So why do you think people are getting so fat nowadays?
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A television culture with to much instant gratification
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people are way to self concious now... all they worry about is how people see them and about what people think about their body... if their flat chested... IMPLANTS! its stupid... haha i hope i could help :)
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People are depressed because we're not getting enough positive stuff into our brains.\n\nWe need to turn off the TV, stop accepting communications <e-mails, phone, visits> from those negative family/friends, and stop listening to negative music.\n\nPeople are complaining that we're a fat generation...we'll were also getting fat in our emotions.  Just like when you eat a bag of chips is getting you physically fat, so is playing video games that kill people, or watching "Desparate House Wives" and getting negative perspectives on life.  If you fill your brain with this junk, you'll get depressed. \n\nOf course, there is different types of depression which doctors are helpful with, but I'd say, we have stuck too much junk in the brain, and are suffering from it.
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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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I completely agree, I may not have said it like that, but I do agree. My husband and I have talked several times about how you don't see elderly obese people. I used to work in a retirement facility. In the building I worked in we had 50 residents. 1 was overweight. She was also one of the youngest people living there. You don't see them because they don't live that long! \n\nI don't know why people can't see that allowing yourself to become incredibly overweight is what is causing their health problems. I can name four people off hand in my extended family that are severely overweight. Among those four they share kidney disfunction, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and asthma.\n\nYeah, being overweight doesn't cause health problems...right!\n\nAnd in response to the person who said fatness is a disease...NO IT'S NOT! That's an excuse! Being overweight is a disorder called "Eating too much and not exercising".
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i wonder that myself. people would look so much better if they wore clothing that fit them and was flattering. size 2 or size 16, its all about how you dress to flatter your figure. \n\nhere are some ideas\n1. they can't afford new clothes\n2. they are in denial that they have gained weight since buying those clothes\n3. they use it as motivation to lose weight\n4. they are oblivious that their spare tire is hanging over their pants\n5. they don't care\n6. they wish they still had the body to pull off some of their favorite pieces of clothing
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No - you know that too. \n\nWhy is that that people who aren't fat always have to ask this sort of thing... poor self image or something?
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Not to my knowledge, a lot of them are out there trying to loose the weight.
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There's a difference between perfect and healthy.  It's great that people want to shed extra pounds and not be over-wieght.  \n\nBut as said before, the media paints the picture of what is "beautiful" and we buy into it.  Plus it's an industry: Diet pills, Workout Videos, plastic surgery, Counciling.  The more insecure we are about our looks the more money they get.
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2/3 of the population is overweight or obese.  You tell me if that's a problem.
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Why do you think people are becoming more self-absorbed?
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I'd say because humans aren't camels...we don't store food that we can easily use for energy later.  Also, their stomachs are bigger, and probably there are a lot of psychological issues: they get hungry when somehing goes wrong or right...whatever it is that makes them want to eat so much.  And then some fat people just have bodies that won't process food correctly, no matter how much they eat.  Some probably eat junk food...Lots of reasons, I'm sure.
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Well it is not a fact. A lot of people actually have a very poor image of their bodies... so a lot of people think they are fatter than what they really are. People who have eating disorders tend to have problems with this. When they look in the mirror they see a person much larger then the skeleton that is usually their actual body size.
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People gain weight for different reasons.  Some may simply be lazy and not care about their health or physical appearance.  Others may be depressed and use food as a comfort zone.  Others again may intentionally put on weight to make themselves unattractive to others so they are not hurt by a relationship going wrong(usually as a response to being hurt in the past)\n\nIt really depends on what their priorities and motivations are.  If they don't make their health and appearance a primary priority ultimately it will suffer.  Also note that it's one thing to be thin, it's entirely another to be healthy and fit.  You shouldn't link the two of them together.\n\nEdit/Addition: Actually numerous people here have answered your question.  It's not easy to just flick a switch in your head and reverse or change the things that are causing you to overeat or not exercise.  If it is a deeply traumatic issue that you have trouble dealing with usually it takes a LOT of work and a lot of motivation to break out of it.  The answer to your question is threefold:\n\n1. Some people are too emotionally depressed to make a change for the better and hence continue along the same self-destructive path OR\n2. They're medically ill and cannot help it (quite a rare case compared to the other 2 OR\n3.  They're too lazy\n\nHope that clears it up
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I don't think that is true,perhaps because of the fat?\nDepends from person to person...
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How dare you say we are becoming fat and lazy, we are weight challenged and exercise deficient.  We are a healthy country, excuse me while I open my cheetos, we eat right, have the best resturants (McDonalds, Dennys, Burger King, Taco Bell, Del Taco, the snack bar in Walmart) where else can you get the nutrious and lip smacking meals like they present, only in America.  Do you (of course you don't) remember the day when you had to get out of your chair to change the television channel?  Lock your car door with a key?  Get out of your car and walk into the resturant to get your food, cash your check, buy your liquor, get married, get divorced, go to church.  Did you ever walk to work, ride a bike, take the bus?  Do you have a car and drive to work by yourself, letting this 2000 pound vehicle take your 150 pound body around, how efficient is that???  If you do any of the above and we all do, then you have answered your question, so why ask??????
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Americans are fat because they are sick in their heads.\nThey have to keep eating like pigs coz that's the only time when they can get away from reality.