"graham" > wrote in message
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> "Jinx Minx" > wrote in message
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>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>> On Jan 6, 11:46 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>> On 04/01/2011 1:08 AM, phaeton wrote:
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>>> > It has been my understanding for about a decade that the growing
>>> > obesity problem in the U.S. has pretty much had a 1:1 counterpart in
>>> > Canada. Canada reports it less (their news is less about
>>> > sensationalism) but generally all the same bad lifestyle habits that
>>> > the U.S. has developed in the last 25-30 years, Canada has also
>>> > adopted.
>>>
>>> There is no doubt in my mind that kids seems to be a little fatter these
>>> days. I think that where we differ is in the really, really, really fat
>>> people.
>>>
>>> I am not going to say that Americans are fatter than Canadians or than
>>> Europeans. A lot of Americans are very fit, or appear to be. The thing
>>> that puzzles me is the number of really, really fat people. Within
>>> minutes of crossing the border I see people way fatter than you usually
>>> see here. I mean, absolutely huge. I don't know how people allow
>>> themselves to get that fat. Maybe I should rephrase that to allowing
>>> their loived ones to get that fat, because people the size I am thinking
>>> of do not do it on their own. They are enabled.
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>> Here's the difference between a thin man and a fat man:
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>> When the thin man notices his trousers are getting a little snug,
>> he says, "Got to lose a few pounds". The fat man says "Got to
>> buy bigger pants."
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>> You'd probably say that my husband and I are really, really fat.
>> We are. I'm about 260 (5' 8"), and he's about 360 (5' 5").
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> Christ! You are borderline morbidly obese (39.5 BMI) and he's well into it
> (59.9BMI).
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*I* didn't write that. Your attributions are wrong. *My* BMI is 22.

Jinx