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Anon goes on a double date (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

About 40% of Americans (which I assume OOP is) are obese, so yeah, most people get fat.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t most need to be over 50%?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"obese" doesn't include the ones who are only overweight. If you add those up, it's over 70%

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What's crazy to me is that most people think I'm "skinny," but until a few months ago, I was actually a few pounds overweight, and I could still stand to lose a few pounds because I'm right at the border between normal and overweight for most BMI calculators at 24.5-ish (haven't done an actual medical BMI/body fat calculation though). I'm tall w/ a 34" waist, which is near the lower end of the pants sizes when I go to the store.

So when you go out looking at people, just understand that the "normal" ones may also be overweight.