2006-12-20 17:04:43 · 15 answers · asked by ? 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
not a perception, look at the average serving sizes at your local macdonalds there is your answer champ
I wont generalise as it is not my way but if portion sizes are bigger then that is a sad but true fact.
hope this helps
2006-12-20 18:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Serving sizes and portion sizes are big when compared to rest of the world. There is a lack of exercise to add to it the citizens are into eating unhealthy calorie rich foods.So people in US eat more calories compared to the reast of the world. That is why US has higher percentage of Obese people.
You need not worry due to globalisation, the American trend is catching up in the rest of the world. Now even Europe has higher case of Obesity. if you look into India and China, the rising global powers, even they have a generation of obese kids.
It has been found out by scientist that there are more obese people in the world compare to starving ones.
Aping US has helped to create a fat world.
BEWARE OBESITY KILLS!!!
SO IF YOU WANT TO BE HEALTHY COUNT YOUR PORTIONS AND CUT DOWN ON YOUR CALORIES.
2006-12-21 01:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was stationed in Europe during an enlistment in the U.S. Army. When I returned home I immediately noticed how fat Americans tend to be. That was in '79. Its only become worse since then!
2006-12-21 01:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dwain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are the richest people who take everything for granted. We get way much more then other countries and often more then we need. this gives others the impression that we're greedy, fat pigs. Then to top it off we actually have the highest percetage of obesity in the world....
2006-12-21 01:08:05 · answer #4 · answered by Mellow lazy guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are ... i just went the other day to pick my daughter up at the high school and some of those kids were weighing in around 200lbs or more,,, i have never seen teenagers that could pass for adult just by their size alone.. only their faces showed how young they were.. and as i was walking in the school house one of the teachers grabbed me and demanded to know where i was going and why i was not in classed.. then he realized i was a parent..at 42 and getting mistaken for a teenager i wanted to hug him.. and i consider myself overweight.. at 5 ft and 140 lbs
2006-12-21 07:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we have no more control over what we put into our mouths- than we do what comes out them. And that's a fact.
2006-12-21 01:13:40 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we do eat a lot as a nation. everything is supersized including our waistlines
2006-12-21 01:06:44 · answer #7 · answered by QandA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a perception, Johnny
2006-12-21 01:06:16 · answer #8 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im american and I eat normal and im not overweight.
2006-12-21 01:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly because we can... And a lot of us overindulge.
2006-12-21 01:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by nik<3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