Despite all the media attention about the hazards of fast food, why is it that fat and obese people continue to be ignorant?
126526
Maybe because the have no will power, faith or hope that they will ever be able to be skinny. They just do it because they have no other things to do.
35515
I hear ya, we can definitely blame them for their laziness but not for their ignorance. Corporate America is driving them to the brink. What time do they have to learn about nutrition and proper forms of exercise, not to mention what they are being subjected to with false labeling and all the no fat no carb non sence. Who could know? \n\nMost people have families and are busy with their hectic lifestyles but that is no excuse for letting their health slip away from them. They say they have no time but of course there is always time for the PC, television and or video gaming. \n\nTo the point of the question, this is sorry. I used to train with this very hot German girl, my best friend from childhood. Two month with me in the gym and she was getting so tight and looked totally hot and everyone noticed and complimented her. She on the other hand had it in her head that because she was gaining weight (The new muscle) things were all wrong. So she stopped completely and went on a series of fad diets, lost all the lean body mass and now looks like a soggy cherio, go figure.
314523
rude and overweight..yes i think the image comes from the media
279707
the are not opposites, since anorexia is very much a social pressure disorder - brought on by the publics demand for being thin and the constant "diet" commercials for fatties which make some succeptable people feel fat even though they are not\n\nobesity often is learned as a child becuase mom gives cookies or ice cream to crying kid so kid learns to confort themself with food.. \nthere are TONS of help groups for obese people, sadly many do not see a problem with their weight or their kids weight.\n\nNorth Americans, and particularly those in the lower United States LEAD THE WORLD in obesity... Americans are raised at a young age to be consumers and do it very well... the brainwashing has worked.
614061
When ANYBODY thinks of American food, they think of McDonalds.  That's pretty bad.\nBetween all of the American eating dissorders, obesity, and fast food frenzy...I do agree that Americans are overfed and under nourished.
402129
They do not want to promote that their food may be fattening.\n\nIn commercials the company wants to please the consumer, and when people other happy thin people eating at McDonald's enjoying themselves, it might drive them to eat there too.\n\nIf you saw a heavier person in an add eating food, you might be reluctant to eat there...fearing obesity.
54008
Can you see the problem our society has. We are so afraid of fruits and vegetables but have no problem grabbing the chips and dip with a few beers.\n\nGood question but come on. Eat them bannanas.
427468
They sometimes get teased by their friends for not being capable in doing physical exercise and simply just for being fat or for eating too much. But one needs to know which friend are just joking and which are being mean. Usually obesity are caused by doting parents who thinks that making their child obese means that they really care about their child. All kids cry for food as a toddler, but parents need to make their stand clear and be mindful of how much the child really needs to keep healthy and fit. So I guess, society should start at these parents first and then the children when they grow a little older and are more mindful about their surroundings
158881
That story has been told before,only it was against another fast food place,any fast food can be the dirtiest or cleanest in the world,it has nothing to do with the company or brand itself,it's up to the individual to check out if the place you like is a good place to eat,I've worked in expensive restaurants that are less cleaner than their cheaper counterparts
659692
This is a good question and I recommend that you see the movie "Supersize Me", written, directed, and staring Morgan Spurlock.  The facts are very very disturbing.  While smoking USED to be the number one cause of preventable death in the US, it is now obesity!  This movie goes over and beyond in explaining the paradox behind the McDonald's company.  I repeat watch "SUPERSIZE ME"!\n\nBy the way that guy is totally WRONG...Morgan goes to actual doctors and health clinics...its not just a movie its a documentary you idiot!!!!!!
500441
Maybe because most Americans are so Fat now that they see everyone around them as normal. How funny! In America we have different categories of being classified as fat, kind of like how the Eskimos have different names for snow. Weird huh?\n\nYou have your:\n\noverweight/chubby/big boned person\n\nFat/Obese\n\nExtreme Obese\n\nMorbidly Obese (300 lbs and up)\n\nThis is so crazy!
279835
LOL you stole my pet peeve....lets not forget the people who order double cheeseburgers and super size fries and then get a diet coke to go with that.....wouldn't want to mess up their diet......\nI can't not stand people who I get stuck behind in the parking lot because they want to wait 10 minutes for that up front parking spot....wouldn't want to have to burn some extra calories walking now....
197871
Well, as a doctor I would say that because of comfort foods and sedentary way of life style and cos of spending hours on watching computer tv  we are prone to have obesity and I can tell you there are at least 110 diseases which can be related to being obese and major ones are definitely , heart attack , angina , inc. serum cholesterol, for women who take inc, animal fat breast ca. and for those who are naughty and prosmicoious who smoke and begin sex life early cervical cancer , and cos of pollution and pl smoking around us lung ca. then these aerosols we use MSG we eat that is monosodium glutamate in snacks and all take away foods , artificial sweetners , industrial pollution all these are giving rise to novel cancers with i guess passing time newer diseases are eveolving cos of ths artificial life, i dunno what to say but we are deriving numerous benefits from these service too lots lots more .we can help cut these down by engaging our selves in more phycical activities not hi tech just walk aorund the corner daily and healthier diets , wih more natural stuff and a healthy choice of fruits and vegies , then our GRAND MOTHERS  they were basically prone to infectious diseases which are either now preventable or treatable but none of these threats we have was there then.
109705
none just cos people obese dont mean they have learning probs
550627
I think you asked 4 questions here,  or is it 5? \nAll I can say is, it wasn't apples that made people fat. It wasn't any God-given whole  foods that made people fat. It's MAN made "foods" that are addictive and fattening. Sugar cane is full of fiber and vitamins, whole milk is healthy, whole grains are healthy, it's only when man takes parts of foods and combines with other parts of foods, like the pure sugar, the cream (butter) off the milk, the starchy part of the grain and puts it together (dough) and fries it in part of an animal (the fat of a hog, lard)..... that's where fattening and addictive things like donuts become unhealthy.  Our bodies are craving the MISSING parts and we  mistakenly overeat the same wrong things..... and become gluttons.
485973
People are nurtured on a diet of information based on a Disney style interpretation of the truth. They are not stupid, they just don`t look for alternative versions of reality. media manipulation and an education system that encourages you to accept the official version of events does not help a person become intelectually independent. It suppresses free thought. Trust me i`ve worked the system. It is fundamentally flawed.
608238
yeah but its because there is so much junk food and tv shows to watch that people just get really get fat.  only a few people care, those few that r thin, and the fat ones dont really care because everyone else looks the same way.