Holy crap, How can you say you are so proud of being an obese country?
473807
well first i do i agree that obesity is not a good thing in any way . America has a problem and the first step is to acknowledge this problem . this is not cool on any way or something to be proud about . however i do not think that by judging them so harshly ur making any difference . u could tell them to star living healthy a do exercise instead u go and judge them . ur attitude is not positive and not helpful at all . people is important for what they are inside and ur showing a really ugly side of u . so i hope u change ur attitude just like Americans should change theirs . think about it .
1176804
Unfortunately you have a point. Obesity is causing many problems in our society. It is placing such a strain on our health system as the beds are no longer adequate, we need bigger chairs on planes etc. I think instead of insults we need to educate people and use the same tactics we use on war/cigarettes or anything that is harmful.
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its interesting that our country has the best organized school sports programs in the world, including middle, high school, and college but we're so fat.  I think the key to our being the fattest country in the world is our love for everything convenient.  The reason other countries are so fit isnt that they eat much differently or work out more, its that they have to walk and take stairs and generally move way more on top of any sports they do.  I live in Switzerland now and I have no choice but to walk to anywhere I need to go in town because even with a car, its way too inconvenient to drive and park and sit in traffic.  This is because the town was built in 1200 AD so they hadn't planned for cars, and also, because space is so highly valued, they build up instead of out, thats one thing I'm always sad to see when i visit my family back in the states, that theres always more buildings covering what used to be farms or empty fields, and they're always one story, those stairs have a duel purpose...
150784
Despite what you have witnessed in other countries you may be comparing a small sample size relative to the entire population of the country you are visiting.  Americans clearly and statistically have the worst diet, are the most overweight and have the highest percentage of obese people in the world.  Ever been to Texas?\n\nThe progression is clear from decades past especially in young people which are a good representation of future health.\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overwght99.htm\n\nSorry my friend, but facts are facts and you can't refute them.
899893
I feel fabulous, thank you very much!\n\nPS. I'm glad you can "LoL" about how the country is going to hell, it is always  best to put on a happy face :)
14147
Without a doubt! You Earned it!! Be proud of yourself and your Country.
49857
I'm not from the US, but that animosity is reserved for obese ppl the world over!!\n\nI think it has to do with the misconception that fat ppl got fat cause they have no control over their eating habits and therefore appear to have low self-control, are indisciplined and weak.\n\nIt's wrong, of course. But its human nature to feel superior to any perceived notion of lack of discipline or weakness. Which instead of resulting in understanding and tolerance usually comes out as snide and contemptuous.\n\nMost fat ppl I know are NOT fat coz they eat like mad monkeys, but it’s hormonal or psychological in nature which triggers irregular eating habits among other reasons for obesity.
15295
Whoa! Slow down. \n\nDon't you think Hate is such a big word?\n\nWe are only disgusted by them.\n\nIt's only natural to be disgusted with overweight people, but we can' really spend our time and energy for hating them. \n\nBesides that's *exactly* wht the terrorists want us to do. They want us to hate each other. When we start to hate each other, they will win. \n\nWe should be more civilized. \n\nWe should be quietly disgusted. It is the right thing, it is the ***American*** thing to do.
1116069
I think that aspects of the political and media elite have worked hard at dumbing down the media outlets to where most people don't even realize that there is a problem. Most are more concerned with who won American Idol or Survivor than what has been done to the Constituition. I also think that Americans are daily exhorted to act in our own interests rather than the interests of the whole of society and sometimes we succumb to the temptation. Buy the latest  greatest, must have thing, lose weight, but don't stop to think about the people that made a lot of the things we are able to buy that are on subsitence or less wages, and never question how is it that obesity is a problem here and there are people starving in every ghetto, and in other places around the world.. Sorry for the long answer..
715448
Good Lord...the UK is great.  I lived there for a while, i live in Germany now, but Europe is so much better than the US....everything is just great.  We don't have our whole country dying of obesity, scandals don't wreck our government, our crime rates are a heck of a lot lower, our food is great.  Come over here, you won't regret it.
648751
I'm not in denial about how fat I am as a person or how fat we are as a culture. I have a whole blog about it.\n\nStandards are changing, the minority of fat people has become the majority.  I'm not saying it's healthy. It's just reality.
