Comments on: From the FlowingData Forums [July 3-17] http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/17/from-the-flowingdata-forums-july-3-17/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: df http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/17/from-the-flowingdata-forums-july-3-17/#comment-31812 df Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:22:28 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2136#comment-31812 Nice visualization, too bad the underlying metric is BMI (total crap). So that whole infographic is meaningless. see, for example: http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_09.html Nice visualization, too bad the underlying metric is BMI (total crap). So that whole infographic is meaningless.

see, for example: http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_09.html

]]> By: John S. http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/17/from-the-flowingdata-forums-july-3-17/#comment-31788 John S. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:31:42 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2136#comment-31788 It appears to spread like a disease. In fact that is one theory: that the increse in obesity is being caused by some type of virus. On the other hand it looks remarkably similar to that visualization of the growth of Wal-Mart. The increased availability of cheap food is the most prominent theory for the phenomenon. It appears to spread like a disease. In fact that is one theory: that the increse in obesity is being caused by some type of virus.

On the other hand it looks remarkably similar to that visualization of the growth of Wal-Mart. The increased availability of cheap food is the most prominent theory for the phenomenon.

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