Okay, maybe I’m just a little sensitive after going to the doctor last week for my annual check-up and being told after stepping on the scales that I’m “a little heavy but not obese.” Hmmm, have a piece of blueberry pie IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD!<\/p>\n
Thanks, Doc.<\/p>\n
And now this\u2026<\/p>\n
“The Coast Guard<\/a> is adjusting occupancy regulations to reflect the fact Americans weigh more than they did in the 1960s, when earlier rules were set. The standard weight per passenger for American-flagged boats will be calculated at 185 pounds rather than 160 pounds, beginning Dec. 1.”<\/p>\n Wow! In this age of being exercise and calorie conscious, have we really allowed ourselves to balloon by 25 pounds?<\/p>\n If you’d like to know how this impacts on people like us, who like to cruise, here’s how:<\/p>\n \u2022 Tender boats that are allowed to carry 400 passengers may be restricted to 370. Translation: longer commutes when tendering.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tour boats, same thing. Translation: Tougher for tour guides to make a buck; higher prices for tours.<\/p>\n \u2022 While this is still under consideration, the same thing could happen on buses. Translation: fewer passengers, higher prices.<\/p>\n There is a bright side. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC), the organization that produced this weight statistics (nobody at CDC likes pie, obviously), also determined that the average weight for men over 20 (I confess) is 194.7 pounds.<\/p>\n Take that, Doc!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, maybe I’m just a little sensitive after going to the doctor last week for my annual check-up and being told after stepping on the scales that I’m “a little heavy but not obese.” Hmmm, have a piece of blueberry pie IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD! Thanks, Doc. And now this\u2026 “The Coast Guard… Continue reading Weight, weight! What's up Doc!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25,31,15],"tags":[661,51,35,671],"class_list":["post-8865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-people","category-ports","category-stories","tag-center-for-disease-control","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruises","tag-u-s-coast-guard","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}