That's what ABC News says. Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and that figure is growing! They said soon it will be everyone.

I don't know if I believe that everyone will be overweight. Do you?

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9035435&ch=4226723&src=news

fat chance

I don't know. The other day when my wife and I were at the mall and I looked around at most of the people there, I have to admit that at least 65% of the people I saw were overweight. Not obese (100lbs overweight), but overweight.

Too much fast food I think.

i think (might be wrong) overweight is considered up to 20% of proper amount; obesity is more than 20%. (Meaning, you can be obese without being 100lbs over.)

but i know what you mean

It's a HUGE problem, no pun intended. The Canadian Medical Journal (CMA) recently had a focus on it and how the system is bracing for the eventual healthcare implications this 'obesity epidemic' will cause.

Scariest part are the young teens who probably can't even run 5K.

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

My daughter just graduated highschool, all four years physical education was not mandatory, so she didn't take it. Yes, she's pudgy. She WON'T EXCERCISE! She cries if you talk to her about her weight...

When I was in highschool P.E. was mandatory, all four years.

What happened? Kids today are fat and lazy!

Ha! 5k? people I know couldn't even make it 1.

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1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

That 2/3 figure is old news.

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Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Kids today are unfit in every sense compared to us and unfortunately they don't realize that it will have a severe bearing on the later part of their life with problematic health issues.

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2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

I'm doing my part. More than my part.

Guilty.

Although the "goal" weight for me is an impossibility since my playing weight was 235 and would still be considered "overweight" thanks to BMI. That said, I could still stand to drop 40 lbs.

I always told myself that once I hit 40yo I'd make some drastic lifestyle changes healthwise. That threshold is rapidly approaching.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Start soon Swamp. I weighted until I was 52 to try and get back to a more reasonable BMI. It took a heart attack to get me motivated. Believe me, this is not the ideal way to get motivated.
I last saw 235 my senior year of high school. With my height & huge upper body, that was a pretty decent weight. As the years went by, I got almost to 290 at my worst. I'm now almost down to 250. My primary doc & cardiologist want me down to 240. By the typical BMI charts I should go even lower, but I'm trying to keep my goals realistic, thus attainable.

I know, Stone, I should just get on it and stop putting it off. I've been hovering at 270 since the winter (6'3"), down from 285 the previous year. I'd be happy in the 240 range. I've always had in the back of my head "when I'm 40..." but there really is no time like the present and it's only a year away now anyway. I've got to work on my mindset.

One thing that should help is that my wife has now started getting back into pre-kid shape (going to the gym and cooking healthier) so I won't have much of the tempation in the house. Damn food.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Technology may be making our lives easier, but it's also dumbing us down and making us softer. My better half is about to enter UTA masters program for cultural anthropology & sociology. She pulled this one on me a few weeks ago:
- Give me your cell phone
- Here
- What's Gary's phone number ?
- ***-***-****
- Ok, what's his cell number ?
- Um, GARY (SEND) ?
- Dana's number ?
- Um, DANA (SEND) ?

I got her point. I don't need to remember because the phone remembers for me. I'm 41 and still reasonably sane (?). When I was a teenager and before the cellular influx, I knew everyone of my friend's home and work numbers without question. Now, without my cell, and Verizon's Back-Up Assistant if it's lost, I'd be lost.

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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

I think the obesity factor among kids is due to complete lack of exercise.

I live in a nice development with lots of parks and walking trails, and I virtually never see kids outside. I think they are all inside watching TV or playing video games.

I've posted this before, but there are kids up and down my block, and I never see them play outside with each other. There are girls that live right across the street from each other that are one year in age apart, yet they never play with each other.

When I was a kid growing up, we were not allowed to watch TV during the day. In fact, we weren't allowed in the house during the day, unless we were sick.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".