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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: thundley4 on January 08, 2009, 08:35:28 AM
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(CNN) -- When a new president strolls into the White House, there's a kick in his step and a twinkle in his eyes.
(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/HEALTH/01/06/presidential.health.aging/art.obama.popphoto.jpg)
This photo illustration projects what President-elect Barack Obama may look like in four years.
But as the years go by, the high-stakes decisions, constant criticisms and the fluctuating public opinion chip away at the president. His shoulders slump a little and his energy may seem sapped.
The president ages twice as fast while in office, according to a theory advanced by Dr. Michael Roizen, a chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic.
"The typical person who lives one year ages one year," he said. "The typical president ages two years for every year they are in office."
Using public information, Roizen looked through medical records of previous presidents back to Theodore Roosevelt. Assessing factors such as diet, blood pressure, physical activity and lifestyle habits, he calculated that the leader of the free world ages more quickly.
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/presidential.health.aging/index.html?2)
I'd like to see comparative pics of Bush from 2000 and today. Something that I think they are missing though, is the age bracket of when presidents take office. Obama is in his mid/late forties, and I think that is when a lot men tend to start showing their age more. Still, I do believe that the presidency does tend age a person. Would anyone care to photoshop a pic of Hillary if she had been elected? :hyper:
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With out a doubt the pressures of being the President does add to the aesthetic aging of the person. Considering what president Bush has had to contend with for the entirety of his eight yrs in office I think he weathered it remarkably.
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Here's Bush in 2000 and 2008
(http://www.alarmingnews.com/archives/Bush2000.bmp) (http://static.flickr.com/35/73858573_f4e93e4953_o.jpg)
Bill Clinton 1992 and 2000
(http://www.historycommons.org/events-images/045_bill_clinton.jpg) (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41215000/jpg/_41215622_clintonblair_203.jpg)
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Reagan pulled it off, but he was pretty unique.
(http://everythingronaldreagan.com/RonaldReagan.jpg)
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Obama should keep his head in a warm, dark, moist place........come to think of it, That's where most DUmmies keep their's anyway.
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Obama in 2008:
(http://perinet.blogspirit.com/images/medium_obama.jpg)
Obama in 2012:
(http://www.ukuleleman.net/uploaded_images/Redd_Foxx1-757083.jpg)
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Reagan pulled it off, but he was pretty unique.
Reagan was also older when he took office than Bush or Clinton. He didn't "age" as much but he still did.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh452/missmia2009/c4237-6.jpg) (http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh452/missmia2009/ronald-reagan.jpg)
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Reagan was also older when he took office than Bush or Clinton. He didn't "age" as much but he still did.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh452/missmia2009/c4237-6.jpg) (http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh452/missmia2009/ronald-reagan.jpg)
Good finds -- he mostly got age lines.
Even the worst POTUS ever (carter) aged quite a bit in office.
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Good finds -- he mostly got age lines.
Even the worst POTUS ever (carter) aged quite a bit in office.
I think it has to do a lot with them going gray, which Reagan didn't.
(http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1976/1101761115_400.jpg) (http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/images/jcarter.jpg)