Girth of a Nation.

[Drake Tungsten]

I would have thought that was Buddhism.

A common misconception caused by the association of a fat Chinese god of luck with the Buddha in the eyes of many Westerners.

[Az]

Yeah. Buddha isn't actually fat.

[Pekka]

I think as a nation we're kind of fat too, but we don't have those super fat people that much, actually I think I've never seen one with my own eyes. But we have lots of moderately fat folks, I guess you could call them a bit chubby. Middle aged man with their beer bellies are everywhere . But we need that fat to keep us covered in the winter.

[Ming]

Originally posted by MrFun
THIS thread is about the unhealthy population of the United States, and how do we compare to other parts of the Western world.

Speak for yourself fat boy Many of us Americans are at the proper weight.

[Immortal Wombat]

And all it took was a five year research programme, seven months of intensive public awareness campaigns, and a crafty redfinition of "proper".

[Odin]

The reason the US has an obesity problem, I think, is that parents are so busy they feed thier kids junk food, and the habit continues into adulthood. People are also too busy to get any exercise (unless you work at a job with manual labor, but I'm talking about office jobs). There are also too many ads for fast food (It's all your fault, Ming ).

[Ming]

Don't blame me just because a bunch of fat pigs want to stuff their faces with junk food... Their Choice

[geeslaka]

Don't say that ads don't affect people. It's simply not true. I hate Pennsylvania because mail.com has a couple flash app ad imitators that cause Firebird to appear to hang.

[Jac de Molay]

Originally posted by Ming
Don't blame me just because a bunch of fat pigs want to stuff their faces with junk food... Their Choice

Yeah, but portions have gone up significantly thanks to cheap beef, etc. I remember reading an article where they compared a Big Mac from when Mcdonalds first opened to now, and todays burger was twice as big. Fountain drinks are now three times the size compared to when Mc'D's first opened.

[Snotty]

I remember reading an article where they compared a Big Mac from when Mcdonalds first opened to now, and todays burger was twice as big.

Youve got to be kidding me? Maybe its different in the UK but the big mac is not all that big now. It must have been the thinist bit of meat when they opened.

Give me a whopper any day.

[Jac de Molay]

Originally posted by Snotty

I remember reading an article where they compared a Big Mac from when Mcdonalds first opened to now, and todays burger was twice as big.

Youve got to be kidding me? Maybe its different in the UK but the big mac is not all that big now. It must have been the thinist bit of meat when they opened.

Yeah, it's true. And that's just for the basic value meal.

You can "super-size" for like 40 cents, and then super-duper size for something like a buck and change. There's one day's allowance for calories, and two days allowance for saturated fat, in that one meal alone.

[Az]

If people would be active, and cut on refined sugar, and bread, all of this wouldn't a problem.

Atkins was right!

[Jon Miller]

actually

I read that recently America has started to slimdown again

JOn Miller

[jdd2007]

It's all about the corn...

[Bosh]

I don't know if other American expatriates have had this experience, but when I returned to the US this summer after an 18 month absence, I was stunned at the number of obese people I saw everywhere.

Hell you can be an expat and all it takes is showing up at an expat bar for your brain to have problems adjusting to the concept of relatively young women being fat.