America is Getting Fatter

[Byzantine Prince]

You don't understand the plight of those poor fat people w/ no control.

Meh, I still maintain that eating should be banned or at least restricted, in order to stop these people from hurting themselves.

[Kralizec]

You bigots. It's "gravitationally disadvantaged people".

Sheesh.

[AntiochusIII]

You bigots. It's "gravitationally disadvantaged people".

Disadvantaged? And you call yourself a fair person?

Not disadvantaged. What an ugly word, fostering a severe inferiority complex. Difference. Gravitationally different people.

[Goofball]

Disadvantaged? And you call yourself a fair person?

Not disadvantaged. What an ugly word, fostering a severe inferiority complex. Difference. Gravitationally different people.

Man, would you guys ever fail your PC exams. It's "differently gravitationally enabled persons."

Ruffians...

[Papewaio]

Howabout "Gravitationaly Attractive People", "High Momentum People", "Highly Anchored People", "Highly Stable People".

[doc_bean]

"High Momentum People"

[yesdachi]

"High Momentum People"

An object at motion will stay at motion until acted on by an ice-cream vendor!

[Kralizec]

I was going to suggest "gravitationally special" people...but scrap that. High momentum people is perfect!

[King of Atlantis]

Not really that much of a problem. I mean Im not over weight, so other Americans being overweight just makes me look better.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The "Obesity Epidemic" is not that bad of a thing, really. Indeed, it's quite possible one of the biggest windfalls our economy has ever seen. Services and Products related to losing weight are booming.

I would like to see the total percentage effect that it has on our economy--I'm sure it's even more impressive than I could estimate.

Well, 9/11 helped the flag industry right?

[Kralizec]

Well, 9/11 helped the flag industry right?

*slaps Sasaki*

You haven't been paying attention! Otherwise you'd known that the majority of US flags are made in China.

[Spetulhu]

*slaps Sasaki*

You haven't been paying attention! Otherwise you'd known that the majority of US flags are made in China.

But someone's retailing them in the US, picking up a profit on it.

[Samurai Waki]

Yeah. The USA has weight problems... we're a bunch of fatties, I see at least one very overweight person every day. Not much I can do about it *shrugs*

Plus the USA isn't the only country with Fat Problems. China is also experiencing a fast increase in overweight people. I guess there problems differs from ours, in that they have few women in China versus the male population (what else is there to do ya know?)

In the US the women spend to much time eating chocolate and the men don't want to feel left out

[Papewaio]

You have to plan to be wealthy and healthy.

So those that go to much for one without the other, or worse don't go for both will end up being poor and unhealthy or even both.

At the end of the day it will come down to personal choice for health. Wealth is a lot more dependent on other people. Health is down to how you play your own cards (genes) and has hardly any input from others.

[mystic brew]

The "Obesity Epidemic" is not that bad of a thing, really. Indeed, it's quite possible one of the biggest windfalls our economy has ever seen. Services and Products related to losing weight are booming.

I would like to see the total percentage effect that it has on our economy--I'm sure it's even more impressive than I could estimate.

sure, in the short term.
but then come those drawbacks, like health issues that begin to mean the health service has to pick up the slack. not to mention that a dead person very rarely tends to be a good capitalist consuming machine.

Across the board obesity causes problems.

I'm not sure this can possibly count as a 'good' thing