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I was looking for it so I could add a bit. As skeptical as
I might be about any statistics concerning obesity in the
U.S., I certainly believe the observations made in the
movie *The Triplets of Belleville.* The makers of Freedom
Fries obviously knew whereof they saw. Those are some
serious fluffo-plumpos.
Ruth Kazez
rtk said:*The Triplets of Belleville.*
Is that playing in State College? If so, where?
Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name
to reply by e-mail)
Below is a link to a high resolution, 0.9 MB PNG graph,
showing changing incidence of obesity in American children,
over the last 3 decades.
Larry Weisenthal said:Below is a link to a high resolution, 0.9 MB PNG graph,
showing changing incidence of obesity in American children,
over the last 3 decades.
aside from being a terrible waste of space (remove the
print from the backside of the page and reduce the color
count! 953k?)...
It lacks any definition or sources, and without such is
worthless.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com
(Larry Weisenthal) said:Below is a link to a high resolution, 0.9 MB PNG graph,
showing changing incidence of obesity in American children,
over the last 3 decades.
Fagan, why isn't that an epidemic?
I got it through Netflix.
Ruth K
Donal Fagan said:rtk said:*The Triplets of Belleville.*
Is that playing in State College? If so, where?
Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name
to reply by e-mail)
Larry Weisenthal said:P.S. regarding source...
I scanned the obesity graph in from my print issue...did
some checking and found that the American Family Physician
article (complete with graph) is available online:So I'll delete the graph from my web site.
Or just copy their 6k version!
My beef really isn't with the file size, just the lack of a
clearly defined Y axis. It would appear that they're
defining overweight as being at the 85% for BMI. But body
mass index is a new metric - what did they use for the older
data points? And why is overweightness defined on a
percentile scale? One's weight is not affected by anyone
else, right?
I have no doubt that the overweight population is
increasing, but I also believe the use of a simplistic
measure like BMI overstates the population now, increasing
the trend line.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com
On 21 Jun 2004 19:34:20 GMT, [email hidden]
(Larry Weisenthal) said:I scanned the obesity graph in from my print issue...did
some checking and found that the American Family Physician
article (complete with graph) is available online:
Quoted message said:
Ahh, but it isn't an obesity graph (anymore), it is an
overweight graph. Interesting how they just went through and
changed the word 'obesity' to 'overweight' throughout the
text. Apparently 'overweight' can be a noun, but it sounds
really clumsy to my ear.
Overweight kids will certainly benefit from less fast food,
less gaming and more activity, but these goals will be tough
to accomplish in a society that worships the SUV. (One
fellow added it up and found he was spending $385 per month
on gas.) msnbc.msn.comnewsweekOpen ↗
Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name
to reply by e-mail)
Donal Fagan said:On 21 Jun 2004 19:34:20 GMT, [email hidden] (Larry
Weisenthal) said:I scanned the obesity graph in from my print issue...did
some checking and found that the American Family Physician
article (complete with graph) is available online:Quoted message said:Ahh, but it isn't an obesity graph (anymore), it is an
overweight graph. Interesting how they just went through
and changed the word 'obesity' to 'overweight' throughout
the text. Apparently 'overweight' can be a noun, but it
sounds really clumsy to my ear.
Where was it ever an obesity graph? The version Larry posted
and the one in the article both say overweight.
Quoted message said:Overweight kids will certainly benefit from less fast food,
less gaming and more activity, but these goals will be
tough to accomplish in a society that worships the SUV.
(One fellow added it up and found he was spending $385 per
month on gas.)
msnbc.msn.comnewsweekOpen ↗Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name
to reply by e-mail)
The explanation for this is in the first paragraph of the article:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses
the term "overweight" rather than "obesity" in the child and
adolescent populations and classifies overweight according
to two levels: (1) being at risk for overweight, which
corresponds to a body mass index (BMI)
being overweight, which corresponds to a BMI greater
than the 95th
Madelaine
Martin W. Smith said:Donal Fagan said:On 21 Jun 2004 19:34:20 GMT, [email hidden] (Larry
Weisenthal) said:I scanned the obesity graph in from my print issue...did
some checking and found that the American Family
Physician article (complete with graph) is available
online:Quoted message said:Ahh, but it isn't an obesity graph (anymore), it is an
overweight graph. Interesting how they just went through
and changed the word 'obesity' to 'overweight' throughout
the text. Apparently 'overweight' can be a noun, but it
sounds really clumsy to my ear.Where was it ever an obesity graph? The version Larry
posted and the one in the article both say overweight.Quoted message said:Overweight kids will certainly benefit from less fast
food, less gaming and more activity, but these goals will
be tough to accomplish in a society that worships the SUV.
(One fellow added it up and found he was spending $385 per
month on gas.)
msnbc.msn.comnewsweekOpen ↗Donal Fagan AIA Donal@DonalO'Fagan.com (Anglicise the name
to reply by e-mail)
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