TL;DR; Reagan changed policy and attitudes, and immigrants tend to be shorter

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    10 months ago

    What in the shit: 40.5% obesity in firefighters and police? Just… how? I wonder how they define obesity, exactly

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        10 months ago

        Yeah I guess that could explain some of that 41%, but some American cops really do seem pretty obese. Feels like firefighters likely aren’t a huge part of that 41%

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          10 months ago

          Anyone who’s muscular without being Mr. Olympia is over that threshold. The problem here should be fitness and fast percentage and not weight as a measure proportional to your height.

          Is the indicator that’s wrong.