{"id":875,"date":"2010-01-12T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T18:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2010-01-26T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T01:05:00","slug":"fat-becoming-new-thin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2010\/01\/fat-becoming-new-thin\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fat Becoming the New Thin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last evening I went clothes shopping with a friend of mine. Now, my friend is not by any medical definition overweight or obese, but she is not a thin person either. She probably has about 15-20 pounds she could comfortably lose to be within her healthy weight range (use the BMI Calculator<\/a> to see where your weight is). As she shopped for some new pants and shirts, I couldn\u2019t help notice an interesting phenomenon occurring \u2013 all of the pants sizes and shirt sizes she was trying on were “smaller\u201d. My friend even commented on this saying that usually she needs to buy a 34 waist pant, but lately 32 has fit just fine and she used to buy medium sized shirts, but now many small sizes fit too.<\/p>\n

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Despite larger body sizes becoming the norm, Americans should strive to lower obesity and improve overall health.<\/p><\/div>\n

As we shopped around in a number of popular, brand name stores we couldn\u2019t help notice that many lines of clothing have increased their sizes. What was once considered a \u201csmall\u201d is now larger and can accommodate someone who once fit in a \u201cmedium\u201d, and so on. This made me ask the question \u2013 are we, as a society, just adapting our surroundings to the growing waistline of the majority of Americans? Is what we used to consider \u201cfat\u201d becoming the new \u201cthin\u201d?<\/p>\n

When I got home last night I spent some time thinking about this interesting concept. I went online and found in no time plenty of evidence that supports my theory that as we get bigger as a society, so to we make larger accommodations for our growing bodies. For example, I found an interesting article called \u201cAmerica\u2019s Ever-Bigger Bottoms Bedeviling Seating Planners\u201d published in the Miami Herald on September 23, 1999 by Phil Patton that described how some famous baseball stadiums were replacing their old seats with new ones that were two or more inches larger in diameter to accommodate the growing girth of their fans. And the seat size changes weren\u2019t just limited to baseball stadiums \u2013 subways, busses, airplanes and movie theaters were all reported to be making similar changes. I also found articles substantiating what my friend and I had noticed at the clothing stores \u2013 clothing is becoming \u201csuper-sized\u201d. Even the brand name sports clothing manufacturer Nike was reported to have increased the size scale of its women\u2019s apparel line to accommodate a larger body.<\/p>\n

We live in a society that holds the slogan \u201cBigger is Better\u201d close to its heart. Everything from TV\u2019s to meals at restaurants seem to all be growing in size and it is no surprise that so are Americans. The big question in my mind is if what was once considered \u201cfat\u201d is becoming the new \u201cthin\u201d then what will the \u201cnew fat\u201d be? Where does it end? Granted, there will be a number of benefits, such as less discrimination against larger people and more comfortable seats at the movies and baseball game, but there will also be some drawbacks, such as an even further decline in the overall health of Americans.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s refuse to apply the mentality that bigger is better to our body weights. It\u2019s time for America to slim down or face some dire consequences.<\/p>\n

Other Related Posts and Articles you May Find Interesting: \u201c<\/a><\/a>Will Rising Gas Prices Make Americans Fatter?<\/a>\u201d, \u201cFashion Tips for Looking Thinner<\/a>\u201d, \u201c<\/a>Weight Loss May Cure Sleep Apnea<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<\/a>Health Problems Associated with Being Overweight<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We live in a society that holds the slogan \u201cBigger is Better\u201d close to its heart. Everything from TV\u2019s to meals at restaurants seem to all be growing in size and it is no surprise that so are Americans. <\/p>\n

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