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Reggie Jackson: Not Sure if You Can Trust MLB Statistics

April 4 (Bloomberg) -- MLB Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about trusting baseball's statistics and records in the age of ...

Tacking U.S. Obesity

A new study shows that obese individuals spend more money on health care each year than their healthier neighbors. The CDC is ready to tackle America's ...

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flawedbeauty82 commented on 28 Jul 2009

You know what? I'd like to hear you tell that to my mother's face. You want lazy, she'd show YOU lazy and frankly you probably wouldn't know lazy if it slunk up to you and bit you in the ass. If you ask ME, it's people like YOU with your generalizations about obese people that make the U.S. look bad. My mother has rheumatoid arthritis; the medications she's on for it make it harder for her to lose weight and cause her to put on weight. She works over 8 hours a day teaching, even summer school...

flawedbeauty82 commented on 28 Jul 2009

which is only a few hours shorter than a regular school day during the school year, and when she gets home from work she's pretty much has no energy left. She has to lay down for hours, often she sleeps. While I agree that she needs to make time for exercising, it's easier said than done. I mean, I pretty much offer to cook dinner day in and day out because we don't eat for until 7 at night. Frankly, your beef is actually more with the pharmaceutical companies who make the meds my mother takes.

bladdes210 commented on 27 Jul 2009

And aspartame and all the greedy pharmaceutical companies as well as the chemical infested food companies and then maybe it will all work out...to bad fat people and these doctors cant figure out why they are fat....maybe one day they will all forget about making money and tell the nation the truth.

Adrian Lamo commented on 27 Jul 2009

I cant believe there are so many fat people. The sad part is, they are too lazy to go to the gym. Those type of people make the u.s. look bad.

Adrian Lamo commented on 28 Jul 2009

I was refering to the people who ARE lazy and dont do shit. My mother has diebeties and it was very hard for her to lose weight.

flawedbeauty82 commented on 05 Aug 2009

*foot in mouth* Sorry about your mother, I should've asked to clarify what you were saying before jumping to conclusions.

satanic6ritual commented on 27 Jul 2009

eliminate fluoride would be a major step.

Dr. Val On Combating Childhood Obesity

Researcher: Heavier Models May Encourage Obesity

Banning size zero models from catwalks to promote a healthier ideal of beauty may actually make people's eating habits even worse, new research suggests.

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greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 Concerning social norms and the suppose pressure that fit people (or people like you, as you mentioned) feel to conform, I believe that, ultimately, it is up to you to decide if you will allow yourself to bow to any exterior pressure concerning the way you lead your life, and that you are the sole person to be held accountable for the choices that you make. Whether that is to stay healthy by exercising regularly and eating well or not. So if you work out, it should beyourchoice,period

Vladimir Wardell commented on 21 Apr 2011

Models of what? Cultural Aesthetics?. Usually the big shows are really for the supreme elites. Dressing like Salome is encouraged among the daughters of the elites. But there is another 'Model' Female beginning to emerge. Well muscled boxers who brake each others faces and a whole new variety of lethal female warriors from Hollywood. The Right Wing Talking Heads are calling for us to have the spine to simply conquer as in the old British Empire. Remember how kinky those old Brits were?. Insanity

geffel commented on 26 Apr 2011

@WHEC35NRDL true, but the ironic thing is it's only a few years since the Italians were the fattest people in Europe (America is still the fattest place on Earth, of course). Then the honour of fattest Eurocountry went to Scotland, largely down to their diet of deep fried everything. But the fattest man in the world is English. He's y trying to sue the National Health Service as they 'failed' him. I guess a medical team should have been on hand when he was cramming 27000 calories down his neck.

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 Also, and lastly, I believe that fit couples would tend to divorce more, if only because each partner has more chance to look around and experience with other people, hence resulting in a break of trust, given that fit people are generally considered more attractive, since fit means healthy, in my parlance. Whereas chubby, or overweight, in my parlance, and thus unheallthy, tend to stick to each other if only because they have less chances of finding someone else once they break up.

Helix commented on 21 Apr 2011

@greyeyeblindmind I exercise, once a day i jog, i stretch when i walk up, and before going to bed, that's besides the point though. I don't understand why people cling on to the saying that, "if you're healthy, you're happy." If happiness was measured by healthiness, then everyone on the planet would exercise, but the fact remains that it is false. Suicide is more common amongst fit people than chubby people, because chubby people tend to have more fun, they also do what they want and not care

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

Funny stuff. I think that this researcher cares more about keeping beautiful (and slim) women in fashion by personnal preference rather then professional opinion. Anyways, standarts of beauty in the western world won't change that much, even if we advertise more strongly built (read heavier) women, since beauty is about health and good reproductive features. So no anorexics, and no obese may apply, but anything between slim and a bit overweight is sure to find at least some interested party.

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 for the love of ample women). But I do not think that things will change much overall, no mattter what this reasearcher fears. Since being overweight (big or fat, whatever you may want to call it) is not good for your health. And I consider fat, overweight or generally in a bad physical condition (either due to food, cigarettes, alcohol, or others health conditions) all of those who can't run more then a few minutes (say five to ten) without showing some serious signs of strain.

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 Read: panting and collapsing on the floor. If this is yoru case, then mayeb you should quit drinking, smoking, and should eat healthier food and indulge ina bit of regular exercise. And I am saying this for the good of everyone, even for those who aren't obese or overweight but who just don't have enough muscle tone to carry them through more then five or ten minutes of exercise. (say jogging or swimming or whatever other not too intensive exercise you can think of. Just saying.

