Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 25, 2013

Good one Jef

yep, we are nation of fatties. we eat more, and burn less. we rather sit and watch a sport, than play it. food companies putting artificial stuff in food, especially high fructose corn syrup.

No, it’s a conspiracy by the government. They switched the gravity higher to make people believe they are heavier. It is a plan to control people’s right to drink a liter of soda per serving. So there. :)

The departments of Agriculture and HEW were secretly taken over by aliens some time during the first Bush administration. This is all part of their plan to take over.

I’m fed up with this anti-BMI crusade I keep seeing. Sure it’s a flawed measurement for extreme corner cases, but for the vast majority of people it’s the simplest reasonably accurate method for determining healthy weight. It’s far easier than a caliper test and much, much easier and cheaper than using an immersion tank to get a completely accurate body fat reading. And I have yet to see any evidence of the military kicking people out solely based on BMI. Yes, they measure BMI for new recruits, and those who score outside the normal range are required to be tested for body fat percentage. This is a reasonable method of doing things and allows those who are ‘too muscular’ to pass. Also, claims that all pro football players are obese according to BMI are kind of silly because 1) they’re incorrect, not all of them are hugely muscular, just mostand 2) they assume that all NFL players are paragons of physical fitness, which is highly debatable. Unhealthy training regimens, deliberately designed to prepare the body for extreme abuse are not the model most people should be aspiring too.

For many people, BMI is just another medical number they don’t understand. Many people don’t understand anything medical. One must remember that about 16% of the population is at least one standard deviation below the mean on the IQ curve. By the way, they vote. Not in large numbers, but they vote.

Everyone needs a dog for a daily walk, good for the body and soul.

Funny, I weigh about the same as I did 20 years ago. It’s weighing 30 pounds less than I did 10 years ago that’s the accomplishment.

jessegooddoggy, I go for a walk with my casts almost every day

@Varnes “I go for a walk with my cats almost every day”

(I assume you meant “cats.”) In order for me to go for a walk with my (3) cats, I’d have to be able to vault to the top of the fence, walk along a 1.5" rail, scale the neighbors’ garage wall to its roof, traverse the ridge, drop to the ground, squeeze under their fence, slink along behind the shrubbery, ….. And somehow, I’m just not that agile!

I did have a friend years ago whose big old tom cat Bro would walk a couple of miles in the woods with him every day. I gave him a little kitten (Sadie) who learned to walk along with them. Apparently it was quite a sight to see the three in single file, the baby bringing up the rear, meandering up and down the mountainsides.

Main reason people are more obese today than 20 years ago, is the whole grain, low fat foods that have been pushed on us. Man was not built to run purely on carbs, whether they be whole grain or pure sugar.

treesareus: Despite being the only country in the overdeveloped world without adequate health care, it is believed that a healthy citizenry is in the national interest.

Huh. I think I must be throwing off the curve a bit. I am around 30 lbs heavier than I was 20 years ago. Of course, 20 years ago, I was almost painfully thin (122 lbs on a 5’ 8" girl/woman). Now, instead of looking like the ballet dancer I was, I am a healthy mother of three young boys. I prefer me now (although I do miss the flat-to-concave stomach I used to have).

Good luck with that. He will never cite sources or attempt to back up his ridiculous statements with facts.

I remeber once commenting that “average” was the wierdest thing I could ever think of, I mean having .4 of a kid? Is that always being 4 months pregers?