cpt.fass1 wrote:
Ok I have a few theories on this. Being American myself and skinny(6'0" and 165 lbs), it makes me sick when I watch T.V. and walk around town everyone is huge. I'm a minority in our blatenly lazy culter.
So theories,
1. Majority of kids can't leave there house cause they'll get arrested(if they deserve it) or just harrased. I grew up in the Ledgewood area of New Jersey which is a quite town and got harrased almost ever day I went out.
2. Knowledge that someone else is going to protect us so we don't bother staying in shape.
That's all I have now so let me know what you think?
Dude... Newsflash... It's not just Americans... It's EVERYONE. I read somewhere that now HALF the worlds population is overweight (what CONSTITUTES overweight, it didn't say, so we may be talking some poeple who are just half a pound overweight, or people with a bad height/weight ratio).
People have posted this before.
IMO: dont blame mcdonalds, dont blame crime, dotn blame the gun nuts (in fact, I think they're leaner than most beause at least they GO somewhere to shoot their guns).
In fact: blame people. People are downright LAZY as you say. I'ev seen people in vegas driving GOLFCART from their room to the reception ! I'll admidt I use the elevator when there is one, but "rolling sidewalks", come on, how lazy can people get ?
Noone excecies enough, noone eats right (fast food doesn't mean BAD food, btw), and another emerging problem in the world today is that good, healthy food is MORE expensive than suger, fat and animal byproducts (like what you get at KFC, mcdonalds or IHOP). That's not just for "food outlets", but also the case for crocery stores and food markets. Good healthy food is more expensive, so as people get poorer, they also get less nutritional food.
So the poor people can't afford good food, excercise programmes, or even decent sports.
The rich people likes to get waited on hand and foot, so they never move anywhere (remind you of Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars, they do)
And the working class who potentially could afford the food, and aren't so rich that they get lazy, spend too much time on OTHER things than caring about their health. They dont eat right because they need food right away, even microwave dinners can be too slow. In fact I read somewhere that a VERY large percentage of american working class families SKIPPED their vacation last summer to get time for other things (probably work, I would assume).
This is a growing trend, not just in America, though it IS really bad there. It's cause for concern as obesity could potentially kill more people than smoking, guns, car accidents or any other illness in the world.
Obesity is a disease, same as addiction, cancer or anything else... AND IT CAN BE CURED.... The problem is that there are so many people who dont SEE obesity as a problem.
From personal experience I KNOW the fight is a tough one... I need to walk at least 20 miles every week, I barely get in 10.
I need to eat more vitamins and proteins instead of fat, sugar and carbs, but I dont, the sugar and fat are easy to drop, but the carbs... Oh my good, I love those carbs. Mac'n'cheese with low fat cheese is ONE thing.. but mac'n'cheese WITHOUT the maccaroni ? Using spinach, beans and broccoli instead ? That stuff tastes.... Well, ok it doesn't taste bad at all, but It's a lot more work MAKING the food, so I usually dont.
It takes work, preparation and planning to eat that shit. But I can just put a ham in the oven, start up the stove and have a decent meal with some pasta and boiled veggies, and I will be doing loads of other stuff while it's cooking... I do at least THAT much, but it's not enough. And people do a LOT less than me usually !
