Does the U.S. really have a weight problem?

I live in NYC and i hardly see a person walking down a street who is fat or obese, is this just something the Media uses against America?

I guess you don't know much about fat people.

But they don't walk around much.

NYC is different than the rest of the US in many ways. Check out the more rural and suburban areas, and the inner city and you see more obesity.

I guess you don't know much about fat people.

But they don't walk around much.

CondorCalabasas

Yeah I can say there is quite a problem in some places.

While it's true NYC is full of very good looking people, there is an obesity problem in the country. It's not that every person you see is fat, but 30% is still a pretty high number.

It's not really a weight problem, it's a lifestyle problem.

The high claorie, high sugar diets with little to no exercise are the problem. It's a problem weather or not people are gaining weight as a result.

Do you live in an area at a high elevation or with any steep inclines? If you don't see many fat people, they may have just rolled away from your location.

In the UK we constantly hear of the 'obesity epidemic' in the States, but in a world where America is the figurehead for western consumption (how many times have you heard that 'everything is bigger in America'?) I think that image has become kind of exaggerated. The physical shape of the American stereotype has stemmed from American culture.

The UK has an ever expanding waistband, its just a high demand for crappy foods in bigger quantities - kids here get fatter with every year, when I was in primary school there'd be about one fat kid in each class, now I can hardly count them up on my ever ballooning fingers.

And while I hate to say it, I do think that tax measures should be placed on our weight issues - I mean how much is it costing to deal with this? As much as it costs to deal with alcohol or drug addiction? (I really don't know, just throwing that out there). While I understand it is a different situation with privatised healthcare, in the UK obesity is something of a drain on society,

Do you live in an area at a high elevation or with any steep inclines? If you don't see many fat people, they may have just rolled away from your location.

MetroidPrimePwn

explains why I only see the body builders, average joes, and anorexics whenever I visit San Francisco.

Well, I keep seeing fat people going to McDonald's.sethman410

You don't just get fat over night it takes time. You have to do the wrong thing over and over it becomes a habit. This is why I find fat bodies crying they can't lose the pounds but won't correct the habits that made them disgusting funny. There are lazy bums all around eating themselves into a early grave but they won't die and I have to look at they nasty behinds. They even get disability my tax money goes to a pig that won't do the right thing.

I don't, so I don't care.

Yes. It's a problem that nearly every first world country faces in some form or another. The US has the biggest problem though. Even though the US doesn't have the highest % obese, it has by far the greatest number which puts a massive strain on the healthcare system.

I guess you don't know much about fat people.

But they don't walk around much.

CondorCalabasas

People mostly walk or use public transportation in NYC, so they tend to be in better shape.

There's a definite obesity epidemic in other parts of the country. When I go to visit my father in Houston, practically everyone is monstrously fat.

In the Southern states they do. People down there lie in the bed and eat.

[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

Do you live in an area at a high elevation or with any steep inclines? If you don't see many fat people, they may have just rolled away from your location.

TheFallenDemon

explains why I only see the body builders, average joes, and anorexics whenever I visit San Francisco.

Yes, trust me, it does. I've been on that end of the spectrum.

Oh god yes, all of NA has a weight problem. People have no perspective on portion sizes. 1 litre/quart of anything is a single serving to some people now. Not just a single burger will do, a side 'snack' plus a supersized beverage and fries are part of the meal, and maybe a dessert to go with. Dinner at Olive Garden? 1k calorie plate of pasta-something, plus the unlimited breadsticks and a drink. Shovel 'em all down.

And heaven forbid I even mention buffets. Now with the recession people buy even more crap in bigger portions because they want to 'make the most of their money'.

People eat way more than they need, it's gluttonous and eating around 4k calories a day is unhealthy for the average person who isn't training or working out all the time. Most people who don't have a physical job are fairly sedentary every day, maybe have light activity. Portion sizes + the kind of food we eat is turning us into a bunch of pudgy ponies and we really need to take a look at how we're eating and how much of it.

In the Southern states they do. People down there lie in the bed and eat.

Kage1

Oh god yes, all of NA has a weight problem. .

