Why are Americans so fat?

I think many of those reasons are bogus. For example, people are way more educated on nutrition today than in the past. Don't make excuses to give the prime culprits even more money. It shouldn't be our instinct to always double down and throw money at a problem. We're spending trillions on this and it only gets worse. The reason I blame government rather than ourselves is because I think people are trying in earnest but the government has misinformed them. Saying fat people are just lazy, that's the easy way out.

The physical activity issue is another one that always comes up and is similarly baffling to me. You didn't get fat because you stopped burning 5 extra calories from scrubbing a dish rather than putting it in a dishwasher. People with physical jobs like lumberjack just ate more, like 8000 calories, more than enough to compensate. Nobody ever used to go to a gym. Jogging didn't even exist.

No this isn't about perspective and research. It doesn't matter that you've met all shapes and sizes. What matters is the rate is increasing uninterrupted.

Good list MmeriGirl26. I might add high calorie soft drinks. I see heavy set people buying bottles of Sprite, Cola, and lots of potato chips and other junk. Sad.

I can't keep track of all the fat people I see on a daily basis. The first three people I saw two days ago were fat, but the third was jogging so I didn't count her. But I'm at a super store many times during any given week and it's really pronounced. I don't dwell on it, but I certainly notice it. I keep wanting to do a count but it wouldn't be scientific so what's the point?

A lot of people single out America and those are the people I'm trying to reach because I think they're the most wrong on this issue. I agree with you and thanks for noticing.

" Do you smoke? Drink? Sit on the couch and watch Steaming? "

I do that (all 3 at once) , it hasnt made me fat though :(

When Stephen Colbert went to Russia that was one of the first things an average citizen said about the US, that we have too many fat people. I was a little surprised they knew this.

What's weird is our focus on hypothetical problems like global warming instead of concrete problems like obesity. Everything you can say about global warming, every stat, every graph, obesity is 100 times worse, and all we can say is it's fatphobia.

He wears big panties

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I got the impression from the OP that they were objecting to fat acceptance.

If they are fat themselves, wouldn't it be odd for them to question fat acceptance and argue in favour of fat-shaming?

Are you kidding? Government is the reason we use corn syrup instead of sugar, transfat margarine instead of butter, skim milk instead of whole, avoid eggs, low salt, low fat, the reason junk food is cheap, etc... Government does a lot to adulterate the food supply, but really just the scientific reccomendations are enough. People believe the Food Pyramid, and so compliance has grown every year it's been around. They track this. Diets were very different 100 years ago in terms of macronutrient ratios. The top three most consumed foods are wheat flour, corn syrup, and soybean oil. It used to be meat and potatoes.

Actually if you refused to eat i assume you would be forced into a suicide clinic.

American Samoa has a type2 diebetes epidemic, due to the availability of cake.
The most amputated nation on earth.

You care because you pay for their healthcare.

Roxie, I’ve been in gyms all my adult life, and I think the average gym member spends no more than one-third of his total time in the place exercising. They sit on a weight bench—and watch TV, play with their phone, or both. They get on a stair master or treadmill—and hold onto the side railings, taking much of the work away from the target muscles, the legs! I’ll walk up to a guy who’s been on an apparatus and not moved a muscle in 5 minutes, and ask him how much more he has to do, and the answer is ALWAYS a feeble face-saving, “I have one more set.” Sure you do. Dude, if you rest more than 2 minutes between sets, you’ve lost all the benefit of doing multiple sets. I think a lot of them think that fitness is just going to get into their body by osmosis.