Is their really many large people in America or is it just the media and magazines portaying of it?

Answer 1

americans are amazingly obese.

Answer 2

No, people are getting larger, here are two articles to read

Settle Times
"Obesity is considered a major public-health problem, but many scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative. These public-heath experts believe, in effect, that America may have traded smoking — a truly lethal habit — for the lesser deadliness of eating too much. "

From across the country this article is from the
Boston Globe

"A new analysis of data collected by ongoing long-term national surveys indicated that the average adult was about an inch taller in 2002 than in 1960 andin 2002 weighed nearly 25 pounds more."

Answer 3

No, Most americans are larger then what the media and magazines are portaying.

Answer 4

As a completely un-biased overweight person myself I can tell you first hand that in America there are a large number of overweight people. From 20lbs overweight to 300lbs+ overweight. The media isn't blowing this out of proportion. In fact in the US they are referring to it as an 'Obesity crisis'.

I hope the answer I've given helps :)

Answer 5

It's all the stuff they put in the food. Some peoples bodies can handle it while others plump up like a Turkey. It's a conspiracy to fatten up the population to sacrifice us to the coming anti-Christ. The fatter you are the more likely you'll be chosen.

Answer 6

It can't be the media and magazines. I never see "large" people on their shows or pages. Only little thin people.

Answer 7

There are many large people here. The really huge people are in the minority, but we do have a lot of overweight people here.

Answer 8

Absolutely! The majority are overweight.

Blame it on the fast food industry and television/video games/computers..

Answer 9

Obesity is going to be our next "epidemic"!;-)=