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Study says U.S. teens are fattest
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By Lindsey Tanner
Jan. 5, 2004 | CHICAGO (AP) -- Teenagers in the United States have higher rates of obesity than those in 14 other industrialized countries, including France and Germany, a study of nearly 30,000 youngsters ages 13 and 15 found.
Among American 15-year-olds, 15 percent of girls and nearly 14 percent of boys were obese, and 31 percent of girls and 28 percent of boys were more modestly overweight.
The findings are based on school questionnaires given to youngsters in the 15 countries in 1997 and 1998. The study was led by Inge Lissau, a researcher at the National Institute of Public Health in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was published in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The heaviest countries, based on data from 15-year-olds, also included Greece, Portugal, Israel, Ireland and Denmark.
U.S. teens were more likely than those in other countries to eat fast food, snacks and sugary sodas and were more likely to be driven to school and other activities, contributing to a more sedentary lifestyle, said co-author Mary Overpeck of the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
"The rest of the world may be catching up, but we're still in first place in a race that unfortunately we shouldn't want to be winning," said Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity researcher at Children's Hospital Boston who was not involved in the study. He led a study published Monday in another journal, Pediatrics, that found that nearly one-third of U.S. youngsters eat fast food on any given day.
Lithuania had the lowest obesity rates in the latest study. Among Lithuanian 15-year-olds, about 2 percent of girls and 0.8 percent of boys were obese, and 8 percent of girls and 5 percent of boys were overweight.
That is probably because Lithuania has fewer fast-food restaurants and its teens have less money to buy snacks and fast food, Overpeck said.
In some countries, such as Ireland, Portugal and Sweden, 13-year-old girls were more likely than 15-year-old girls to be obese.
Among French 15-year-olds, 4 percent of girls and almost 3 percent of boys were obese, and nearly 13 percent of girls and 10 percent of boys were overweight. Among German 15-year-olds, about 5 percent of girls and boys were obese, and nearly 15 percent of girls and 14 percent of boys were overweight.
The other countries studied were Austria, Czech Republic, Flemish Belgium, Finland and Slovenia.
Overpeck said preliminary data from more recent surveys show little if any change in rates among the countries studied.
The World Health Organization last year said obesity is no longer mostly an American problem but is an increasing concern in Europe and other developed nations because people are abandoning traditional dietary habits and adopting more sedentary lifestyles.
Weight calculations were based on teens' body-mass index, a height-weight ratio.
Countries with some of the heaviest youngsters after the United States, based on data from 15-year-olds, were:
_Greece: 5.5 percent of girls were obese and about 16 percent were overweight; nearly 11 percent of boys were obese and almost 29 percent were overweight.
_Portugal: nearly 7 percent of girls were obese and almost 21 percent were overweight; about 5 percent of boys were obese and 14 percent were overweight.
_Israel: about 6 percent of girls were obese and 16 percent were overweight; nearly 7 percent of boys were obese and 20 percent were overweight;
_Ireland: nearly 5 percent of girls were overweight and 14 percent were overweight; almost 3 percent of boys were obese and 19 percent were overweight.
_Denmark: 6.5 percent of girls were obese and 18 percent were overweight; about 3 percent of boys were obese and 10 percent were overweight.
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and did you notice more girls than boys are fat.
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I'm mostly Lithuanian.
The only other time I can remember this being noteworthy was when the Grateful Dead donated jerseys for the Lithuanian men's basketball team.
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And all these years i thought the Ethopians were the least fattest.
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no they have massive bellys
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oh is that why I'm fat? because I live in America...I guess I should move
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on second thought, when I was 15, I was 5'6 and 92lbs...I had the same measurements as Twiggy
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So is my wife. I wonder if you're related.
Originally posted by grotty:
I'm mostly Lithuanian.
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My mum's going to be well pissed off when she finds out she was sending all the food I wouldn't eat as a kid to Africa and it was the poor Lithuanians that were starving.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[QB] So is my wife. I wonder if you're related.
Rhett, that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO American of you.
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Originally posted by Samantha:
on second thought, when I was 15, I was 5'6 and 92lbs...
Was that each, or for the pair? ;)
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Lithuania had the lowest obesity rates in the latest study. Among Lithuanian 15-year-olds, about 2 percent of girls and 0.8 percent of boys were obese, and 8 percent of girls and 5 percent of boys were overweight.
That is probably because Lithuania has fewer fast-food restaurants and its teens have less money to buy snacks and fast food, Overpeck said. [/QB]
or because we are of superior genetic makeup...ha ha ha...I am at least half Lithuanian...I thought Rhett was joking at first when he posted that topic...too funny
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
So is my wife. I wonder if you're related.
Originally posted by grotty:
I'm mostly Lithuanian.
