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Re:New York City passes law barring weight discrimination by grzm on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:30PM (#35942668)
> [T]here are a LOT more tall people than overweight people.

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/obesity.pa...

> More than half of adult New Yorkers have overweight (34%) or obesity (22%).

Even if you're using a definition of "tall" meaning "taller than average" (50%), a larger percentage of the people are overweight in NYC.

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Re:New York City passes law barring weight discrimination by qgin on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:40AM (#35943944)
Wow, NYC has only half the rates for overweight status and obesity compared to the United States as a whole.
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