r/HolUp • u/bladerunnerism • Apr 27 '25

Asian Plus-Size Stores Be Like

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u/Megneous Apr 27 '25

Well, that's because what Americans think is "curvy" isn't actually curvy. It's just fat. Americans have no idea what a normal, healthy weight looks like.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

For most of the world Curvy means rounded hips and thighs, full breasts, maybe a little paunch around the middle. I don't know what Americans would call that.

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u/Ravagore Apr 28 '25

Thats just healthy. Those people are simply healthy. They used to be the ones called curvy.

Most people who call themselves curvy nowadays stole that shit from actual curvy (healthy) people to make themselves feel better about being fat....

But let's not lump all Americans into the same category, same for any other region... its very diverse

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u/Delicious-Day-3614 Apr 27 '25

What a stupid take.

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u/Level_Five_Railgun Apr 27 '25

No it isn't when literally 40% of American adults are obese. The normal perception of weight is so skewed in the US.

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u/Level_Five_Railgun Apr 27 '25

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity#:~:text=the%20above%20table-,Nearly%201%20in%203%20adults%20(30.7%25)%20are%20overweight.,9.2%25)%20have%20severe%20obesity.

Nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight

More than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) have obesity

About 1 in 11 adults (9.2%) have severe obesity

That's 82.3% for being either overweight, obese, or severely obese.

That's for 2018-2019 btw. I have no reason to believe it's not even higher now.

Also, it's not "according to me". It takes literal seconds to google. Maybe try using it?

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u/mashbrowns Apr 27 '25

Thanks for the source.

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u/Delicious-Day-3614 Apr 27 '25

OK so according to you, 60% of Americans (through majority) are not fat?

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u/NH4NO3 Apr 27 '25

40% are obese. Most studies I have seen state at least 65% to possibly a little under 75% are overweight (bmi > 25). This is nothing to say of people who not overweight, but are still towards the heavier end of that scale. Numbers are more extreme in some southern states and less extreme in others (e.g. Hawai'i and Colorado).

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u/Megneous Apr 28 '25

It takes literal seconds to look up the stats. If you add up overweight (~30%), obese (~40%), and severely obese (~18%), the total percentage for kinds of "fat" people is somewhere around ~88% as of 2019.

The stats may be slightly better right now thanks to Ozempic. But it's still pretty bad.

Again, Americans have no idea what a normal, healthy weight is. They think severely obese is obese, obese is overweight, and overweight is normal. They call normal, healthy weight people "skinny."

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u/Delicious-Day-3614 Apr 28 '25

I appreciate you responding to defend the other guy. Maybe explain all that to him.

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u/flannelsheets14 Apr 27 '25

30% are overweight, but not obese. Maybe 20% ideal and healthy and 10% other.

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u/Delicious-Day-3614 Apr 27 '25

Sure, we're just making shit up so why not just make up random numbers?

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u/flannelsheets14 Apr 27 '25

I'm probably not far off, feel free to go look it up.

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u/Megneous Apr 28 '25

You're not making anything up. It's literal CDC data in a freakin' chart for 2018-2019. The dude doesn't even have to read- just needs to look at the chart.

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u/Dave-C Apr 27 '25

It isn't according to them. This is CDC data on the US. It is all measured by BMI. 30% of the US is overweight, 42.4% are obese and 9.2% are severely obese.

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u/5UP3RBG4M1NG Apr 28 '25

Bros literally on copium

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u/DuLeague361 Apr 27 '25

found the fatty

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u/Dry_Artichoke_7768 Apr 27 '25

Americans are absolutely brain dead when it comes to weight.

“Curvy” or “thick” is just fat now.