[–] Pappy 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Right now a lot of the extreme fats are still in their 20s and 30s. In the next 10-15 years when they start dropping at epidemic levels, there'll be a huge upswing in health and fitness crazes and they'll become the lepers they should already be. Patience will be rewarded.
I only have 2 friends who are not over weight to some extent. Oh and a friend I talk to at my local pub. The ones who are "trying to lose weight" keep trying to feed me the gross shit they think is healthy because it's "home-made". No I do not think pasta in a pot with tons of sauce and butter and sausage is appealing. I showed one of them how to make a variation on Alton Brown's perfect scrambled egg (I can't eat yolks so I just used whites) which fits one egg on 2 slices of toast and is a perfectly good meal and they just ate their pasta while I had delicious egg on toast with mustard.
[–] Dominus_Stercae 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In the US, two thirds of the population are overweight and one third is obese (NIH link - 2010 data). Your hope is already forlorn.
[–] Nofatpeople 0 points 28 points 28 points (+28|-0) ago
Too late, obesity is normal. 2/3's of people are overweight or obese and there are more obese then overweight.
[–] BigBonesDontJiggle 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It might be average but it will never be normal. The average person in a village in Sierra Leone last year may have had the Ebola Virus, but that sure as shit doesn't make having the Ebola Virus the normal state of health for a human.
[–] PeregrineFury 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
We should've known there was a problem when they had to generate the term "Super Morbidly Obese".
[–] fireflydealership 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Holy shit 2/3 of people are overweight? I'm assuming this is America and not worldwide? I live in America and I do not doubt that statistic yet it scares the shit out of me. Fat is the physical marker of weakness and laziness. 2 traits that pull society back.
[–] Nofatpeople 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes, in America 2/3 are overweight or obese.
[–] Quacktastic23 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If obesity is normal, I'm happy being "abnormal." Fuck that noise.