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It's CalorieLab's annual state obesity ranking. Basically, about 26 percent of people in America are not just overweight, but obese. Does this seem weird? 1 in 4 people are obese? I almost don't believe it. I picture the people in my life, and none of them appear particularly fat to me. Sure, we all might have a pound or two to lose but 1 in 4 obese? Hardly.
That's the crux of it though, isn't it? I don't see people as obese and I imagine that the same holds true for most people. Our perception of fat must have changed in recent years. Look at family photos from the 70's and 80's. Hell, everyone in my aunt Mary's wedding photo looks hungry by today's standards. They all look ridiculously thin, but for them that was normal.
We've come to accept fat as normal, and so we're surprised when Tim Russert dies at 58. Sure, he was a typical looking guy, but typical doesn't mean healthy anymore.
The moral? Don't be typical.
Fat America
Check out this article.
It's CalorieLab's annual state obesity ranking. Basically, about 26 percent of people in America are not just overweight, but obese. Does this seem weird? 1 in 4 people are obese? I almost don't believe it. I picture the people in my life, and none of them appear particularly fat to me. Sure, we all might have a pound or two to lose but 1 in 4 obese? Hardly.
That's the crux of it though, isn't it? I don't see people as obese and I imagine that the same holds true for most people. Our perception of fat must have changed in recent years. Look at family photos from the 70's and 80's. Hell, everyone in my aunt Mary's wedding photo looks hungry by today's standards. They all look ridiculously thin, but for them that was normal.
We've come to accept fat as normal, and so we're surprised when Tim Russert dies at 58. Sure, he was a typical looking guy, but typical doesn't mean healthy anymore.
The moral? Don't be typical.