not put the chicken in with the feathers to be processed. The whole process is pretty gorey but I could stand and watch the chickens getting butchered all day long while eating a 3 piece chicken select.

[hood]

Yeah those are nuggest you're talking about anyway, not selects. They're not shaped at all.