America: Land Of The Fat

MSnider44

Does a hot dog eating contest really need to be the lead story on SportsCenter? Disgusting.

MSnider44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QW_ve1TlmI&feature=player_embedded

brother123

I found this to be quite interesting. It's better than watching the news and seeing yet another person being shot for some stupid shit.

BLACK35

brother123 wrote:

I found this to be quite interesting. It's better than watching the news and seeing yet another person being shot for some stupid shit.

So true

Did the skinny Japanese guy win again, think his name is Kobeashi (or something like that)

brother123

Chestnuts won

The Juggler

BLACK35 wrote:

brother123 wrote:

I found this to be quite interesting. It's better than watching the news and seeing yet another person being shot for some stupid shit.

So true

Did the skinny Japanese guy win again, think his name is Kobeashi (or something like that)

no the not visibly overweight whit guy won.

chadwick

MSnider44 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QW_ve1TlmI&feature=player_embedded

9 thousand calories in just a few minutes
that is ridiculous

Umbertotamba

Whats funny is the title of this, yet watching the video and listening to it most competitive eaters are fit.
As far as the fat I blame Mc Donalds

gimmesometruth27

an aussie friend of mine once stated that "america invented 2 things, patriotism and size XXXL shorts..."

Indifference71

Umbertotamba wrote:

Whats funny is the title of this, yet watching the video and listening to it most competitive eaters are fit.
As far as the fat I blame Mc Donalds

So the people who decide to eat McDonald's all the time get none of the blame?

Thoughts_Arrive

I blame Juliar Gillard.

voidofman

Let's reward people and sensationalize one of the seven deadly sins! Yay!

conman

it's stone's fault

chadwick

i feel bad when there's things like this going on while across the way there are millions of starving people
i sure hope nathan's hotdog company sends releaf to starving people around the world

it's all fun and games until you get a nathan's wiener crammed up your fat ass

it's the same with racecars... burn up all the fuel you can racing around the world
racing cars and things and competative eating is stupid as shit
that dale jr. & friends should be buying all of our fuel beings they use it up like there's no tomorrow

davidtrios

i heard a story on the radio this morning that compared to the late 70's, Americans eat an extra 500 calories a day.

:shock:

RW81233

american's being fat, and fat=unhealthy are two hugely overblown concepts. read Michael Gard's End of the Obesity Epidemic it's pretty crazy how researchers keep coming to the same conclusions about fat and health even though their own research brings into question the claims that they are making.

Thoughts_Arrive

Y'all not fat, y'all big boned!

iluvcats

Davidtrios wrote:

i heard a story on the radio this morning that compared to the late 70's, Americans eat an extra 500 calories a day.

:shock:

absolutely. I weigh 24 or more lbs more than I did in the late seventies but then again I was 19. one could see my ribs.

Thoughts_Arrive

My friends do weights and are bulky as with muscle but I weigh more yet don't do gym and I am not fat.
Maybe big boned or internal fat lol?

81

i've got the munchies now. thanks.

Thoughts_Arrive

The 81 wrote:

i've got the munchies now. thanks.

Want some cashews?

81

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

The 81 wrote:

i've got the munchies now. thanks.

Want some cashews?

are they frozen?

Thoughts_Arrive

The 81 wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

The 81 wrote:

i've got the munchies now. thanks.

Want some cashews?

are they frozen?

Nah, roasted, salted.

chadwick

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Y'all not fat, y'all big boned!

all the above thank you very m much
it's a real son of a bitch being large and in-charge :twisted:

RW81233

the real question is would you rather be large and in charge in America, or "normal" or "low" BMI in Somalia?

Thoughts_Arrive

RW81233 wrote:

the real question is would you rather be large and in charge in America, or "normal" or "low" BMI in Somalia?

Low BMI, easier to put on weight than to lose it.

81

RW81233 wrote:

the real question is would you rather be large and in charge in America, or "normal" or "low" BMI in Somalia?

i find your descriptions to be degrading. please edit your post. thanks in advanace

davidtrios

The 81 wrote:

RW81233 wrote:

the real question is would you rather be large and in charge in America, or "normal" or "low" BMI in Somalia?

i find your descriptions to be degrading. please edit your post. thanks in advanace

I'd rather be...I'd rather be....I'd rather be Somalian

Dissidentman

My BMI rating is borderline obese, and I am American.

whispering hands

chadwick wrote:

i feel bad when there's things like this going on while across the way there are millions of starving people
i sure hope nathan's hotdog company sends releaf to starving people around the world

it's all fun and games until you get a nathan's wiener crammed up your fat ass

it's the same with racecars... burn up all the fuel you can racing around the world
racing cars and things and competative eating is stupid as shit
that dale jr. & friends should be buying all of our fuel beings they use it up like there's no tomorrow

Amen to this.. although Nathan's DOES give monetary donations to a group called Stamp Out Hunger through their founder.. so in all they do give to the hungry as well as feed the stupid.. but you're completely rightnon the other stuff!

RW81233

The 81 wrote:

RW81233 wrote:

the real question is would you rather be large and in charge in America, or "normal" or "low" BMI in Somalia?

i find your descriptions to be degrading. please edit your post. thanks in advanace

I'm not sure what you're finding degrading here? i was using another poster's words in terms of "large and in charge" if you didn't like that wording. Either way the point of my post was that many people attribute ill-health to high body fat here in the US. we do this despite the fact that there is very little evidence that having a high (obese) BMI leads to poor health outcomes (it can lead to joint pain later in life but that's about it...that fat=diabetes, cancer, premature death, etc. is pretty much bullshit). Simultaneously, in poor countries, like Somalia, or even poor parts of the US people don't have access to very much food if at all. As such they land on the "low" or "normal" BMI scale (being low BMI actually correlates to a higher death rate than being morbidly obese), which, it seems even on this board, most people find desirable even if it means that the individual is literally starving.