What do they eat? they are like giants when they come to england,. we all look really small?>
does anyone know? it cant possibly be mcdonalds all the time?
2006-11-26 22:43:24 · 8 answers · asked by zara z 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Sorry, i wasnt trying to be rude. I just wanted to know, as America is seen as the super power of us all, i was just interested to know why they look so different?
Id like to be tall
2006-11-26 23:16:17 · update #1
I wouldn't say that all Americans are huge. However, that tends to be the stereotype. I haven't ate at McDonald's in at least a year, don't see the point in it. I can clearly cook my own food and enjoy doing and its cheaper. My husband and I like to eat a lot of rice and we also love potatoes, we eat a lot of salads. We only eat lean meat, mostly chicken and turkey breast, but some beef. we eat TONS of vegetables and fruits, all in all we eat really healthy. I wouldn't say Americans fault is the quality of food we eat, its the amount and the amount of exercise we get. We have a plentiful life and a lazy one at that, hard to stay healthy in that aspect.
2006-11-26 22:57:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the fat, but I can give some reasons for the height.
First, Americans are a human example of cross-breeding: nearly every country is represented, here, and we all marry each other. The result is something geneticists call "hybrid vigor". This same phenomena is observed in plants and animals. Hybrid vigor genetically magnifies survival attributes, and in humans that includes height.
Secondly, we eat more meat; it's not the growth hormones (what nonsense), it's the amount of protein that spurs early puberty and, as a result, height.
Hope this helped.
2006-11-27 07:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think its the higher level of growth hormones American food companies are allowed to use in their livestock.
I have no statistical data to back this up handy. However I have noticed that my brit friends do tend towards the short end. Atleast as seen from the American perspective. I should note that I am just over 2 meters tall myself.
If anyone has hard data on the level of growth hormones used in British livestock intended for human consumption I would be most interested in aquiring a copy.
2006-11-27 06:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Christopher L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The beef they eat is full of artificial growth hormones - this makes them taller. I've heard that the same effect is occuring in Japan where a US style diet is now prevaling. The Japanese schoolchildren are apparently getting too big to fit their school desks(!)
And the yanks are fatter mainly because food is so cheap over there. And also because there is nothing much else to do in America other than eat. (Believe me, the USA is a soul-less place - they have nothing to believe in other than cranky half-conceived ideas, or, over-eating!) (Cranky half-conceived ideas? They re-elected G. W. Bush didn't they?)
2006-11-27 07:01:39 · answer #4 · answered by geo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah i know!!! Tevor mcdonald would have a field day!
To be honest the food and drink has sooo much sugar in. I have a pespi in New york and i swear i was hyper for the rest of the day... was bloody lovely through he he he
2006-11-27 06:53:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fi fi fo fum...I smell the blood of an Englishman...
2006-11-27 07:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by bandit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha wow that was really rude.
not all of us are humongous.
2006-11-27 06:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by D.Allman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mmmfmfmfmhehehehehahahaha
2006-11-27 06:55:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