Originally Posted by
The Historian
I came across the following surprising statistic on rec.music.classical.recordings this morning, in a thread wondering why so many opera singers are so large.
"2 million Americans weigh at least 560lbs."
I can't place a source for the claim, but does it ring true, or is it a false note?
Related to both this thread and the one in rec.music.classical.recordings:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/ar...ic/27voig.html