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...clearly it is. People do what they can get away with. If they don't have to cook, they don't, if they don't have to walk they don't. Then patterns become routines, routines become entire lives.\n\nI watched a program in Australia a few days ago about the most obese people from the States...I was shocked by their size & how they were bedridden by their weight...one guy was around 880lbs+!!! - who had not walked in 6 years & if rolled onto his back would suffocate from his fat in his sleep !!! )-: his wife still snuck in snacks for him into the hospital. \n\nObviously u dont get to that size in a week,month,year but a lifetime...I went to my school reunion in Jan and some girl who was hot in high school and was a size 6, had put on about 90/110lbs on her 5'1'' frame!!  She was wearing a poncho! lol\n\nIn Australia the news recently had new legislation that might be signed banning junk food to be sold in the school canteens!\nRecent surveys state that this generation will be the first to actually be outlived by their parents...and that they considered obesity and childhood obesity an epedemic...obesity was defined on that tv show as someone that is 45 kgs(99lbs) over their ideal average weight for their height...!!!\n\nIt's a combo of carelessness, routine, and the mentality of fast food franchises in America...supersizing etc and one store on every corner etc...it makes it too easy...I wouldn't only blame them...people are just getting smarter and lazier with every generation...
1007140
You must be REALLY proud of yourself for this one.\n\nSheesh.\n\nGrow up.\n\nAnd thanks for the points.
960104
I try to live as if horrendously fat people did not exist. I'm too nice to call out insults, of course. But I'd prefer that obese girls kept themselves out of my sight, and, if they must waddle about, then I appreciate it if they keep their rolls and jiggly folds well under wraps, so I don't have to look at all that strangly shifting human jello.
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Wow, I realize obesity isn't healthy.  I realize it's not 'even popular'.. in fact I'll go so far as to say that 'obese people are hated' by those who 'feel they are being responsible with their bodies'.  It's very funny, how INTOLERANT this country has become, and while I have my own faults, and when I recognize them, I try to rectify my views if they are at all offensive to a particular race, sexual preferance or even if it's a matter of size/weight.  \n\nI sure hope all you 'thin' people live a really long, life, so that you can sit back and stand on your podiums about how 'righteous you were' about it all.\n\nFunny thing is..... HEADS UP - GENETICS do play a part.. and even the most dedicated athletes that have not used steriods, run every day or whatehaveyou, still drop dead from heart disease.  So instead of throwing stones at obese people, perhsps it would be in your best interest not to be so narrow minded and realize that while yes .. MOST have poor diets, MOST do not exercise enough, but MANY have genetic issues or medical issues (Hypothyroid which regulates metabolism along with many other body processes), might have legitimate reasons for 'being overweight.  What about those that are trying to get their weight off?\n\nNevermind, I know I just read that statement.... How much fatter can we get, before we die by the masses.... the answer?  How many lives will vitamin overdoses, over execiszing, not enough hydration, steroids take from the 'so called - healthy - appearing population?  Let's not forget the anorexics and bulemics that are in part the way they are because of this EXACT intolerance toward ANY Difference.  \n\nOhhhhhh you want to be able to be different, but only 'according to your rules'?  Good luck to you then, because someone will find a way to slam you for your lifestyle, problems or choices and basically insinuate that you are a <blank> insert whatever word that applies to any problems you have.  \n\nAll I can say is, I pray for your soul... may you find tolerance and acceptance for ALL people and instead of 'lumping them together', take the time to find out why - choose to be this way or that way, and do your best not to spread this kind of flaming 'hate' across any public medium.  Because no matter how thin, fit, gorgeous, talented you are???? This post just made you look like a big jack A$$!
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I don't know what you're looking for, but I have been consistenly obese since I returned to the U.S. from Germany in 1963 when I was twenty-one.  I have done very physical work and have done office work also where physical exercise was at a minimum.  I have lived an worked outside of this country various times and have always lost weight when in a foreign country, eating pretty much the way the natives of that country did.  I spent three years in office work outside of the U.S., during which time I dropped my weight from two hundred an forty pounds to 172.  I am five feet eleven inches tall and very large framed and very large boned.  I was extremely fit at 172 lbs.  Every time I've stayed in another country for more than a few days, I have lost weight, only to regain it upon returning to the U.S.  My last trip out of this country was to Mexico for six months in 1987.  I lived in the state of Merida and lost more than forty pounds while there.  All I did was eat the food of the area and enjoy the native cuisine.  I had no special diet nor did I change my daily activities in an attempt to lose weight.  Returning to the U.S. in 1988, I regained the lost forty pounds within the succeeding six months and have since watched my weight increase to 310 pounds.  Ihave tried dieting various times and have had temporary limited success, but have always regained the weight lost and then gained even more.\n\nOver the years, I have read a lot about food and have come to the conclusion that there are major problems with the way food is grown for commerce in this country, as well as in other technological countries.  I am almost convinced that the poor quality of the food is the major factor causing rampant obesity in the U.S.  I feel that changes need to be made in the matter of using chemical fertilizers rather than organic material.  I also feel that animal producers should not be allowed to "house" animals for the sole purpose of raising them for food.  I feel that the meat and nutritional quality are both affected adversely by the practice and, to a large degree, contribute not only to obesity but to other health problems.\n\nGood luck with your project.   If you wish to ask questions or need clarification, feel free to email me.
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Good point! Excessively obese people seem to be the ones striking against hunger. LOL!