Thursday, January 14, 2010

Girth of a nation

"One-third of American adults are now obese; in fact, one-third of American adults are now one-half of American adults."
- Stephen Colbert, last night on The Colbert Report

4 comments:

Jason said...

Going to add you now. Take care.

Jason
DEBATEitOUT.com

SagaciousHillbilly said...

guilty as charged. 20+ lbs overweight.
Sagacious(foodaddict)Hillbilly

libhom said...

Expanding public transportation in this country, which is shamefully sparse, would reduce the obesity epidemic.

Mike said...

SH, I don't think being 20-30 pounds overweight would put you in the obese category. But then I'm not a physcician or expert of any sort.

Lib, you're probably right. The North American reliance on the automobile is surely a major factor -- people aren't getting the exercise they need. A couple things in diet -- fats and high-fructose corn syrup -- may be even more important. But then I'm no expert.