From the WSJ, obesity by occupation:
Police are at the top. At the bottom are economists. It’s kind of perfect.
The charitable interpretation: all that muscle mass in police is edging them up the BMI scale. I’m sympathetic, since even in my leanest and most athletic years I was thickset enough to be obese on the crude BMI scale. I guess that means I’m pulling the economist average up. But I’m willing to bet donuts play a more significant role.
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The fattest profession in America? Police. The leanest? Economists! http://t.co/tfvbHtHaOJ
Among all the other things police are being called these days, the latest is “fat”: From the WSJ, obesity by o… http://t.co/7O5g1e1EkW
Built environment professionals among most obese US occupations; economists and scientists least (via @EricCrampton ) http://t.co/g2iRm3qPkc
Throwing in security guards surely must skew that statistic.
Economists’ opposition to fat taxes isn’t based on self interest. We’re skinny. The fat police, on the other hand…
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RT @cblatts: Among all the other things police are being called these days, the latest is “fat” http://t.co/ehB0XOCSnc