Obesity

[Dion]

I've lost 10 pounds so far this summer.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by flameswin

You have something seriously wrong with your face.

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Not to mention, a tattoo like that is kind of an easy identifier...

Umm... a tattoo like that is not an easy identifier. It's the most generic tattoo either. Every second person at the last Nickelback concert would have the exact same tattoo. (the other half has a ring of fire and/or barb wire)

Also...no that 's not me. Google people google.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by blankall

Umm... a tattoo like that is not an easy identifier. It's the most generic tattoo either. Every second person at the last Nickelback concert would have the exact same tattoo. (the other half has a ring of fire and/or barb wire).

It's generic, yes...but only the design is. It's a full sleeve with at least a chest partial and possibly a back partial. You don't see those every day.

[Devils'Advocate]

Originally Posted by bcsoda

Why is being overweight or obese inherently a bad thing when there's research that's been done that says that people who are overweight are more likely to live longer, and people who are obese are about the same as those who are of "normal" weight?

Woah! Hold on! Where is this research? And why aren't doctors going around telling people to be overweight? Is my doctor a stupid idiot? Actually, you saying that makes ME feel like an idiot for exerting all that effort to lose the weight that I did. Crap.

[JohnnyB]

I surmise that while emotional and psychological issues abound in cases of obesity they have the same source in many cases, that being a lack of self discipline and control. People who lack a strong sense of self discipline and control are more likely to suffer both from obesity and from emotional or psychological issues. These problems enter a vicious cycle that drives people deeper into obesity and their mental or emotional state of distress.
Apart from the realities of the problems of a North American diet, the culture is really quite light on self discipline and heavy on freedom and personal choice.

[bcsoda]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Woah! Hold on! Where is this research? And why aren't doctors going around telling people to be overweight? Is my doctor a stupid idiot? Actually, you saying that makes ME feel like an idiot for exerting all that effort to lose the weight that I did. Crap.

You can see a summary on the link I posted earlier (http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20090...le-live-longer)

[bcsoda]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Woah! Hold on! Where is this research? And why aren't doctors going around telling people to be overweight? Is my doctor a stupid idiot? Actually, you saying that makes ME feel like an idiot for exerting all that effort to lose the weight that I did. Crap.

Just looking at another resource I have...

I've haven't read these studies myself (maybe one day), but these studies are supposed to support this idea:

The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older americans - Archives of Internal Medicine (2007)

Associations between body composition, anthropometry, and mortality in women aged 65 years and older - American Journal of Public Health (2007)

Morbidity and mortality risk associated with an overweight BMI in older men and women - Obesity (2007)

Mortality and cardiac and vascular outcomes in extremely obese women - Journal of the American Medical Association (2006)

Body weight and mortality among men and women in China - Journal of American MEdical Association (2006)

Body mass index and premature mortality in physically heavily working men - a ten year follow up of 20 000 construction workers - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2007)

Body size and mortality in women: a 29 year follow up of 12 000 pregnant women in northern Finland - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (1996)

Height and weight and mortality: the Norwegian experience - Acta Medica Scandinavica Supplemantum (1984)

Some are a bit outdated, but the majority are fairly recent.