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http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/americas_most_obese_cities.html
When a majority of people have a certain condition, it becomes the norm, hence it is "normal".
Therefore, if more and more people are qualifying as "obese", and eventually they become the majority, then obesity will be the norm, and everyone who is less than obese will be considered "underweight".
As a majority, they could even vote and pass laws that restructure the BMI charts altogether, making it illegal to discriminate against overweight people (particularly via health care costs), and even make the term "obese" a hate crime equivalent to the "N" word.
I’m not obese, but I have a lot of friends and family who are (technically) but I actually don’t see them that way. I see them as normal, nice people. And a lot of them are incredibly healthy overall and actually pretty active. They just have European and Latino genetics as their curse. I never thought it was fair to punish them for their genes.
So it would be a fitting turnaround if they became the majority and became the "norm".
no because then that would give people who have weight issues another excuse.
no because then that would give people who have weight issues another excuse.
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it should be based on health not the norm. we should just promote healthy living and quit making excuses. if we did that before then we wouldn’t have problems with obesity like we do. and the term obese is a medical term and should not be treated as anything else that’s why they are saying obese and not saying america is having a problem with all the fatties.
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If a majority of Americans are obese, then by definition, being obese would be normal. As for the BMI chart itself, no, this isn’t something people vote on, although I imagine they’ll be whining for extra-wide airplane seats, extra-wide car seats (and cars), and extra-large clothing, not to mention "free" healthcare to clean up after their fatty antics. I used to wear large clothes, but everyone got really really pudgy, so now I have to wear medium. Large clothes are now for people that weigh over 250 pounds. Damn loads.
Just tell them if they lose weight, they’ll get a date with Stephanie of LazyTown. Works with both genders, mostly adults.
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