Fat Americans getting even fatter

[chris56789]

Report: Fat Americans getting even fatter
Extreme obesity is ballooning in U.S. adults

*PIC* <---Example of one of these people

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate.

The number of extremely obese American adults -- those who are at least 100 pounds overweight -- has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million. That works out to about 1 in every 50 adults.

http://us.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/13/extreme.obesity.ap/index.html

[FG Lurker]

I could do with shedding a few pounds myself -- about 20kg worth.

But some of these people are *huge*! Every time I go home the average-sized Canadian seems to have jumped up another notch.

[Speed]

It's the PORTIONS!

It's hard as hell to finish a plate of food at a restaurant when I go back to Cali!

Also:
- no walking or riding your bike to the train station
- no walking through stations and up and down stairs to make transfers
- no walking to your office from the station
- no walking or riding your bike to go grocery shopping

- food comes in huge portions and is cheaper
- SUPER size bags of chips
- small size cup of coffee/soda in the States = medium/large size cup in Japan
- no onigiris in convenience stores in the States, so your choice is to get a fatty burrito or a dried out jumbo hot dog

Kids don't seem to walk anywhere anymore either. Most are dropped off and picked up from school in giant gas guzzling SUVs due to overly paranoid overweight parents.

It's the portions man, the portions.

[Speed]

By the way, Chris56789 is that avatar a picture of you?

You look quite............ sukebe.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

- SUPER size bags of chips

What kind of Chips are you talking about? The ones that you get in Mc Donalds?

Stupid things is Japan:
Potato flavoured potato chips,
Milk drink.

[FG Lurker]

Stupid things is Japan:
Potato flavoured potato chips,

There's no potato in those... They're potato flavored chemically created crispy snacks...

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Stupid things is Japan:
Potato flavoured potato chips,

There's no potato in those... They're potato flavored chemically created crispy snacks...

I know thoes but there are actual potato ones.
There are also like 5 different flavors like sweet potatoe, baked , buttered, plain(not readdy salted or with out flavor these are the real potato flavor potato), german, nori & potato

[kurohinge1]

...The number of extremely obese American adults -- those who are at least 100 pounds overweight -- has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million...

Damn! I knew I should have invested in Fat Americans. All my other stocks have gone down.

[kamome]

...The number of extremely obese American adults -- those who are at least 100 pounds overweight -- has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million...

Damn! I knew I should have invested in Fat Americans. All my other stocks have gone down.

Yeah, the one certainty you can bet your bottom dollar on is an extra couple of pounds will be gained on average per capita in the U.S.

BUt you would have taken a loss on me: <----- lost 15 pounds since coming back to the States. It's cause the fruits and veggies are so cheap here.

[cstaylor]

...The number of extremely obese American adults -- those who are at least 100 pounds overweight -- has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million...

Damn! I knew I should have invested in Fat Americans. All my other stocks have gone down.

Yeah, the one certainty you can bet your bottom dollar on is an extra couple of pounds will be gained on average per capita in the U.S.

BUt you would have taken a loss on me: <----- lost 15 pounds since coming back to the States. It's cause the fruits and veggies are so cheap here.

I would bet more on the lower beer intake.

[kurohinge1]

... BUt you would have taken a loss on me: <----- lost 15 pounds since coming back to the States...

Do you miss that leg?

... It's cause the fruits and veggies are so cheap here.

Every time a see the price of melons in Japan, I seriously think of smuggling some in. I have a few ideas on how ...

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Every time a see the price of melons in Japan, I seriously think of smuggling some in. I have a few ideas on how ...

You could use a gaijin size condom and stick swallow. Going out hte other end might be a pain.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm happy to say that I'm doing my best to contribute to this trend.

[Taro Toporific]

I could do with shedding a few pounds myself -- about 20kg worth.

But some of these people are *huge*! Every time I go home the average-sized Canadian seems to have jumped up another notch.

Ain't it g-r-r-eat to go home and be called "Slim".

(Sigh...20kg worth would be nice for me to get back to my highschool wrestling weight.)

[DJEB]

FG Lurker is right to throw Canadians in there - all the "developed" world should be thrown in there as well.

There are 1.1 billion overfed people offsetting the 1.1 billion hungry and 2 to 3.5 billion with vitamin and mineral deficiences.

Ranking by share of overweight adults in the mid-1990s:

55% United States
54% Russian Federation
51% United Kingdom
50% Germany
41% Colombia
36% Brazil

Ranking by share of underweight children in the mid-90s:
56% Bangladesh
53% India
48% Ethiopia
40% Vietnam
39% Nigeria
34% Indonesia

"In Austria, Belgium, France, and the United States, food companies spent more on advertising - an estimated $30 billion dollars annually in the United States - than any other industry." The $30 billion dollars spent in the U.S. on corporate advertising can be contrasted with the $333 million spent by the USDA on nutrition education.

"...Americans comsume 70 kilograms of caloric sweeteners per year, nearly 200 grams, or 53 teaspoonfuls, each day." (Source: World Watch) Producing this sugar causes a loss of 3710 kg of top soil per person per year - over 10 kg per day (Source: Geoff Lawton, The Permaculture Research Institute; all other data comes from http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/150/).


Finally, the first definition provided by Merriam-Webster for consumption is "a progressive wasting away of the body..."

[chris56789]

By the way, Chris56789 is that avatar a picture of you?

You look quite............ sukebe.

I don't know Japanese, but I checked the definition and it said "Sukebe: Lewd, Sleazy

*thinks* um, no...no, that's not me.

[Samurai_Jerk]

FG Lurker is right to throw Canadians in there - all the "developed" world should be thrown in there as well.

