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To: longnshort who wrote (19282)	1/6/2012 5:13:40 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"wrong, we have more blacks, it's evolution." LOL! NOT wrong! Nobody was disputing whether or not the United States have African American citizens. When you cannot handle where you have stuck your feet, you always start tossing around red herrings! AGAIN. The point made was that the United States have a severe problem with obesity which has exploded. You tried to blame it on an evolutionary trait known as steatopygia. Now if you want to use it colloquially then you cannot blame fat ass on fat ass, can you! HA! And if you stick to the anthropological context it is evident that very few African Americans illustrate that interpretation. NOW HERE IS THE IMPORTANT POINT. NONE OF THAT INFORMS THE QUESTION! Please listen closely and try to follow along! The assertion is that obesity has exploded in the United States and that this is not primarily a function of direct genetics but rather (let us say) of lifestyle. Your simplistic answer is: "blacks"! BUT... If it was "blacks" then the explosion of obesity would correlate to a demographic increase in the black population percentile... BUT... IT DOES NOT! African Americans were 10.5% of the population base in 1990. In 2010 they were 12.6%. A 2.1% increase. Obesity levels from 1960 to 2000 rose by 32% So whereas African American tendency to obesity might relate to some minor genetic variation (as undoubtedly does every other demographic group!)...genetics certainly does not account for the terrible obesity that is a major concern for people who have enough sense of community to eschew flippant answers such as "blacks"!! The African American population base has risen by 2%. Obesity rate has risen by 32%. Obesity is the NUMBER ONE HEALTH PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN. Now, are you so anti-social that you would hide that problem for the sake of pretending you are surviving an argument you have drowned yourself in??? Are you going to tell this thread that all those kids are "black"? That the links to poverty, lifestyle, and diet are mere chimera??? Top 10 overall health concerns rated as a big problem for U.S. children in 2009: 1. Childhood obesity. Forty-two percent of U.S. adults rate childhood obesity as a big problem. In 2008, 35 percent of adults rated childhood obesity as the top overall health concern for children. In 2007, it was ranked No. 3. 2. Drug abuse. Thirty-six percent of U.S. adults rate drug abuse as a big problem for children and has held at No. 2 since 2007. 3. Smoking. Ranked No. 1 in 2007, smoking continues to hold the No. 3 position since 2008, with 32 percent of U.S. adults rating it as a big problem for kids. 4. Bullying. Holding at No. 4, 31 percent of U.S. adults rate bullying as a big problem for children. 5. Internet safety. Continuing at No. 5, 31 percent of U.S. adults consider internet safety a big problem for kids, slightly up from 27 percent in 2008. 6. Child abuse and neglect. This issue, which was ranked No. 10 in 2007, holds at No. 6 and was rated as a big problem among 29 percent of U.S. adults, up from 25 percent in 2008. 7. Alcohol abuse. Up from No. 8 in 2008, 26.5 percent of U.S. adults consider alcohol abuse a big problem. For the 2008 poll, 23 percent of adults listed alcohol abuse as a health concern for kids. In 2007, alcohol abuse was ranked fourth overall. 8. Stress. New to the list in 2009, 26 percent of U.S. adults rate stress as a big problem for children. 9. Not enough opportunities for physical activity. Up one spot from 2008, nearly 25 percent of U.S adults rate this as a big problem for kids. 10. Teen pregnancy. Falling three places from No. 7 to No. 10, 24 percent of U.S adults rated teen pregnancy as a big problem in 2009. Obviously, you could attribute some disease/obesity statistics to demographic patterns inasmuch as genetic variation does impact these things but obesity is a modern problem in many countries regardless of the presence of Bushmen or close relatives of Bushmen. Most Afro-Americans are neither pygmies nor bushmen. You knew this, surely???