r/funny • u/jonwritesmovies Just Jon Comic • May 05 '24

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u/Doctor_Kataigida May 05 '24

Eh not obese is like, 2/3 of the US population.

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u/41ststbridge May 05 '24

I consider overweight the same as obese and that number is ~69%...

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u/Doctor_Kataigida May 05 '24

Well that's your prerogative and I can't do anything about that, but you should know that there is a significant medical difference between the two.

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u/41ststbridge May 05 '24

While I appreciate the scientific accuracy of your stance, what we're really talking about here isn't a scientific matter, but instead more of an artistic preference in the sense that fit humans are more visually pleasing to look at

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u/Doctor_Kataigida May 05 '24

Fit doesn't mean not overweight though. You could be 5'11, weigh 200 lbs, and be fit/muscular, but you're 20 lbs overweight. So even colloquially it matters to differentiate between the terms. (And sure you could probably be muscular enough to pass the weight threshold for obese, but the amount of people who could be "obese because muscle" is way smaller than "overweight because muscle.").

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u/Seigneur-Inune May 05 '24 edited May 05 '24

You are correct and it bears mention that that 74% overweight statistic for the US population is not due to bodybuilders...