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Re:A tale of two covariates: Why OWID and company are wrong ... by hackeraccount on Sunday December 08, 2019 @07:34PM (#21739554)
I haven't looked at the numbers. Barely read the article. I bet he's wrong though. I would think it'd be a love affair with firearms (Fuck Yeah. ) and a lot of driving.

Every time I read about weight the dangers of an extra 10 lbs. seem to be pretty ambiguous. Though I'm totally going to drop that 10 lbs. I only had 2 donuts today.

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Re:A tale of two covariates: Why OWID and company are wrong ... by nradov on Sunday December 08, 2019 @09:49PM (#21740041)
An extra 10 lbs isn't the issue here. The average American man is now 23 lbs overweight.
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Re:A tale of two covariates: Why OWID and company are wrong ... by s1artibartfast on Monday December 09, 2019 @01:25AM (#21740789)
It is much worse than that. 40% of american men are obese, which,for the average body type, is ~50 lbs above normal.

From wikipedia: >The National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC showed that 39.6% of US adults age 20 and older were obese as of 2015-2016 (37.9% for men and 41.1% for women).[1] Obesity in an adult is defined as a BMI of 30 and above.

The Average american male is 5'10. A "normal healthy" BMI of 22 is 153 lbs. A BMI of 30 is 209 lbs. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States [2] https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi...

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