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At the same time, many young men in the West struggle to put on weight and are underweight.

by agent008t 7y ago

vostok 7y ago
Do you have a link to any quantitative data? I'd love to see how this has changed over time.
phito 7y ago
oh yeap, been struggling with this forever.
- coldtea 7y ago
  Try some bacon.
  - asark 7y ago
    Costco pizzas are $10 and over 4000 calories, eat one of those a day and if you don't get fat then you probably have a tapeworm in you or something. Or you're Michael Phelps during training season. ... or me at 18. Damn I miss that metabolism.
    - coldtea 7y ago
      Or just have 12 stacked pancakes for breakfast at iHop + all the trimmings every day.
  - phito 7y ago
    I don't like bacon.
SeanDav 7y ago
Can't decide if this is sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek or serious. If serious - would love to see source(s) for that statistic....
- agent008t 7y ago
  Serious. Don't have the statistics, but look up "gomad" for "gallon of full fat milk a day" - it is a thing for a reason.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Everything is a "thing for a reason". The reason could be a tiny outlier minority. You used the term "many".
    - agent008t 7y ago
      I used the term "many" specifically because I do not have the stats. Not a majority, but a significant number of people, that struggle to gain weight.
      - gitgreen 7y ago
        If you have no data to back up your claim you should not make that claim. The word "many" is a borderline weasel word.
  - tumahimikka 7y ago
    This is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read online, and I read Youtube comments. Gomad is for people trying to gain muscle mass and bulk up, not for people who are under a healthy weight.
  - Falling3 7y ago
    Sure it's a thing for a reason... the reason is guys who are into body lifting that was an easy source of calories and protein. It has nothing to do with your narrative.
  - davidivadavid 7y ago
    There's a difference between weight gain strategies to build muscle and eating because you're "underweight." People not working out and eating normally will be less bulky than people who work out and eat comparatively more. But they won't be "underweight."
mcv 7y ago
In the West? Men? I'd love to see statistics for that. In general, being overweight is a far, far larger problem in the West, and being underweight is extremely rare outside of eating disorders like anorexia. There are people who are naturally skinny due to how their metabolism works, but they are rarely truly underweight.
threeseed 7y ago
Depends how define many. 34.8% of men between 20-39 are obese in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf That's far more a concern than whether men need to bulk up or not. Which naturally happens as men age and their metabolism slows anyway.
coldtea 7y ago
For a small number of "many". [...] according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these are the measurements of the average American man: Height: 5 feet 9 inches (69.3 inches) Weight: 195.5 pounds Waist circumference: 39.7 inches
- jobigoud 7y ago
  Height: 1.76 m, Weight: 88.7 kg, Waist circumference: 100.8 cm.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Depends on the country, I suppose. I'm having a hard time finding stats for US that compare underweight and overweight % of population in one study. Anecdotal evidence from Europe: in our industry, culturally associated with obesity, I meet roughly equal amount of obese and underweight people. And I seriously doubt those underweight people spend time in the gym.

At the same time, many young men in the West struggle to put on weight and are underweight.

vostok 7y ago

Do you have a link to any quantitative data? I'd love to see how this has changed over time.

phito 7y ago

oh yeap, been struggling with this forever.

coldtea 7y ago
Try some bacon.
- asark 7y ago
  Costco pizzas are $10 and over 4000 calories, eat one of those a day and if you don't get fat then you probably have a tapeworm in you or something. Or you're Michael Phelps during training season. ... or me at 18. Damn I miss that metabolism.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Or just have 12 stacked pancakes for breakfast at iHop + all the trimmings every day.
- phito 7y ago
  I don't like bacon.

SeanDav 7y ago

Can't decide if this is sarcastic/tongue-in-cheek or serious. If serious - would love to see source(s) for that statistic....

agent008t 7y ago
Serious. Don't have the statistics, but look up "gomad" for "gallon of full fat milk a day" - it is a thing for a reason.
- coldtea 7y ago
  Everything is a "thing for a reason". The reason could be a tiny outlier minority. You used the term "many".
  - agent008t 7y ago
    I used the term "many" specifically because I do not have the stats. Not a majority, but a significant number of people, that struggle to gain weight.
    - gitgreen 7y ago
      If you have no data to back up your claim you should not make that claim. The word "many" is a borderline weasel word.
- tumahimikka 7y ago
  This is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read online, and I read Youtube comments. Gomad is for people trying to gain muscle mass and bulk up, not for people who are under a healthy weight.
- Falling3 7y ago
  Sure it's a thing for a reason... the reason is guys who are into body lifting that was an easy source of calories and protein. It has nothing to do with your narrative.
- davidivadavid 7y ago
  There's a difference between weight gain strategies to build muscle and eating because you're "underweight." People not working out and eating normally will be less bulky than people who work out and eat comparatively more. But they won't be "underweight."

mcv 7y ago

In the West? Men? I'd love to see statistics for that. In general, being overweight is a far, far larger problem in the West, and being underweight is extremely rare outside of eating disorders like anorexia. There are people who are naturally skinny due to how their metabolism works, but they are rarely truly underweight.

threeseed 7y ago

Depends how define many. 34.8% of men between 20-39 are obese in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf That's far more a concern than whether men need to bulk up or not. Which naturally happens as men age and their metabolism slows anyway.

coldtea 7y ago

For a small number of "many". [...] according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these are the measurements of the average American man: Height: 5 feet 9 inches (69.3 inches) Weight: 195.5 pounds Waist circumference: 39.7 inches

jobigoud 7y ago
Height: 1.76 m, Weight: 88.7 kg, Waist circumference: 100.8 cm.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Depends on the country, I suppose. I'm having a hard time finding stats for US that compare underweight and overweight % of population in one study. Anecdotal evidence from Europe: in our industry, culturally associated with obesity, I meet roughly equal amount of obese and underweight people. And I seriously doubt those underweight people spend time in the gym.