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I knew Lithuania was small, but not THAT small :eek:
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it's actually kind of ironic, given some of the traditional Lithuanian dishes I recall---kugeli (a potato casserole with bacon grease) beet soup (sour cream based) and bacon buns!
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Originally posted by Celeste:
I am at least half Lithuanian...[/b]
which half?
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Originally posted by Celeste:
it's actually kind of ironic, given some of the traditional Lithuanian dishes I recall---kugeli (a potato casserole with bacon grease) beet soup (sour cream based) and bacon buns!
My full-on Lithuanian grandma used to make some nasty holiday dinners. For instance,
Christmas eve:
Anchovies
Sauerkraut
Cold baked beans
Beets
+ a whole bunch of other regional delicacies.
That's the real reason Lithuanians are not fat.
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Clearly, something isn't working because this same article is written year after year. It's worse than a college newspaper's coverage of freshman move in day.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Study says U.S. teens are fattest
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I don't know man, maybe she was trying to get rid of the past year's canned goods.
Originally posted by grotty:
Christmas eve:
Anchovies
Sauerkraut
Cold baked beans
Beets
+ a whole bunch of other regional delicacies.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Study says U.S. teens are fattest
lets not forget, they're the ugliest too!
(not you Samantha)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Study says U.S. teens are fattest
lets not forget, they're the ugliest too!
(not you Samantha) [/b]
But they do have beautiful teeth...even if they're all crowns and caps.
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Originally posted by grotty:
For instance,
Christmas eve:
Anchovies
Sauerkraut
Cold baked beans
Beets
+ a whole bunch of other regional delicacies.
That's the real reason Lithuanians are not fat. [/b]
I never want to hear how nasty English food is ever again...at least we warm up the friggin beans.
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it's ok man, I accept and embrace my ugliness.
but my teeth are all real, baby :p
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So I showed this article to a friend.
Here's his reply:
The title of the article should be changed to "U.S Teens are fattest, Lithuanians are least fat, for honkies"
I think it solves the whole ethiopian and african ommission. ;)
He's Chinese btw
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I think they found the one fat Asian in the whole country, and put him on the new average Joe show. His name is Phuc.
Originally posted by grotty:
So I showed this article to a friend.
Here's his reply:
The title of the article should be changed to "U.S Teens are fattest, Lithuanians are least fat, for honkies"
I think it solves the whole ethiopian and african ommission. ;)
He's Chinese btw
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Originally posted by grotty:
Originally posted by Celeste:
it's actually kind of ironic, given some of the traditional Lithuanian dishes I recall---kugeli (a potato casserole with bacon grease) beet soup (sour cream based) and bacon buns!
My full-on Lithuanian grandma used to make some nasty holiday dinners. For instance,
Christmas eve:
Anchovies
Sauerkraut
Cold baked beans
Beets
+ a whole bunch of other regional delicacies.
That's the real reason Lithuanians are not fat. [/b]
ha ha...similar to ours...we didn't have anchovies but pickled herring...it was a tough-guy challenge for me and my brother and dad to eat the herring, cause we sure as hell didn't like the taste...my non-lugan mom refused...
the kugeli and bacon buns were kick ass, though, as is the beet soup
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Originally posted by Samantha:
it's ok man, I accept and embrace my ugliness.
but my teeth are all real, baby :p
that'll change...I found that my first cavity came shortly after my first blow job...I think I was about your age
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Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by Samantha:
it's ok man, I accept and embrace my ugliness.
but my teeth are all real, baby :D I think it helps to have a dentist for a father and a nag for a mother. also helps not to count.
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if use ugly little corporate following bastards are going to be fat, we will be the fattest! and like most problems, we'll find someone to blame and are lazy, protective, "think my kid is perfect" parents will get together and sue them to try to rid this country of happiness and causeing more kids to want to rebel and wear anti flag shirts. then are fat chicks will wear all black, die their hair purple, and write crappy poetry about pain and suffering and be alone, then will go out with all their friends and be complete and total retards giving us little bitches more troubles and sterotypes. ::gasps for breath::
im just mad cause of madden2004.....bastard team fucking up.....going upstairs and eat cake, suposedly need to get fat....and watch tenacious D dvd....then listen to my new BDM cd......(used abrievation cuz i cant spell middle word...
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Originally posted by Samantha:
I've given my first, second, third, hundredth,
no wonder you are so popular... :p
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Originally posted by i do not heart winter:
Originally posted by Samantha:
I've given my first, second, third, hundredth,
no wonder you are so popular... :p [/b]
ancient thai secret
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Originally posted by Samantha:
no wonder you are so popular... :p
ancient thai secret [/QB][/QUOTE]
since when are you asian?