Despite health warning, more Americans are drinking heavily or binging on alcohol, and more of them are also eating excessively. The good news is that smoking is down in all but two states (Oklahoma and West Virginia). Exercise is up, too, even in the Southeast, where obesity is highest. Perhaps people are hitting the treadmill then rewarding themselves with a trip to McDonald’s.
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Graphic amd Interactive by Pitch Interactive; SOURCE: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Add CommentPlease don't destroy the credibility of your stories for the sake a snarky comments like "Perhaps people are hitting the treadmill then rewarding themselves with a trip to McDonald’s."
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I agree with the first comment. The writing in SciAm has already been 'dumbed down' to a degree I find very disappointing. I often read old issues and wonder "Where did this magazine go?" Useless editorial comments like the one 'saunded' describes as snarky serve only to lend your publication an appearance of silliness. Is becoming the People Magazine of science your goal? You're well on your way, and it's really a shame. Current issues used to occupy a prominent position on my desk, and I'd read each with interest as a way of keeping up, quickly and fairly intelligently, with advances and discoveries in many fields. Now each issue goes straight from the mailbox to the bathroom where it's regarded as a little light reading. You aren't doing anyone a service by presenting little, 'snarky' tidbits instead of thoughtful and challenging articles.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisWe have become intellectually lazy. The number one rated show on the learning channel is about a toddler who dresses up as an adult. This is proof that the dumbing down of America is almost complete. Idiocracy is not a sci-fi movie...it's now a documentary.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisData are here to be interpreted! As smoking cessation reduces the resting metabolic rate, e.g. the amount of calories an individuum burns at rest ("engine power"), the reduction in the smoking rates can help explaining the fact that Americans are exercising more and getting fatter! In addition, The "Mississipi-case" (best in 'exercise' and worse in obesity) might indicate that exercising alone is not sufficient for an effective control of body weight. Indeed, a sustained control of our weight depends from the PERSONAL CALOGENETIC BALANCE, which simply means a balanced CALOries intake according to the own personal GENETICS! This simply means that you can eat healthy and exercise, but the body is not able to burn all you eat! Read more in the book: "Eating Healthy and Dying Obese" http://www.vitasanas.ch/wp/?page_id=370
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Please read more about Resting Metabolic Rate....http://www.vitasanas.ch/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BOOK5_Resting_Metabolic_Rate_RMR.pdf
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI thought two drinks a day was good for you. Shouldn't the question have asked 'more than three drinks' a day?
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