About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds

Only a tiny bit, that is only just into overweight. But you are right, BMI does not work for many body shapes, I'm 6' 6" again lately (lost a bit with scoliosis but straighter now) and at 290 I'm a lot of muscle and very little fat, around 12%. BMI has me at obese.

My resting heart rate is now 42.

That said, Americans are the heaving trough hogs of the world and it is hard to have sympathy for this self-abuse.
That's is a f'n low resting HR. Mine runs 50-52 or so most days. Well done
 
That's is a f'n low resting HR. Mine runs 50-52 or so most days. Well done

Stairs with weight, I climb 27 floors at 4.45 am every morning before work (5 days) with a 50 pound suitcase (literally, very real-world) as fast as I can. I don't need a lot more that that.

Edit: Well the new forge, that takes a lot of me for a few hours, three days.
 
This I didn't know. Although it would explain 1) the success of Fox News and 2) all that Republican ire. :D

Most fat people are definitely Democratic voters. They can not afford good food to eat that doesn't cause then to gain weight. This is one reason they hate the Republicans. :(
 
Dr. Atkins had cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease that was probably caused by a virus, not by what he ate.
Sounds like whitewashing to me, and trying to keep a brand alive. Maybe that's why his widow didn't want an autopsy performed. Here, try this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/...-keeps-the-issue-alive.html?auth=login-google

...The latest twist is the publication in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday of details from Dr. Atkins's confidential medical report. The report concludes that Dr. Atkins, 72, had a history of heart attack and congestive heart failure...

...The report, based on an external examination of the body and some hospital information, said Dr. Atkins had a history of heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension. His wife objected to an autopsy, Ms. Borakove said, so none was performed...

...Dr. John McDougall, a member of the Physicians Committee and an internist who had debated Dr. Atkins, said there was no doubt that Dr. Atkins had lost weight after his cardiac arrest, but before that was a different story. ''I knew the man,'' he said. ''He was grossly overweight. I thought he was 40 to 60 pounds overweight when I saw him, and I'm being kind.''
 
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Most fat people are definitely Democratic voters. They can not afford good food to eat that doesn't cause then to gain weight. This is one reason they hate the Republicans. :(
Nice try. Here, try this:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692249/

Our results suggest that county-level obesity risk may be positively associated with established, county-level, voter preferences for Republican candidates who are more likely to emphasize a personal responsibility approach to reducing obesity risk than their Democrat counterparts, and who may downplay the role that government policies could play, despite the scientific consensus that a multi-sectoral approach is effective (U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, 2010). Conversely, county-level obesity risk may be negatively associated with stable, county-level, voter preferences for Democratic candidates whose political philosophy are likely to support multi-sectoral approaches to reducing obesity risk similar to those recommended by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control, CDC, 2009).
 
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