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Re:Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers by xur17 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:57PM (#35908291)
> 75% of America is either overweight or obese right now.

Do you have a citation for that? I'm seeing numbers closer to 30% (which is still bad).

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Re:Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers by missedthecue on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:12PM (#35909592)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm

"Percent of adults aged 20 and over with overweight, including obesity: 73.6%"

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Re:Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers by xur17 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:16PM (#35909642)
Woah, I stand corrected. That's insane.
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Re:Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers by lesuorac on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:36PM (#35909832)
The BMI tables are fairly unexpected. 5'8" normal range is 125-158 and at 125 you look like you run the 2 mile in track.

Of course that also shows how many Americans are overweight since the scrawny track kid is considered super skinny.

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