Coming back into the US and noticing all the fats walking around

I’ve been noticing it a lot more lately. Everywhere you go there are just huge people. It’s sad.

In the macro, it’s not genetics… it’s our diet more than anything imo.

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My mind goes to the idea that our food system loads everyone with high fructose corn syrup. But also is it laziness?

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I think it's just normalized behavior mixed with ignorance.

Jim is 225 and sees John who is 250 and thinks he isn't so bad. John sees Tim at 300 and thinks he isn't that bad off.

Tim tries to lose weight by eating a salad covered in ranch, croutons, and bacon and can't understand why the pounds aren't shedding off. Tim thinks he is active because he hunts and fishes whenever the weather allows and works around the house, so he just must be a big guy. Also, he tried to eat healthy and it's just unrealistic. Nobody can actually do that.

This is all fictional and in my head, I'm well aware.

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We are doomed. The averages are up 10 or 15 lbs since 2000

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It’s the real pandemic.

Way more dangerous than climate change. Yet gets completely ignored.

Fat, stupid and lazy is how most Americans go through life.

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It’s the real pandemic

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Americans... Let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. Obesity! They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."

Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyles!
I'll sit at a drive thru
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter
Everything is mega meal, super sized
"Want biggie fries with that? Want a jumbo fry, wanna go large
Want a biggie fry, wanna have thirty burgers for a nickel, you fat motherfricker?"
"There's room in the bag. Take it!"
"Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents."

Baby sing, sing, sing... Sing your song
Sing for me... (Come on now sing)
Baby sing, sing, sing... Sing your song
Sing for me... (Sing a song)

People also don't get the right amount of or right kind of sleep.

It's down the list on what's causing the weight problems, but it's definitely on the list. And for some people trying to lost weight but not being able to get over the hump, it could be their sleeping habits undermining all of their hard work.

I wonder how much the average weight would go down if there weren't a TV in every bedroom. Or if everyone still used alarm clocks instead of their cell phones, allowing them to leave their phone in another room at night.

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We’re lucky we have the luxury to do so.

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Its not a luxury to be gluttenous. Its ignorant.

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Just came back from a dutch island

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Not as many desk jobs on a small island. People are always moving. Walking more or riding bikes instead of driving a car. Also people are eating more seafood and chicken vs. hamburgers and other fattening meals. More fruit intake vs chocolate and baked sweets.

Plus when it's hot outside your arse is sweating. You can't sit inside the A/C all day on an island.

It's not hard to figure out why Americans are fat. Sedentary lifestyle with poor diet practices.