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2005-04-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

CDC Links Extra Pounds, Lower Death Risk

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Posted by Steve 2005-04-20 11:11:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This story is at the bottom of the front page of today's local paper. What's funny is that I have a copy of the local paper from 3/17 that has a story on the front paged titled, "Obesity reducing U.S. life expectancy".

Quite frankly, I'm not inclined to put any faith in any of these "studies", as it seems another one will come out later on disputing the results of the study before it.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-20 11:52:55 AM|| 2005-04-20 11:52:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's Hardees time!

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-20 11:56:03 AM|| 2005-04-20 11:56:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 How can I face this news? With cheesecake, of course!

Posted by BH 2005-04-20 12:17:00 PM|| 2005-04-20 12:17:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 BH, I concur!

I am overweight according to BMI (25), but I can certainly float better and've no more kidney problems due to lack of thermal padding.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-04-20 3:35:33 PM|| 2005-04-20 3:35:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Lower risk of death... my God... this means Michael Moore could LIVE FOREVER!

Posted by eLarson 2005-04-20 3:56:27 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-04-20 3:56:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 eLarson, I think you worry too much. Being overweight and being a blob is a major difference! :-)

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-04-20 4:26:19 PM|| 2005-04-20 4:26:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Everyone will note that the spokesman basically said "Okay, so being overweight isn't terribly bad for you, but we're *still* going to keep up the propaganda campaign against being overweight". The point is, that fighting "obesity" has long been of the leftist program. Using the false logic that 1) Americans eat too much, which means we consume too much of "the world's resources"; so 2) If Americans eat less, then there will be MORE for everybody else; and 3) It's best if *what* Americans eat tastes bad and is unpleasant, because pleasure is bad.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-20 4:29:19 PM|| 2005-04-20 4:29:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Yep.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-20 5:02:19 PM|| 2005-04-20 5:02:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "D'oh!!"

Posted by Ebbavith Gleart2775 2005-04-20 9:42:59 PM|| 2005-04-20 9:42:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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