We have the technology, we can rebuild you worse than before. Fatter...shorter...faster.

[Lean'n'mean]

Yep folks, the Americans have gotten fatter, shorter & with lower life expectancies over the past two decades. Maybe this retro thing has gone too far.

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/318581/americans-have-grown-fatter-shorter-since-1999-us-data/

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/...er-men-getting-shorter-u-s-report/2363150002/

 

[GHT]

Children, as young as 10 in Britain, are undergoing hip replacements because they are obese, official figures have revealed.
Data from NHS Digital showed that hip and knee replacements due to weight have been on the rise among young adults and middle-aged people.
Two more obese children between 10 and 19 had knee replacements, the NHS figures showed. Ten children aged between 10 and 19 have had hip replacements because they are overweight since 2014. Children starting school has risen to 9.6 per cent of children in 2016-17, from 9.3 per cent the previous year, according to The Telegraph.

By the time they reach age 10 and 11, 20 per cent are obese, 2016/17 statistics showed. In addition, 86 people in their 20s had hip replacements and 11 had new knees due to weight‑related damage. Tam Fry, chairman of the National Obesity Forum said that the figures were "tragic". Mr Fry said: “Teenagers are still growing and their growth plates are not fused, so a replacement is extremely serious for them. Without surgery they might be crippled. Obesity is not only causing an increased risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes but also serious weight‑related joint damage. The cost of the obesity epidemic could bankrupt the NHS.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Of course, some of this increase is a matter of how statistics are interpreted. With "body mass index" used as the gague, people are considered "obese" who, in a past generation, might just have been pudgy. I had a doctor tell me I was obese because of my BMI -- and yeah, I'm about twenty pounds overweight for my height. But at my age, who isn't?

But the problem with kids is very much a thing. Pump a child full of corn syrup and eliminate recess and yes, you're going to end up with a fat kid.