XilePrincess

Oh god yes, all of NA has a weight problem. People have no perspective on portion sizes. 1 litre/quart of anything is a single serving to some people now. Not just a single burger will do, a side 'snack' plus a supersized beverage and fries are part of the meal, and maybe a dessert to go with. Dinner at Olive Garden? 1k calorie plate of pasta-something, plus the unlimited breadsticks and a drink. Shovel 'em all down.

And heaven forbid I even mention buffets. Now with the recession people buy even more crap in bigger portions because they want to 'make the most of their money'.

People eat way more than they need, it's gluttonous and eating around 4k calories a day is unhealthy for the average person who isn't training or working out all the time. Most people who don't have a physical job are fairly sedentary every day, maybe have light activity. Portion sizes + the kind of food we eat is turning us into a bunch of pudgy ponies and we really need to take a look at how we're eating and how much of it.

XilePrincess

My sisters husband is pushing 400 pounds (she comes in at just 130, heh) and it's not his activity levels: he's busting his ass at work from dawn till four or five in the afternoon, and then comes home and busts ass around the house (seriously, I don't think I've ever seen him sit down for more than a few minutes if it wasn't at the table).

His problem is, as you said, portion size.

We had a cookout on the fourth, and where most of us had a hot dog and a hamburger, he had four or five of each. When I left, he was cleaning up the appetizer plate (cheeses, crackers, celery and peanut butter and the like).

I see it elsewhere, too. I was at McDonalds just today (for one of their McFlurrys, they're the $hiznit) and this guy two up from me ordered a quarter pounder with cheese, two fish fillets with cheese, a 20-piece mcnugget, a big mac, two large fries, a large sweat tea and a large diet Coke.

I was thinking he was ordering for two people, what with the two fries and drinks. Nope. All for Mr. Piggy. Though you gotta wonder...

...what's with the diet Coke?

Yes, obesity is epidemic.

Yes. It's a problem that nearly every first world country faces in some form or another. The US has the biggest problem though. Even though the US doesn't have the highest % obese, it has by far the greatest number which puts a massive strain on the healthcare system.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]

Oh god yes, all of NA has a weight problem. .

Fightingfan

lol they're so damn fat, like a nation of supersized, xenophobic, bible-bashers.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="XilePrincess"]

Oh god yes, all of NA has a weight problem. .

Cataclism

What kills me is fat people making excuses. My friend is fat and every time I go to work out she finds a way not to go. Tell her about her diet she says oh yeah then continues to eat crap. Then she says it is easy for me cause I am not fat. Yeah you know how that happened one meal and one workout at a time. I did not just wake up with this body, like she did not wake up a hippo. She is always crying how men don't like her sexually. You have a moon face and a big gut not sexy. She still won't get off her ass and still stuffs her face. Then gets mad when I bag on her well do something about it but she just cries like a baby.

Fat people are happy being ugly I guess??

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[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

Do you live in an area at a high elevation or with any steep inclines? If you don't see many fat people, they may have just rolled away from your location.

sonofsmeagle

explains why I only see the body builders, average joes, and anorexics whenever I visit San Francisco.

[QUOTE="sonofsmeagle"][QUOTE="TheFallenDemon"]

explains why I only see the body builders, average joes, and anorexics whenever I visit San Francisco.

dodgerblue13

No, nothing wrong with fat people.

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[QUOTE="MetroidPrimePwn"]

Do you live in an area at a high elevation or with any steep inclines? If you don't see many fat people, they may have just rolled away from your location.

sonofsmeagle

explains why I only see the body builders, average joes, and anorexics whenever I visit San Francisco.

Looks up bears.

No, nothing wrong with fat people.

Pffrbt

Yes, obesity is epidemic.

ZombieKiller7

Epidemic implies disease.

^ That ain't fat, that's uber obese. Size 12 is my prefered.Fightingfan

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]^ That ain't fat, that's uber obese. Size 12 is my prefered.noscope-ak47

Yes.

When compared to Hollywood, it has a gigantic weight problem :roll:

Size 12 is kinda chubby about 165 to 170 unless she is tall or has a insane coke shape not going to look good.

Size 12 is kinda chubby about 165 to 170 unless she is tall or has a insane coke shape not going to look good.

noscope-ak47

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Size 12 is kinda chubby about 165 to 170 unless she is tall or has a insane coke shape not going to look good.

Fightingfan