Why are americans so fat?
396347
cuz they worship fast food and tv as ICONS and sit on therir fat asses preying to those icons.
25515
I think it's based off of society valuing what influential and rich people that they iconize look like.  The "elite" have the time and resources to devote to looking their "best" and usually that best is the opposite of what the average person in society looks like.\n\nIn the US it's hard to stay fit because most of us don't have jobs that keep us physically fit (or in the case of kids, they don't "get out and play" as much as they used to).  Also the cheapest food that is available is the worst for you but is the highest quantity that most people in the US consume which leads to so many people being overweight.  So the opposite (being skinny) is what's idolized.  Mostly it's wealthy people who have time to excersize and "personal trainers" and such to help them stay fit... the rest of us are on our own.\n\nBack a few hundred years ago, if you were overweight it was a major status symbol because adequate nutrition was hard to come by, and if you had enough food to be fat, you must have been really well off.  Again, what was attractive was the opposite of the average person who had to work hard at manual labor and probably didn't get enough to eat and so was skinny.\n\nTanning is another example... a while ago it was considered unattractive because if you were tanned it meant you were some serf working outside all day instead of being able to stay inside away from the sun.  Now it's the wealthy that have the most leisure time to spend outdoors so tanning is what's considered attractive.
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One example is corn. Agriculture was big in the US. Our land had room for an abundance of crops. Corn is a huge government subsidy. Corn starch is in many processed foods. It's cheap.\n\nMarketing is also something that's hard for us to hide from. There have been case studies in which a certain country (I forget which country) doesn't allow commercials during children's programming. The result? Kids have less of an urge to want. They don't crave Happy Meals, and they eat a lot healthier.\n\nIn the US, because we have so many freedoms, people feel as if they're entitled to be whatever they want to be, even if what they are is unhealthy. People also want to be kind to fat people and encourage them by saying "It's ok to be overweight. There's just more of you to love." Plus size clothing stores are nice because they cater to overweight people. But do they, at the same time, encourage them to lose weight? No. They'd lose money and wouldn't be in the business. In the US we just find ways to get around things and be lazy.\n\nI'm not saying fat people don't exist anywhere else. But whenever I go to a theme park or a mall, I am disgusted by the fact that many people don't care about their health. Again, because we have freedoms, they can be fat if they want to be. But what are they teaching future generations to be?
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Because, the media is portraying them only as camel riding tent living people. It's like the world seeing America as only McDonalds eating fat ignorant people. It's all just a slight misunderstanding.
496066
cuz they think they're fat joe
472852
I have a question??\n\nWhy are you so Fat
995572
1/2 of AMERICA consists of ppl who are overweight! Adults and Children Alike! Mostly adults though...\nmost children are active, they have a great metabolism, and usually are required to have some physical activity in school (like sports, dance class, etc).\n\nBut obesity in children is on the rise
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Because we live in America.
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not really cuz almost everything british people do, they beet the americans. one of the studies concluded that british people are more healthy and stuff than americans and researchers don't now why?
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Haha I am not fat or tall so thank you for saying the word "majority."  We live in fast food nation.  There are a lot of lazy people out there who eat horrible meals and too large of portions.  They don't exercise and drink 6 Cokes per day.  They drive everywhere and they don't go see the doctor.  It's cheaper to go to the Dollar Menu at McDonald's than buy fruits, veggies and fish to have for dinner... and it is quicker!
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I wouldn't say that all Americans are huge. However, that tends to be the stereotype. I haven't ate at McDonald's in at least a year, don't see the point in it. I can clearly cook my own food and enjoy doing and its cheaper. My husband and I like to eat a lot of rice and we also love potatoes, we eat a lot of salads. We only eat lean meat, mostly chicken and turkey breast, but some beef. we eat TONS of vegetables and fruits, all in all we eat really healthy. I wouldn't say Americans fault is the quality of food we eat, its the amount and the amount of exercise we get. We have a plentiful life and a lazy one at that, hard to stay healthy in that aspect.
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It has something to do with the area they live in. Body types are based on climate, landscape, food, and way of life.  Like Eskimo's for an extreme example, they are short and chubby because their diet consist of mostly fish and to be short and fat gives you a smaller body area to keep you warm.  Where as in Africa the natives are tall and skinny giving them longer body area to keep them cool in hot climates.  These are extreme examples but the same applies to European white people, but it is not as noticeable because American white people come from Europe, but our features have changed over time because of food, climate and living conditions.  It all boils down to where people originated and evolved from.
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Lots of countries have the image of America as being all about consumption.  The french especially are often amazed by how much Americans eat, they can't believe portion sizes in restaurants for example.  They also feel that Americans in general do not have a strong sense of culture/history/art and takes a narrow view of world issues and events, based on our national self interest and wish for instant gratification.\n\nPoorer or developing countries often look at the general prosperity of America and its power and wonder why this country doesn't do more to help the rest of the world with problems like poverty, disease, etc.  It is true America does some, but very little in fact in proportion to its wealth.  In many other cultures there is a strong expectation that those who have a lot must support those who are in need, so America is often perceived as a selfish country.\n\nHope this helps but make sure you use your own words to do your report.
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This is a very good question. \nPeople who are hard workers usually remain hard workers all their lives, so the immigrants themselves are highly unlikely to become fat and lazy. Their children on the other hand, are much more likely to become fat and lazy by being raised on fast food and in a society that praises hollywood and values posessions and money over all things (hard work among those other things).  \nWe just need to take a few steps back in our own history and ask some simple questions to analyse this.  Where did the current fat and lazy americans come from? And the answer to this....  -decendants of immigrants. In no specific order, these were immigrants from Italy, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, England and other places that were hard workers, some of which faired better than others. And guess what? - their american born children and the children of their children got complacent, became lazy, fat and formed unions and drove up wages to protect their status quo. These americans are now under threat to lose their jobs to the newer wave of immigrants. \nSo to answer your question, I would say yes, it is very likely that many of the decendants of immigrants will become fat, lazy , live off public assistance, form unions , drive up wages and so on. But by that time my friend, they will be rightfully american born and just as american as anybody else. \nSome few will take advantage of the American dream and succeed beyond their wildest dreams to become great contributors to the amrican society. But most, like most decendants from previous immigrants, will only see the dream on TV. New additions to the melting pot will surely change the essence and taste of the porridge.  But for America to remain true to it's cornerstone, this is inevitable.
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It's just a common belief, carrying extra weight puts an added strain on your body and of course there are many obese/fat people who do little exercise and eat all the wrong foods all the time.\n\nThe stereotype is a fat person taking no exercise and eating fatty/junk food all day washed down with gallons of soda. The fact that some may be large boned, have an illness or do lots of physical activity just doesn't enter their minds.\n\nUntil the majority of people understand that you can be large and still be active or that some people have medical imbalances a fat person will always be seen as a slob, a glutton & one incapable of being active due to their size
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Well if you're an American....most likely you will be fat. Just feed him what most family feed their kids and he will be on his way to obesity and heart disease and all of that good stuff. Blame it on all the processed foods on the shelf of grocery stores.
95078
Well I am larger than average and I have a very good man who also is larger than average...\nBut I wouldn't say we are exactly fat...\nJust a little overweight...\nHe loves my cooking...LOL...\nHe picked me and I was already overweight...