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So Why Are Americans So Fat?

Started by webomatica · 3 months ago

I found this post on The Consumerist amusing, although it states something that should be fairly obvious to most of us out there - Americans are fat and getting fatter year after year. The comments are especially interesting for the suggested theories as to why. ... Continue reading »

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  • Elaine Vigneault

    1 year ago

    I think we're getting fatter and fatter because:
    1. Unhealthy foods tend to be cheaper than healthy ones
    2. Most people don't understand nutrition. Most chefs don't understand nutrition
    3. We're exercise-phobic. Not just sedentary, phobic. People are afraid they're going to die if they go for a hike or a swim in the ocean.
    4. Too big portion sizes
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  • Bobbi B. Jacobo

    1 year ago

    The causes are many and I agree with what you have stated above. Right on target with the Suburban Sprawl, goodies setting around at work.I will add a few IMO comments:
    1. Pop (Soda) machines at work places and schools. 16oz. & 22oz. vs. 8oz.in '50's
    2. AUTOMOBILES ! In suburbia your car is parked in your in-house garage, 10ft. from your kitchen and family room, no walking to a bus-stop!
    3. Candy and chips machines at work, school, service stations...everywhere!
    4. General acceptance of "fat" or fat people, no social pressure to not be fat
    5. Loneliness...food as a "comfort"
    6. Refined Carb-foods such as Bread, pasta, crackers and cookies in our diet
    7. ( Maybe...?) In women...Birth-Control Pills and patches
    8.( DRUM-roll, please...!) ELASTIC waistlines in pants, slacks, jeans, shorts and skirts and dresses. Therefore you are not wearing 'accountable clothing' that holds you in and lets you know when you are eating too much at a meal and when you need to lose a "few pounds" to get zipped up!Too casual dressing in sweats and t-shirts, loose, baggy-cover-up clothing and ELASTIC!!!

    I have also noticed that the populations of Christians who attend liturgical Churches ( Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian ) seem to be slimmer than the general populations at the shopping malls or all-you -can-eat-buffets!?
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    Heh - Bobbi those are good reasons too. I think 8 is really pretty sneaky. It's easy to just buy bigger clothes and then the ironic thing is by getting another size up it's like your body can grow a bit more to fill 'em out.

    Social acceptance of larger people - well it's politically correct, but at the same time the more we get used to seeing heavy individuals, there can always be that excuse of 'well, I'm not as large as so-and-so'.
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  • holly

    1 month ago

    if your fat, excercise. why would you wanna be fat? thats disgusting.
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  • wedding favor

    1 month ago

    That's true, the delicious chocolates adds more calorie, but its very tasty also. No one can deny this statement.
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  • Jay B

    2 weeks ago

    When given any chance for pleasure first, they will choose it.
    Discipline is balance between eating and excersise.
    As a family e owe it to our bros and sisters to be brutally honest.
    I spent half my life trying to not drink alcohol, it was always ugly
    and unacceptable. Thank God. Had it not been, I would be dead.
    I'm running in my first marathon 12/07/08
    Jay B
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  • anonymous

    1 week ago

    You know, rhwy have found that there is something that each American is drinking or did drink that contains a substance that causes the stem cells in the body to create more fat cells. Interestingly, eac of the "new" fat cells contain insulin. No one knows for sure what is going on, but it looks like somebody's stem-cell project, and it's not good!
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