Article on the new USA average height and weights

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #1

Thought I would share this, so glad I am not average according to this:

http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_c41394ce3a9751b91ba667b182347cef

(Jane) #2

Me, too! Glad I beat those averages (would not have pre-keto)

(Chris) #3

That’s really depressing. I didn’t even realize the averages were this bad.

(Casey Crisler) #4

So glad to be below average, for a change.

#5

Yes, depressing indeed. That Americans are getting more obese is no surprise, but anyone concerned about this country should be alarmed by the results of this study. Yes, the average weight increase is significant, but decrease in height, however slight, is also very alarming to me. Not good. Americans are getting fatter and shorter.

I disagree with the conclusion of the expert at the end of the article that “The complexity of the many causes of obesity require that any solution be equally complex…”

The main cause of obesity of Americans is their diet of refined sugars and grains and processed foods. It is that simple.

The solution to obesity, and many chronic diseases, is equally simple: eat a diet of nutritionally-rich, whole, non-processed foods.

(Randy) #6

It’s so obvious. But they Keep. Missing. The. Point.

(Deborah ) #7

:+1::+1::+1::+1::+1:

(Chris) #8

Yeah but that’s not profitable. Our health is retail.

(Brian) #9

I’m not average yet but getting closer. BMI is 31 and weight is a little less than 20 pounds higher than average. I’m pretty close to average height.

Considering that 15 months ago, my BMI was something close to 42, I’m not gonna get too excited.

(Chris) #10

I think you’re doing great, my dude.

(Brian) #11

Thanks, Chris. I think it’s soon time to get into some kind of a lifting program, though. I’ve avoided that because I’ve been pretty active outdoors. But… it’s winter, and I’m not as active in the winter. Would love to see a little muscle showing up even if that means the scale doesn’t go down any more. No intentions of doing like you are doing but still things a bit more muscle mass could be a good thing.

(Honestly, I don’t care about the scale so much as I would like to be healthy.)

(Chris) #12

Awesome. Hit me up if you want help with routines or whatever.

#13

Interesting (and tragic) to note the biggest increases were in Mexican-Americans, whose cultural cuisine is often very high in corn for many (daily chips and tortillas and a love of fried hominy corn and hominy soup), on top of the rice/bean side dishes.

Root causes related to the Mexican-American dietary lifestyle specifically - as African Americans are faring “better” dietarily at the moment as per this article…? Some of my guesses.

  1. Big Ag corn has been GMO corn for about the last 8-10 years (cross-pollination all over the place) which correlates with the spike in obesity - GMO corn is banned in Mexico but is all over the U.S. food industry. And, industrially produced U.S. meat and other animal products come from animals fattened on corn feed or primarily fed corn in the case of hogs/pigs and poultry.

  2. The traditional cooking fat of pig lard has been largely replaced by tainted fast food tallow as well as CORN (more corn!) oil in homes.

  3. The soda sell - the normalization of insanely high carb sodas for this population is like others, which seals the deal on metabolic issues.

IE, corn poisoning (via the new unholy and little studied alliance of high carbs + GMO/glyphosates impact on glandular health) plus thus usual HFCS poisoning.