Why are so many American women, all races included, fat?

Answer 1

Because they eat a bunch of junk and get on these stupid fad diets that don't really work. Like the Atkins diet. It works only while you do it, but then you get tired of eating the same things all the time and you gain twice your weight back once you stop eating grap fruit. For some reason these are appealing to people.
A lot of it is marketing. People watch tv all damn day and have these stupid commercials showing food all the time, and then they go to Wendy's not because they're hungry but because they "just feel like a burger". We have too much food here and not enough discipline.
Plus nobody drinks enough water anymore.
People really underestimate water. It keeps you from bloating up, but people are just drinking diet soda. Like that's going to keep them thin. These people are always falling for the fat free crap or the diet food. None of it works though, because they don't understand anything about nutrition. Not that I'm an expert.
Also I notice whenever I go out to eat with other people they always fill up. They don't understand that that's contributing.
You should really only eat until you're satisfied,not until you're fit to burt. It not only keeps those extra calories out of your body but aids in digestion if you pack less food in there. I bet they don't pig out like that in other countries so much.
But this is just from what I've seen.

Also, I don't find your question offensive. But you should have just put down Americans. Because our men are fat too. But Americans really are fatter than other people. Of course a lot of people will get their panties in a bind over it. Whiners.

Answer 2

There is also a great amount of American men who are fat too.

As an foreigner here, I'm appalled at the huge servings they give you when eating out. The fact that you order a Coke comes in a huge bucket AS REGULAR SIZE and is refillable is not helping the fat people in the world stay thin. I can't order a kid's size meal because I'm not over 65 or under 12; and the kid meal is the same size meal I would get back home in Australia. I can't eat the huge amount they dollap on my plate.

There is a plethora of All-you-can-eat places that are super cheap. There's a Chinese Buffet down the road who is advertising free beer with their 9.99 buffet, and I see nothing but fat people in there.

People also choose to drive their cars instead of walk. ou have drive-in ATMs, drive-in food, drive-in dry-cleaners, drive-in every thing, all to make it "convenient" for the customer, when really they should get up out of their fat ***, walk to the counter and back to their car.

There is little in the way of physical education encouragement. There is an ad on the radio at the moment, where some guy is saying to his friend "Hey, let's go outside and shoot some hoops." His friend replies "In this heat? you must be mad." the first one then proceeds to explain his Cable has dropped again, where the friend then comes and says buy Time Warner cable and you don't have to go outside to play basketball.

There aren't that many female-friendly sports any more. Any sport that is out there is more popular with males, so a lot of females get discouraged and don't want to do anything that is seen as a "male sport." Basketball, baseball, softball are big examples of that.

The society seems to coddle a lot more the fat people of the world. People no longer blame themselves, they blame other things. I've seen billboards advertising stomach stabling or some other kind of surgery, saying you could lose weight and not lose hope. Because of these "easy way out" methods, people tend to not want to work on it. Every magazine I see always has some new fad or diet splashed on its front page; I saw one today saying "lose your tummy flab, 1/2 an inch a day!" when I KNOW that it is not possible to lose flab only in one spot. Everything is shown as "instant instant instant" like you could instantly loose 500 pounds in 6 weeks or something. All the magazines, all the articles, all the television shows don't actually mention that is has to be a mental thing too to stop having that extra piece of cheesecake, to only put on your plate what you are going to eat rather than fill it up because you can. They don't introduce mental coaching and people give up easily and blame it on everything else because of their failure.

As well as that, the whole "Big is beautiful" BS that is going around is convincing women that it is OK to be fat and let yourself go. No mention is actually made of all the health problems associated with being that fat and the strain it has on your heart. No, men and women alike convince themselves that they should accept themselves as they are and not do a thing about it.

Answer 3

Seriously it is disgusting. I have to live in America and look at them all! It's because our culture coddles the fat, telling them that maybe they were born that way or have hormone imbalances after their pregnancies, but really there's NO reason why anyone should be as fat as they are over here. They eat too much, get little physical activity, and then complain about it instead of trying to really work off the weight. They think they are the only ones suffering, but all of society is suffering having to pay for their medical bills, crowding hospitals, and changes in the way things are built (bigger cars) which use more gas to accommodate their large size.

Thanks for asking that question.

Answer 4

First of all there are more FAT American men than there are women. Remember sweetie Women out live there men.

We live in a society where everyone is in a hurry , it's a fast food joints on every corner. I feel for the most part most woman neglect themselves and have low self esteem. So they find comfort in food.

Answer 5

Duh. Because in the United States, portions are a million times bigger than what they should be. Also, most Americans prefer to eat out. Our stomachs accomodate such large quantities to the point where they stretch and from that point on, we're so used to eating larger and larger portions. That makes us fat. It's not only women, it's men too.

This isn't a very good question. As a matter of fact, it's quite offensive and I'm sure you're going to get really negative comments from many ladies.

p.s. - That's a subtle way to say that you smoke WEED. Damn drug addict. You smoke weed and you're not fat? Don't you get munchies?

Answer 6

These are all great answers. But, I think that a lot of America's obesisty is becuase of the price of healthy, whole, natural foods. Families who are low income can not afford to buy the healthy stuff, and therefor turn to the cheaper processed foods, full of fat and chemicals. Which sucks, b/c their children grow up not knowing how to eat healthy.

If people made easier for poorer families to eat healthy I think they would.

Answer 7

Because of the high availability of consumer procucts that can make them fat. In other words, since McDonalds and many other junk food providers sell their crap so cheaply, it's much more available to them. And "we" are not a rich country. It's the corporations who get the real money by sending their products to foreign nation to be built by someone who doesn't get paid as much as an American. Thats why things at your local Wal-Mart are so cheap. And by having you people buy it more ,since it's cheap and all, they get rich.

Answer 8

Because we have the most fast food and fattening food in the world and are the laziest people. But not all women in America are fat, it's just a stereotype. Why would you care anyways

Answer 9

The food we eat. Everyplace I go, things are deep fried. Of course, I live in the deep south and I think the motto is Everything Can Be Fried. It also might be that these foods are delicious. People just need to get off their butts and work out.

Answer 10

are their a lot of fat american women? I see a lot of fat american men also.