Nfl: national fat league? - Hmm...obesity in the nfl?

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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pip99 · 03-10-2005, 07:11 AM

He looks like a meathead to be fair.

Kingryu1 · 03-11-2005, 09:44 AM

... so? If the person still plays the sport as well as he/she used to, then theres really no problem. Sometimes a bit of flab may help, especially if hes a defense player

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y_09 · 03-12-2005, 06:23 AM

imagine 365 pounds of muscle and fat coming to jump on you when your running with the ball, that'd be sure to get the runner scared as hell, i means thats as bad if not worse than a monster rugby player jumping on you, and you don't have any protection whats so ever, it'd hurt alot in the morning, but you could see why players like that would be wanted in the teams, they're solid,hard to move, and lethal gauranteed to inflict some pain

Shingko · 03-12-2005, 08:03 AM

i heard about this in the news and a spokesperson said that they scientists or whatever doesn't have enough "evidence" to state that fact. newspaper article for spanish homework and you stumbled into sports illustrated?

Zapper · 03-12-2005, 08:37 AM

Make him do the jelly roll dance then will see if he's fat..j/k
Naw, but nfl players need a lil flab on to put pressure on other players

shy_gurL21 · 03-12-2005, 11:49 AM

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ost_uid0="Shingko"]i heard about this in the news and a spokesperson said that they scientists or whatever doesn't have enough "evidence" to state that fact. newspaper article for spanish homework and you stumbled into sports illustrated?[/quote]
CNN had the link to that article... =\
i was supposed to look for news articles in english so i can translate it to spanish...

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Shingko · 03-12-2005, 12:00 PM

oh...i understand...good luck

k0rr1 · 03-12-2005, 12:42 PM

dubya tee eff...

NFL or Athletes are in shape and are muscular. Muscle weighs more then Fat, that's a fact for you.

shy_gurL21 · 03-12-2005, 12:44 PM

^ i said... "i don't really know much about the NFL..." that's why i wanted to know your guys' opinion.

@ shingko...meh... this was like 4 days ago.. it's done..

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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): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 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]

03-10-2005, 07:11 AM	#2
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Kingryu1 Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: She field Posts: 3,198 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	... so? If the person still plays the sport as well as he/she used to, then theres really no problem. Sometimes a bit of flab may help, especially if hes a defense player Edited By Kingryu1 on 1110643391 __________________ Chav : "Watch ya back Dazza, eez chivved-up" - English : "Proceed with caution Darren, He appears to have a weapon"

03-12-2005, 06:23 AM	#4
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03-12-2005, 08:03 AM	#5
Shingko Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada eh Posts: 989 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	i heard about this in the news and a spokesperson said that they scientists or whatever doesn't have enough "evidence" to state that fact. newspaper article for spanish homework and you stumbled into sports illustrated? __________________ CLICK THIS NOW, CLICK IT, CLICK! please: http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?shingko

03-12-2005, 08:37 AM	#6
Zapper Senior Member Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: somewhere in florida Posts: 299 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): 0 Thanks (Received): 0 Likes (Given): 0 Likes (Received): 0 Dislikes (Given): 0 Dislikes (Received): 0 Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Make him do the jelly roll dance then will see if he's fat..j/k Naw, but nfl players need a lil flab on to put pressure on other players __________________ You're not immortal. I must've heard a hundred of you people make the same claim. And every one of them's seen the end of my sword.

03-12-2005, 11:49 AM	#7
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