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It is official now, Australia now world's fattest nation. Yay?
Australia now world's fattest nation.
This really does make you think. I'm not obese, though I'm definitely on the heavy side for my height, and at one point my weight crossed into the field of obesity, except I was losing lengths from my waist. The power of exercise; look slimmer and feel fitter without losing weight, however, since I stopped jogging and doing weights I've lost a bit of my muscle tone, and while I have lost weight I just feel more flabby than healthy. I think it may be time to pick up exercising again, or at the very least start doing weights again.
The only thing I’m really worried about is that this report will be used as an excuse for the marketing industry to push harder for the anorexic look. Or that teenager who suffers from eating disorders decides to take this as a validation of not eating. After all, 1 in 5 female students are estimated to be bulimic with anorexia nervosa the third most common chronic illness for teenage girls in Australia.
They need to release the report for this to the public. The ratio of men and women, by what percentile are they overweight by, and there are a million and one thing that needs to be released except they are hand waving it. Grrr.
This really does make you think. I'm not obese, though I'm definitely on the heavy side for my height, and at one point my weight crossed into the field of obesity, except I was losing lengths from my waist. The power of exercise; look slimmer and feel fitter without losing weight, however, since I stopped jogging and doing weights I've lost a bit of my muscle tone, and while I have lost weight I just feel more flabby than healthy. I think it may be time to pick up exercising again, or at the very least start doing weights again.
The only thing I’m really worried about is that this report will be used as an excuse for the marketing industry to push harder for the anorexic look. Or that teenager who suffers from eating disorders decides to take this as a validation of not eating. After all, 1 in 5 female students are estimated to be bulimic with anorexia nervosa the third most common chronic illness for teenage girls in Australia.
They need to release the report for this to the public. The ratio of men and women, by what percentile are they overweight by, and there are a million and one thing that needs to be released except they are hand waving it. Grrr.