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Poor Britons healthier than rich Americans | 61 comments (61 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Driving everywhere and not walking enough also playes a role.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:44:07 PM EST
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Possibly more than obesity. It's possible to be fit and obese as well as unfit and obese. Obesity by itself may or may not be a massive risk factor.

There's a pretty strong correlation between obesity and unfitness of course.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:45:39 PM EST
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I knew of two main types of obesity, one which is risky, the other one not particularly (android vs genoid), but there are certainly many more.
by Alex in Toulouse on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:53:39 PM EST
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I may have commented before that my baseline weight while I was in the US was 10 pounds higher than in Europe... and I didn't drive. I took about 2 weeks two gain or lose the 10lb.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 5th, 2006 at 01:54:58 AM EST
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Alex touched on the different sorts of obesity, but your note is also a good one.  Compare (say) the obese truck driver with the obese NFL lineman.  The truck driver would have difficulty running 40 yards.  The NFL lineman can do it in four and a half seconds.  (I'm about ten pounds underweight, and on my best day I can't run it in that time.)  That connects with Migeru's point, as well.

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by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sun May 7th, 2006 at 12:49:40 PM EST
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That is because obesity is usually defined by Body Mass Index only, which assumes that everyone has the same body type.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 7th, 2006 at 12:52:43 PM EST
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Poor Britons healthier than rich Americans | 61 comments (61 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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