How many people are obese in NY as of today?
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it's the same as the number served on Micky Dees
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I used to weigh 280 and thought I was sexy.   I wasn't!!!    I have lost 50 lbs and FEEL SO MUCH SEXIER!!!    Weight Watchers has helped me learn so many healthy habits and opened my eyes to what I was doing wrong.  And the PLUS side... I am healthier and will live longer without all the risks of the diseases caused by being so overweight.   My goal is to be around 150.  I am 5'3.    AND I find myself looking at overweight people now just to gawk and remind myself that I don't want to be that way.   Lose it, you will feel better!!!!! I promise!
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Fat people have to wear togas.
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i believe there are people in New York state and city.
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Per person on average
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The BIG APPLE IS THE MOST MULTI- CULTURAL\n\nNYC-8,085,742 people\n\n44%-white\n27%  African- American\n27%- Hispanic\n10%- Asian\n2%- other\n( Hispanic's may be of any race)\n\nLargest Jewish community outside Israel, largest African American community in the US (around 2 million), second largest Hispanic community (around 2 million), largest Puerto Rican, Jamaican, Russian, Dominican and Italian communities in US. One of the largest Indian and Chinese  communities in the US. Other significant ethnic groups include: Greeks, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Pakistani, Haitians, the Polish, Japanese, Koreans, Albanians, French, Mexicans, Irish, Brazilians, Vietnamese  and Arabs.\n\nLos Angeles-4,097,340 people\n47%-white\n11%- African American\n46%- Hispanic\n10%- Asian\n( Hispanics may be of any race)\n\nSecond largest Jewish community in the US, largest Mexican communiy in US,  largest hispanic community in the US and second largest spanish speaking city in the world, largest Iranian community outside of Iran. One of the largest Chinese and Pacific Islander Communities in the US. Other significant ethnic groups include:   Salvadorians, Armenians, Russians, Filipinos, Guatemalans,  Australians, African-americans,  Indians, Japanese, Koreans, and Brits. \n\nToronto- 2,481,494 people\n57.2% - White \n8.3% -  Black\n25%-  Asian\n2 %- Hispanic\n1 %- Filipino\n7%- other\n\nA majority of Torontonians still claim their ethnic origins as from Britain and Ireland, either in whole or in part. There are significant numbers of Chinese, Indian, Italian, Vietnamese, Tamil, French, German, Blacks, Portuguese, Iranian, Afgan, Greek, Polish, South American, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavia and Asians in the city..\n\n\nLondon- 7,517,700 people \n\n71 %- White\n10%- South Asian \n11%- Black\n3%- mixed\n1 %- Chinese\n2%- other \n\n71% of these seven and a half million people classed their ethnic group as white (classified as British White (50%), Irish White (3%) or "Other White" (8.5%)), 10% as Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or "Other Asian" (mostly Sri Lankan, Arab and other South Asian ethnicities), 11% as Black (15.5% as Black African, 5% as Black Caribbean, 1% as "Other Black"), 3% as mixed race (1% White and Black Caribbean), 1% as Chinese and 2% as Other (mostly Filipino, Japanese, and Vietnamese). 21.8% of inhabitants were born outside the European Union. The Irish are the largest foreign-born group in London (numbering approximately 200,000).\n\n\nAll of these cities are  diverse, but I would go with NYC because it is the most equally diverse and a minority-majority city.  I have lived or traveled to all these cities and New York is the most multi-cultural. Los Angeles is overwhelmingly Hispanic, and  London is mostly Caucasian with most of the minorities being either  Indian or Black.  Toronto has many ethnic communities, but the Asian community dominates and as you stated it doesn't really have a Hispanic community.  New York has it all and not one ethnic group dominates. Also, it is the largest multi-cultural city in the world.
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well first i do i agree that obesity is not a good thing in any way . America has a problem and the first step is to acknowledge this problem . this is not cool on any way or something to be proud about . however i do not think that by judging them so harshly ur making any difference . u could tell them to star living healthy a do exercise instead u go and judge them . ur attitude is not positive and not helpful at all . people is important for what they are inside and ur showing a really ugly side of u . so i hope u change ur attitude just like Americans should change theirs . think about it .
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Mate, I was in India this time last year and the number of overweight people surprised me at first. Then I noticed how much sugar you guys consume. (Chai, chapattis, rotis, rice, etc.) The only people over there not putting on weight are the farmers and those in physical work. \nUnfortunately the west has brought its culture (Maccas and cola)and the desk jobs have greatly increased in India.\nForget Liposuction and the like, just get moving and cut back on those carbohydrates.
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If you are looking for an online support group you could always check yahoo groups.  Here is a listing of groups for Obesity Surgery.\n\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=obesity%2Bsurgery
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What about the recent conroversy in NYC about banning Trans-fats? Surely that would be timely and topical...\n\njust to get you started:\nhttp://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=trans+fats\n\ngood luck!
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That guinness record is outdated. There is a woman who weighed 1200lbs. I don't know her name. She lost most of the weight through gastric bypass.
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I feel Americans should be upset about any and all discrimination.  Obesity is a proven disease.  Sometimes it is best to look the other way when offended.  Obese people should feel free to enjoy life just as much as anyone.  No, I am not obese and I think it would be a very sad for anyone suffering this disease.
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New York: 17 million people. A lot called Bill. A lot of businesses, a lot of businessman called Bill. Good luck, that's all I'm saying
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unfortunately, even in our society where obese people are becoming the norm and are no longer the minority, there are still people who gawk and stare and make stupid comments like Andrew.  As an overweight female, I know exactly what you are going through, and it took me a long time to get to the point where I eat what I want in front of whoever happens to be in the vicinity.  but I still get the looks and even if I DON'T get the looks I am still self-conscious that I am being watched by someone I can't see and therefore am being judged. so I make a conscious effort to watch the way I am eating in public and spend the rest of my meal worrying about what complete strangers think about my dinner etiquette.  But think about it this way, no matter what, people are going to stare.  \nif you are thin, they stare wondering how you stay so thin. (i do it too)\nif you are overweight, they stare wondering about that person's health, physical and mental. (Unless you are like me and they stare because they wonder how it is that I am sooo freakin' gorgeous.  As i am sure the case is with you.)\nif you are black, you get stared at.\ndepending on the area, if you are white, you get stared.\n\nbasically no matter what, you will be stared at.  what you have to decide is are you going to be what you think THEY want you to be?  or are you going to eat your cheeseburger and say "F*** you"?
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OMG those people are self-conscious beasts and they get on shows like Montel or Maury Povich and b.tch b.tch b.tch all about... well... you pretty much described it to a T. These people are insecure and self-conscious and they crave attention -- they know they'll never get any good attention, they don't want to change their daily habits to lose any weight, they just want to soak up negative attention by being the biggest fat-fanny-a.ss they can possibly be in public. And they usually hook up with these loser-type guys because they feel that is the only kind that will ever want them -- only to find more stuff to b.tch about.\n\nTheir only problem is themselves, and the fact that they're to thick-skulled to stop soliciting BK every day of the week.\n\nI think it's people like this who have caused us to see so much in the news about obesity and how Americans "in general" need to lose weight -- cause all we ever see on most of those shows is large people with bad attitudes.
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2/3 of the population is overweight or obese.  You tell me if that's a problem.
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Does it matter outside of NYC?\n\nI heard it was OK to bag on New Yorkers again...