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 And this would likely be because, with the mass urbanisation of the 19th century, people (poor people) would work long hours in the factories, effectivily hiding from much sunlight, and those who could go out and enjoy themselves were those who could afford time off work (the better off). Most of the standarts of beauty either have to do with social status or are linked to healthiness, and reproductive features, such large hips and mammary glands (hence the explanation for ...

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 The fact that big people tend to feel happier about themselves is a generalisation, and I not quite sure that it is true. Some people have a morphology that tends to put them on the fat side, and in this case, they should learn to accept themselves, and if they eat more then necessary and gain more weight then they would under a healthy diet and a healthy mode of living (read: not too sedentary) then I believe that it is their choice, and we should not feel sorry for them.

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 Around the 15th centruy in Europe, and a bit before as well, if I remember well, it used to be considered desirable for a lady to have her skin as white as possible, since melanine is more active when exposed to the sun, and only peasants had to work outside and in the fields all day for the lords of the land who could stay in their castle and concentrate on things like singing, embroiding and the likes. Nowadays and since the early 20th century, we like tanned people.

Helix commented on 21 Apr 2011

@greyeyeblindmind about social norms that everyone else seems to promote. Big people also tend to be more happier with themselves, because many accept themselves for who they are, and it is the fit people who put them down, which may cause depression. In the end, i feel more sorry for my kind of people (fit), because we constantly have to work out in order to stay in shape. Also, did you know, fit couples are more likely to get divorced than chubby people? fun facts are fun.

fuckingghey commented on 21 Apr 2011

who really gives a shit about what models are on the cat walk, your weight is determind by how much food you eat and how much exercise you get, not by which magazines you read what a load of crap, some one should do a study in to how reserchers corralate data This is just another BS story to distract the population from the real news: such as the WARS and the DEBT crisis watching skinny girls doesnt make you fat and watching fat girls dont make you skinny total rubbish

Helix commented on 21 Apr 2011

@greyeyeblindmind swedish study, can't give you a link but i can give you a name: M. David Rudd, chairman of the Department of Psychology at Texas Tech University he studied the findings and concluded that the rapid decline in weight usually puts thin people in a state of depression, which would cause suicide. On the other hand, chubby people who gain weight tend to be more happy. the research was conducted over 30 years, with 1.3 million male volunteers involved.

ajushi10 commented on 21 Apr 2011

Who in the hell finds size 0 sexy? Sexy is what a woman brings to the table regardless of size it is an item that cant be faked by dancing on a pole for dollars. big or small short or tall you cant dictate Sexy or limit it to mere size. Woman are their own enemies by making these things issues We Men are basically Oinkers when all is said and done and size is only an issue of enough for us. Size 0 is hardly enough trust ME!

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 ... so not necessarily because they are more happy with each other, but just because they are less eager to take a risk by being single again (of course, that is if you consider that being in a couple is the best of choices for an individual, but I think that I will not even go there given the amount of time and words already spent responding to the topic at hand). Fun facts are fun, indeed.

pocketd commented on 21 Apr 2011

so instead of studying cure for all the many diseases out there we're studying the weight of models and how that'll affect the girls of america....really people can talk about the "ideal weight" and blah blah blah till your blue in the face how can someone else tell another what their weight should be if you happy with yourself do what you want...this bothers me

greyeyeblindmind commented on 21 Apr 2011

@helix4811 Yes, I did know. But I also knew that this applies more to parts of Africa as well. I think the rational is that in some part of the world (were people don't or didn't use to be able to eat very much) being a bit heavier or having a fat wife meant that you could feed her properly, and therefore that you were rich or in an advantageous social position.

James Pile commented on 21 Apr 2011

yeah so what...women are easily impressionable ....we knew this.....the only things they pay attention to are the things that...reallly don't matter.......size 2, 4, or 6 will probably suffice although i don't know what they mean...i do know it's a system to make women feel better rather then put them in a large x-large category...thx bye

AlphaFox2 commented on 21 Apr 2011

Skinny>Fat. There are no advantages for being fat. Period. What are we suppose to say to our kids "It's ok hunny, god made you how your suppose to be! Now finnish your plate" Plus size models are just as bad as size zero models. If anything I bet the size zero models have less of a chance for diabetes and lower cholesterol.

MrBusta9 commented on 22 Apr 2011

its one thing for a big woman to have good self esteem its another thing when you go to a club or bar whatever and they throw themselves at you and when you decline all of a sudden the self esteem goes down the drain and it turns into a oh whats the matter you dont like big chicks its like dam if you do and dam if you dont.

muserxmuser commented on 21 Apr 2011

yep, that's right. if someone is a size 3.. people are gonna start shoveling in the hamburgers! this makes no sense and has absolutely NO LOGIC. They want healthier people on the runway. Anorexia is more common than most people would think! It's healthier to encourage and show women that they don't have to be a size 0.

babygalkitty commented on 21 Apr 2011

I agree I think models should just be healthy. I also think it is about the clothes- not the models. It is fact that clothes look better on slim, tall models. The idea of the runway is to showcase the latest fashions and designs, not the weight of the model. The model shouldn't really be noticed.

tc6206 commented on 22 Apr 2011

A lot of models are like size negative 2, not size zero. However, the goal should be to make our culture less materialistic and shallow so that females ststus isn't determined mostly by their appearence and fasion models aren't considered role models.

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