There are 1.1 billion overfed people offsetting the 1.1 billion hungry and 2 to 3.5 billion with vitamin and mineral deficiences.

Ranking by share of overweight adults in the mid-1990s:

54% Russian Federation
41% Colombia
36% Brazil

Are they the "developed" world? I just saw a report on the news a week or two ago that Mexico is becoming a nation of fatasses too. I also saw a story about France a few days ago that said they have one of the world's lowest obesity rates. I wonder what they're doing right since they definitely have the money, resources, and types of food to make a bunch of lardbuckets.

[cstaylor]

I also saw a story about France a few days ago that said they have one of the world's lowest obesity rates. I wonder what they're doing right since they definitely have the money, resources, and types of food to make a bunch of lardbuckets.

One word: culture.

[Samurai_Jerk]

One word: culture.

Do you mean they're more cultured or it's because of French culture.

[DJEB]

I also saw a story about France a few days ago that said they have one of the world's lowest obesity rates. I wonder what they're doing right since they definitely have the money, resources, and types of food to make a bunch of lardbuckets.

One word: culture.

Some time last year, I came across an arctile that compared average portion sizes served at restaurants in major world cities. Tokyo and Paris were no where near the American supersized portions. Don't eat too much and move your body around a bit and you should not be overweight.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Some time last year, I came across an arctile that compared average portion sizes served at restaurants in major world cities. Tokyo and Paris were no where near the American supersized portions. Don't eat too much and move your body around a bit and you should not be overweight.

When I was younger I loved the huge portions at restaurants but now I feel like I'm wasting money because I can't eat like that anymore without getting sick.

I remember these sandwiches my brother and his friend used to make when they were in high schools. They'd cook some bacon then cook some spam and eggs in the bacon grease. Then they'd put the spam, eggs, bacon, cheese, and mayo on some white bread and fry the whole sandwich in the grease. Holy shit that makes me sick just thinking about it.

[cstaylor]

Do you mean they're more cultured or it's because of French culture.

Specifically French food culture.

[DJEB]

I remember these sandwiches my brother and his friend used to make when they were in high schools. They'd cook some bacon then cook some spam and eggs in the bacon grease. Then they'd put the spam, eggs, bacon, cheese, and mayo on some white bread and fry the whole sandwich in the grease. Holy shit that makes me sick just thinking about it.

That's the shit you really need to be afraid of, not crime or terrorism. According to the CDC, the leading causes of death are heart disease cancer and stroke killing 696,947, 557,271 and 162,672 per year respectively. Diabetes ranks at number 6 with 73,249 deaths per year.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

[Samurai_Jerk]

I remember these sandwiches my brother and his friend used to make when they were in high schools. They'd cook some bacon then cook some spam and eggs in the bacon grease. Then they'd put the spam, eggs, bacon, cheese, and mayo on some white bread and fry the whole sandwich in the grease. Holy shit that makes me sick just thinking about it.

That's the shit you really need to be afraid of, not crime or terrorism. According to the CDC, the leading causes of death are heart disease cancer and stroke killing 696,947, 557,271 and 162,672 per year respectively. Diabetes ranks at number 6 with 73,249 deaths per year.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

Do you link every post to your political ideals?

[FG Lurker]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

Do you link every post to your political ideals?

What does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have to do with political ideals?

Sure, they are a US Gov't organization, but they are hardly political.

[Socratesabroad]

What does the CDC have to do with political ideals?

Not a thing, just like heart disease having nothing to do with gov't antiterror and anticrime policies. SJ was referring to DJEB's completely unrelated swipe at gov't policy - "[Heart disease is] the shit you really need to be afraid of, not crime or terrorism. "

Reminds me of the abusive protester boyfriend in Forest Gump, apologizing for hitting his then-girlfriend Jenny because 'it's just Johnson and this immoral war' (or something along those lines)...

[kamome]

I would bet more on the lower beer intake.

BINGO! Yes, that is another big reason. Damn, I'm now averaging a measly one to two beers a week. So even though it feels like I'm eating the same amount of food each day, I'm still losing weight.

Sheesh...and people think that a Japanese lifestyle is so "healthy" and "natural"

[goldenboy_ge]

I remember these sandwiches my brother and his friend used to make when they were in high schools. They'd cook some bacon then cook some spam and eggs in the bacon grease. Then they'd put the spam, eggs, bacon, cheese, and mayo on some white bread and fry the whole sandwich in the grease. Holy shit that makes me sick just thinking about it.

That's the shit you really need to be afraid of, not crime or terrorism. According to the CDC, the leading causes of death are heart disease cancer and stroke killing 696,947, 557,271 and 162,672 per year respectively. Diabetes ranks at number 6 with 73,249 deaths per year.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

Do you link every post to your political ideals?

lol- the story about the sandwich is awesome

I think I got to do some advertising. :P

[DJEB]

SJ was referring to DJEB's completely unrelated swipe at gov't policy - "[Heart disease is] the shit you really need to be afraid of, not crime or terrorism. "

I was using the pronoun you in the collective sense, not in reference to government policy. Had I meant otherwise, I would have said "that's what governments ought to focus their budgets/attention on." I specifically had Japanese people in mind as I have asked several dozen what their greatest fears were and got crime and terrorism as the most common answer, though my comment fits a lot of people.

Do you link every post to your political ideals?

If commenting on people's collective behaviour counts as political ideals, then perhaps, yes, I do.

[kamome]

Do you link every post to your political ideals?

If commenting on people's collective behaviour counts as political ideals, then perhaps, yes, I do.

I used to do the same thing...back in high school.