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2004-12-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Emigrating to US bad for immigrants' health: study

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Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-15 3:16:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Contrary to what the media would have you believe, Americans are not the world's fattest people. The average Australian woman is an astonishing 8kg (nearly 20lbs) heavier than the average american woman.

Posted by phil_b 2004-12-15 4:31:59 PM|| 2004-12-15 4:31:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Comparatively speaking, not if you're a black Sudanese. Or a Christian Arab. Or a Somalian widow of war with 12 kids...or a................

Posted by Jules 187 2004-12-15 4:41:21 PM|| 2004-12-15 4:41:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Doesn't matter. You move to America, you adopt evil capitalist ways, with "calorically dense foods" and "labor-saving technologies", and you get fat and die. Why even bother? You should just stay home and starve, and let the NGO's whine that the US isn't sending enough aid.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-15 4:45:03 PM|| 2004-12-15 4:45:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You should just stay home and starve,
Will you live longer?
No, but it'll seem longer.

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-15 7:32:31 PM|| 2004-12-15 7:32:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Beware America ...the land of too many yummy foods and leisure. That'll scare em.

Posted by 2b 2004-12-15 7:41:04 PM|| 2004-12-15 7:41:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 only in america.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-12-15 8:20:29 PM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-15 8:20:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Gee, now they can worry about high blood pressure and obesity instead of malaria and starvation. Tuff choice...

Posted by Lilly 2004-12-15 8:58:11 PM|| 2004-12-15 8:58:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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