Congratulations Australia, You're Number One!

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Posted by idoru on Jun-22-2008 20:04:

Congratulations Australia, You're Number One!

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AUSTRALIA has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.

The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese, 1 million more than the last calculation in 1999.

The findings mean Australia is the world's most overweight nation, ahead of the notoriously super-sized Americans, who have a 25 per cent obesity rate.

"That, unfortunately, makes us the heavyweight champions, a title we don't really want," said Professor Simon Stewart, the author of the report and head of preventive cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne.

The report says that 9 million adults have a body mass index over 25, making them overweight or obese, an increase from 7 million. Experts have called for obese people to be given gym discounts and for surgical waiting lists to be prioritised on the basis of weight loss.

The report presents the results of height and weight checks on 14,000 adult Australians nationwide in 2005, giving the most thorough picture of obesity since the AusDiab study in 1999.

The data suggests there will be an extra 700,000 heart-related hospital admissions in the next 20 years due to obesity. Almost 125,000 people will die as a result.

"I would regard this as the biggest threat to our future health," Professor Stewart said.

"As we send our athletes off to the Olympics, let's reflect on the fact that we would win the gold medal now in the world fat Olympics if there was such a thing.

"The health care system is going to be overwhelmed by weight-related hospitalisations from knee replacements through to heart attacks and strokes."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/a...3770827371.html

Posted by jonSun on Jun-22-2008 20:09:

Dammit. I guess its back to Mc D's & Taco Bell everyday to secure #1 again.

Posted by Audious on Jun-22-2008 20:10:

So does that mean we get to snub people now?

Posted by chach on Jun-22-2008 20:11:

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Originally posted by Audious
So does that mean we get to snub people now?
lol

Posted by idoru on Jun-22-2008 20:13:

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Originally posted by jonSun
Dammit. I guess its back to Mc D's & Taco Bell everyday to secure #1 again.

I'm seriously considering going to Taco Bell now because of this post. Fuck you.

Posted by enydo on Jun-22-2008 20:13:

Taco Bell does sound rather good right now...

Posted by jonSun on Jun-22-2008 20:14:

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Originally posted by idoru
I'm seriously considering going to Taco Bell now because of this post. Fuck you.

actually Taco Bell has been on my mind all day but my fat American ass is too lazy to get up.

Posted by r5a on Jun-22-2008 20:34:

i can only handle mcpukes every 2 months.

anytime i have mickys i shit like a fucking demon 2 hrs right after, with any of their food. oh so good but the aftereffects are terrible. my asshole turns into a volcano, shitting turds like magma.

im actually surpised at this overtaking though... wheres that fat tubb of lard pkc for comment?

Posted by Yan on Jun-22-2008 20:48:

Got a great idea based off the cannibalism thread.

What if we eat the fat Australians? That's like killing two dingos with one boomerang.

Posted by kadomony on Jun-22-2008 21:08:

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Originally posted by Yan
Damn Australyans giving all us other Yans a bad name.

Posted by RJT on Jun-22-2008 21:15:

Posted by shaw on Jun-22-2008 21:17:

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Originally posted by enydo
Taco Bell does sound rather good right now...

not without tomatoes.

Posted by stren on Jun-22-2008 21:25:

Re: Congratulations Australia, You're Number One!

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Originally posted by idoru
http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/a...3770827371.html

crikey!

Posted by bananas on Jun-22-2008 21:30:

i had already posted this :P

Posted by idoru on Jun-22-2008 21:34:

Man, I just caved and picked up three cheesy gordita crunches sans lettuce. Screw you guys.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous
not without tomatoes.

They had signs up saying they're serving tomatoes grown in FDA-approved areas.

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-22-2008 21:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Yan
Got a great idea based off the cannibalism thread.

What if we eat the fat Australians? That's like killing two dingos with one boomerang.

Posted by L.E.N. on Jun-22-2008 21:54:

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Originally posted by inconspicuous
not without tomatoes.

Crunch wrap supreme FTW

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-22-2008 21:56:

Bloody 'ell Sheila. Not long until you Wallabies catch up with us Scots as one of the countries with the largest heart attack rates in the world. We're already Europe's numero uno.

World Domination.

Posted by andrewyates on Jun-22-2008 22:35:

how dare they take away our title! guess we'll have to just drown away our sorrows at jack in the box and take solace in the fact that we're still the most hated country. dammit.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-22-2008 22:57:

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Originally posted by r5a
wheres that fat tubb of lard pkc for comment?

im 6'2" and 80Kg. do the math.

Posted by Yan on Jun-22-2008 23:41:

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
im 6'2" and 80Kg. do the math.

pkc, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!... pkc, eat. Food. Eat the FOOD!

Posted by chach on Jun-22-2008 23:51:

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Originally posted by Yan

pkc, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!... pkc, eat. Food. Eat the FOOD!

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-23-2008 00:04:

wouldn't it make more sense to use an australian animal?

Posted by chach on Jun-23-2008 00:10:

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
wouldn't it make more sense to use an australian animal?
But then that line wouldn't make sense.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-23-2008 00:11:

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Originally posted by chach
But then that line wouldn't make sense.

how so?

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