Why are americans so fat?
831024
The truth is that it isn't what Americans are eating but the portions of it. Leave the US and go to any other fast food outlet be it in Europe or Asia and you won't find the same giant sizes.
191473
I feel Americans should be upset about any and all discrimination.  Obesity is a proven disease.  Sometimes it is best to look the other way when offended.  Obese people should feel free to enjoy life just as much as anyone.  No, I am not obese and I think it would be a very sad for anyone suffering this disease.
1178448
yes, americans are fat and lazy.  They get in their cars to drive 3 blocks to the store.     Eventually, we will all have individual scooters that we ride everywhere, even inside.  Our cars will have ramps that let you drive your scooter up into your car so that you don't even have to get out of your scooter to use your car.  Eventually, over centuries, our legs will grow weaker and weaker and we won't even be able to walk anymore. Legs will become vestigal organs.  Our thumbs, however, will grow smaller and more flexible in order to be able to control the scooters better.
441277
Because Americans are stupid
1048906
Because Americans are pigs.
496066
cuz they think they're fat joe
425377
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.
17925
Most Europeans I know are apalled at the serving size of food in American restaurants. And so many people here finish their plates. \n\nWE EAT TOO MUCH and drive everywhere.
703991
well maybe i have to admit ( i am 1/2 korean and 1/2 black) many americans are fat, but in s. korea, they eat rice, other healthy stuff and probably 2-5% koreans are overweight. In the U.S., more than 30% of the population are overweight. ( i think)
563529
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?
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..
316348
they arent\n\nthey just arent fat like the rest of the women you see in america
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.
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 .
528957
A lot of crap that makes us the fattest country in the world.
1080301
Even Americans are mortified to see themselves and their neighbors be so huge. Check out WalMart sometime. Criminy. \n\nI think that people tend to do what they have seen done before them. Look at the impossibility of the 4 minute mile. Once the barrier was broken, there were many more that came right after. \n\nWhen one sees truly huge people, it is easy to think of ones self as "not too fat." I'm not as big as "that" person, so I am not so bad. \n\nAmericans don't all do things as a group. We live in an enormous country. We tend to do things that our families and neighbors do. There is very little true necessary activity in this nation anymore. Farming is done with machines, clothes are washed in machines, dishes are washed similarly, no ironing is truly necessary, food is microwavable and served up instantly in fast food restaurants. \n\nOur lifestyle, in general, seems to be one of needing more hours in the day. Most people are working couples, kids get second place to the parents' jobs. There isn't much time for family life, and for personal recreation, much let alone kayaking, cycling, mountain hiking, and volksmarching. \n\nThe hectic lives many Americans lead does not lend itself to healthful living. \n\nAnother thing to consider is that most Americans are not rich. Most Americans work very hard to try to "keep up with the Joneses." There are images of monied perfection that we try to attain, and it takes 2 jobs and not much time for anything else. The people who you see as jetsetters, ski bunnies, and driving great cars and living in fantastic homes are the top of the economic pile. Most of us are not as well heeled, and can't afford the gym, or even find time for a nice walk. \n\nYou talk about how the rest of the world views Americans. Sorry that the fat slobs here are ruining our world image. Sometimes it might be impossible, but a nice dream, to think that others might check in their own backyards before judging the rest of the world. \n\nI know that Americans are not the favorites of the world. But again, the great majority of us are decent, caring, well-balanced individuals, with open minds and hearts. Even the very fattest of us all might surprise the rest of the svelte world population with intelligence, dignity, inner grace, and kindness. \n\nSorry America doesn't present the best picture for you or the "rest of the world." Sorry about the starving folks in other countries. Truly I am. But to be angry with us because of a weight issue is to be small-minded and ignorant of the real factors facing transglobal relations. \n\nWe're fat because we have access to unhealthy foods, live an unhealthy lifestyle, and are caught in a rut of modern living. Habits are hard to break, and no one is eating extra calories to cause international hardship. Perhaps the next time I consider putting that second serving of Cheerios into my cereal bowl, I'll remember how it'll look to the rest of the world, and be ashamed.
847595
Americans choose quantity over quality when it comes to food.. everything is super sized. A lot of us do not sit and enjoy a meal, we eat while doing other things, like driving, watching TV, etc., which makes us eat more without thinking. Also, it is not a coincidence, I'm sure, that we have more cars here in  USA than most places, which makes us get less exercise. The worship of thinness here in USA is contradictory to what we as a nation look like. The standard of thinness that is worshiped here is so unnatural and extreme that some people give up s thinking it unattainable and let themselves go even more than if it were a normal  weight standard set.