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shy_gurL21 · 03-09-2005, 09:21 PM

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ost_uid3]i was looking for newspaper articles for my spanish homework and i stumbled across this...

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CHICAGO (AP) -- It's no secret that size matters in the National Football League, but a new study suggests that a whopping 56 percent of NFL players would be considered obese by some medical standards.

Almost all the players qualified as overweight, and 56 percent had BMIs of at least 30 -- what doctors consider obese. For example, a 6-foot-2 man weighing 235 has a BMI of just over 30. Nearly half of the obese players were in the severely obese range, with a BMI of at least 35, and a small percentage were morbidly obese with a BMI of at least 40.[/quote

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^ Raiders defensive tackle Ted Washington was listed at 365 pounds last season.^

- well... what do you guys think? i don't know much about the NFL. i do think he looks fat, but i don't know if he's obese. hmm...[/color

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Edited By shy_gurL21 on 1110432594

03-09-2005, 09:21 PM	#1
shy_gurL21 Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 712 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	[color=#728FCEost_uid3]i was looking for newspaper articles for my spanish homework and i stumbled across this... [quoteost_uid3]source: Sports Illustrated CHICAGO (AP) -- It's no secret that size matters in the National Football League, but a new study suggests that a whopping 56 percent of NFL players would be considered obese by some medical standards. Almost all the players qualified as overweight, and 56 percent had BMIs of at least 30 -- what doctors consider obese. For example, a 6-foot-2 man weighing 235 has a BMI of just over 30. Nearly half of the obese players were in the severely obese range, with a BMI of at least 35, and a small percentage were morbidly obese with a BMI of at least 40.[/quoteost_uid3] [imgost_uid3]http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/football/nfl/03/01/bc.fbn.nflobesity.ap/p1_washington2.jpg[/imgost_uid3] ^ Raiders defensive tackle Ted Washington was listed at 365 pounds last season.^ - well... what do you guys think? i don't know much about the NFL. i do think he looks fat, but i don't know if he's obese. hmm...[/colorost_uid3] Edited By shy_gurL21 on 1110432594 __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/shy_gurL21/mybaby_sbanner.jpg[/img:sig_uid] [img:sig_uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/shy_gurL21/shygurlbanner.jpg[/img:sig_uid]