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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, the expectation is that we all get chubbier as we age. If you start as a young adult heavy, what do you think comes next? Many adults who are heavy now were not heavy as kids or teens. [/quote]

Obesity is a bigger immediate health risk for adults than it is for adolescence.  Teen-agers can quickly drop the weight. Adults can't.  Adults are also at risk for diabetes and heart disease in ways that teen-agers aren't, simply because of age.  If you want to focus on obesity as "a health issue," then you should be focusing on adults.

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Yes, overweight adults are at risk for more health problems than overweight teenagers (of course, children and teenagers are seeing alarming increases in type II diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.).  But are you arguing with the commonly accepted idea that overweight children become overweight teenagers and overweight or obese adults, while normal weight children become normal weight teenagers and adults?  There's a reason to focus on child and teenage weight, because that is when it is easiest to lose it.  But teenagers nowadays aren't losing the weight.  So they are going into adulthood heavy, and will probably get heavier.[/quote]

And I would say talking about obesity in peds is fine, if you were equally concerned about obesity in adults. You're not, though, and presented an argument for obesity in adults being normal.

You're a hypocrite, and if you agree with the crap posted in this thread, you are a misogynist and a pervert, too. [/quote]

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