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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

They're Fat and I'm Happy

I'm straying into dangerous territory here, but I'll be careful. This article's alarmist tone about rising levels of obesity world wide (we're not alone anymore America!) ignores something very important. I'm very, very happy (nay excited) to live in a world in which more than one in four Chinese people are overweight. Only five decades ago, 30 million Chinese died in a state-sponsored famine, so I think some perspective is missing in this discussion.

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posted by Jeff Burton at 7:40 AM

3 Comments:

  • Interesting perspective.
    Way to think outside the box!

    By Blogger LauraLynn, At January 23, 2008 12:33 PM  

  • A very good point.
    When I see articles like this, I always have to wonder: did they need to fill some extra space? Somebody probably got paid 7-10 cents per word to write it, you know?
    Not that I'm judging...I wish somebody would pay me 7-10 cents to write anything.

    By Blogger erin, At January 23, 2008 12:48 PM  

  • Also, WOW! Did you notice that the US is all the way down at number 9 on the list?

    By Blogger erin, At January 23, 2008 12:50 PM  

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