No wonder Amerikuns are so fat!

[itsstillmatt]

Nachos are a guilty pleasure of mine.

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by SField

Well, for fat people, no one beats the US. That's a fact. Bad taste relative to available resources? I'd say America leads the way as well.

Sorry dude, but it's a fat country, and most of the food here is A) Horrible for you B) Used improperly

+100. I was in Switzerland and someone I met told me he was surprised that I was in good shape given that I am from the US. In Ukraine, they tend to refer to Americans as "typical stout Americans".

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I'm sure you're absolutely right, and have never said otherwise. I just don't think that mkarim, with his constant posting about hating fat people, and his posts regarding anything pertaining to America, can really be considered an unbiased observer in any way.
Ah. So if someone says something they are right. But if I say the same thing I'm an unbiased one. How so dear?

 

[Mr Herbert]

all developed countries have these problems to varying degrees.

but what america excels at is linking value with portion size. its a food marketing ploy to drive up profit margins.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by mkarim

Ah. So if someone says something they are right. But if I say the same thing I'm an unbiased one. How so dear?

Just is brah. I am a stupid fat American so i get to make up my own rules.

 

[Mr Herbert]

Originally Posted by mkarim

+100. I was in Switzerland and someone I met told me he was surprised that I was in good shape given that I am from the US. In Ukraine, they tend to refer to Americans as "typical stout Americans".

as an outsider america seems quite polarised. you get the bigguns but then it is also the home of bodybuilding, crossfit and millions of other fitness crazes.

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by Mr Herbert

all developed countries have these problems to varying degrees.

but what america excels at is linking value with portion size. its a food marketing ploy to drive up profit margins.
Yes its true this seems to be a problem in Western countries to different degrees.

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Just is brah. I am a stupid fat American so i get to make up my own rules.
I don't know about that. You may not necessarily be fat - or stupid for that matter. You just have difference of opinion that's all. I can accept that. Can you?

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by Mr Herbert

as an outsider america seems quite polarised. you get the bigguns but then it is also the home of bodybuilding, crossfit and millions of other fitness crazes.
Yes there are many fitness crazes, but how many people actually implement them and actually get into shape? I started the P90X system myself recently. Its pretty good if one can commmit to it.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by mkarim

+100. I was in Switzerland and someone I met told me he was surprised that I was in good shape given that I am from the US. In Ukraine, they tend to refer to Americans as "typical stout Americans".
Many of the former Soviets I've seen are rather stout as well although perhaps not to the degree of obesity one tends to see in the U.S.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

The World Health Organization has recently released the results of health surveys taken between 2000 and 2008 on world obesity, and the news isn't pretty.

Since obesity rates can be an indicator of a nation's nutritional trends, health and culture, we thought it might be useful information for the expat to know. Here are the 10 fattest countries of the last decade:
(1) American Samoa, 93.5% (of the population that is overweight)

It's a staggering number. Many Pacific Island nations have had trouble with weight in modern times mostly because they have abandoned their traditional foods for cheap, easily attained processed foods from the West. Perhaps no other Pacific Island has had such access to these habits as American Samoa.

(2) Kiribati, 81.5%

Like American Samoa, Kiribati has been flooded with processed foods like Spam and mutton flaps (***** sheep scraps), often sold at lower prices than native food.

(3) U.S.A., 66.7%

Well, the U.S.A. doesn't top the list, but it's close, and it falls behind only a small islands nation and one of its own unincorporated territories. The United States of Processed food, high fructose corn syrup and fast food has been high on this list over the last half century.

(4) Germany, 66.5%

The fattest country in Europe no doubt owes their portly woes to lots of beer, ***** foods and inactivity.

(5) Egypt, 66%

Obesity among Egyptian women is particularly high, often attributed to cultural taboos on women exercising or playing sports.

(6) Bosnia-Herzegovina, 62.9%

Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, obesity is dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries like Bosnia-Herzegovina, where smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods spiked during the war that ravaged the country from 1992 to 1995.

(7) New Zealand, 62.7%

Obesity is a growing concern for New Zealand. While its native Maori have struggled with weight due to loss of traditional culture like other Pacific Islanders- they are mostly just a scapegoat. New Zealand's entire population is getting fatter at a rapidly increased rate.

(8) Israel, 61.9%

In the past 30 years, the number of obese Israelis has tripled, evidence the country is truly part of the Western world.

(9) Croatia, 61.4%

Croatia, where cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, is also a victim of the globalization of the food market, which tends to suppress traditional diets as cheaper processed foods from the U.S. and Europe flood store shelves.

(10) United Kingdom, 61%

A recent survey ranked Brits among the bottom third of European nations in physical exercise, leading Health Secretary Andy Burnham to comment, "We're really in danger of being known as the best in the world for watching sport, but one of the worst for getting out there and doing it for ourselves."

 

[mkarim]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Many of the former Soviets I've seen are rather stout as well although perhaps not to the degree of obesity one tends to see in the U.S.

That used to be a problem in the former Soviet Union but the current generation is in much better shape. I was in Ukraine for a week and saw a total of 14 fat people - and that includdes the pregnant ones as well. Now if I had made the same statement you did, kwilkinson would have been on my case lol.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by mkarim

That used to be a problem in the former Soviet Union but the current generation is in much better shape. I was in Ukraine for a week and saw a total of 14 fat people - and that includdes the pregnant ones as well. Now if I had made the same statement you did, kwilkinson would have been on my case lol.
You go around counting fat people? You are a weird dude.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by mkarim

That used to be a problem in the former Soviet Union but the current generation is in much better shape. I was in Ukraine for a week and saw a total of 14 fat people - and that includdes the pregnant ones as well. Now if I had made the same statement you did, kwilkinson would have been on my case lol.
For one reason or another, the ones I've seen in China are quite stout. They were however, a bit older.

 

[Nil]

Originally Posted by Mr Herbert

all developed countries have these problems to varying degrees.

but what america excels at is linking value with portion size. its a food marketing ploy to drive up profit margins.

I cringe whenever I read a restaurant review that praises an establishment for it's ample portion sizes. On one hand I view it as an opportunity to get another meal from the leftovers I have, but I also recognize the fact that a significant portion of the clientele probably eats it all.