“American guys: You’ve got guts. Sorry, that is not a compliment.

Through a new project that blends 3-D computer-generated avatars with Center for Disease Control and Prevention body-mass measurements, we now can see the shape of an “average” U.S. adult male, compared to the build of an “average” man in Japan, France and the Netherlands.

The avatars, sporting nothing but tighty-whities for maximum exposure, were created by Pittsburgh artist Nickolay Lamm. Lamm previously created a 3-D model of a “normal” Barbie, based on the proportions of the average 19-year-old American woman, which became a viral hit last summer.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Bill Briggs / NBC News:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/real-shape-american-man-dudes-youre-porky-8C11394082

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