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Renard said:
. The Euros don't even care about gym culture or "working out" because they've got nothing to compensate for. They're already slim and sort of in shape from walking all day.
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Well that's bullshit. Some of the greatest bodybuilders in world since the 1960s are from Europe.
 
It's almost like you desperately need someone in charge of your health system that intends to start looking into the massive clusterfuck that is your health and food supply systems...
 
Travis Alexander said:
I live in LA the only fat people I see daily are middle America tourists that come with their fat families. I live in an area that is a 20 min drive to the closest drive through fast food place. Fat people are pushed towards lower income areas.
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Its basically the same in San Diego. As someone who is from the Midwest (Chicago) I see the drastic difference in the average size. And you're right, a lot of it is regional/income dependent.

But non Americans love their blanket statements. Funny how produce some of the Greatest athletes in the world still.
 
TeTe said:
Its basically the same in San Diego. As someone who is from the Midwest (Chicago) I see the drastic difference in the average size. And you're right, a lot of it is regional/income dependent.

But non Americans love their blanket statements. Funny how produce some of the Greatest athletes in the world still.
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Hahahaha... you criticise others for using blanket statements, by using a blanket statement about what "non Americans" love? LOL
 
pugilistico said:
Other factors like lack of public transportation and over reliance on cars. Nobody walks or bikes anywhere because of the lack of infrastructure.
There really isn't a wider culture of walking or hiking or generally being active. It seemed to me that people in general were outside more in other countries, even in countries that get cold.
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Infrastructure is a yuge factor that isn't talked about enough in my opinion. Of course individual choices matter but when the entire system incentivizes low locomotion it's hard to overcome.

It's a multifaceted problem and unfortunately changing basically the entire American infrastructure is an extremely tall order that will require trillions of dollars, decades of work, and overcoming the automotive lobby.
 
Contempt said:
Hahahaha... you criticise others for using blanket statements, by using a blanket statement about what "non Americans" love? LOL
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My point was proven by the responses in this thread.

Besides, I didn't say all did I
 
Travis Alexander said:
Real Sherdogger checking in. Also I live in LA health and beauty are commonplace here. There’s a gym and Pilates studio every 5 feet. TS you said your friend moved to Virginia but if you go to SoCal, Miami, NY you will see scores of people in incredible shape.
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Yup. And not surprisingly, these are higher-income places.

Obesity has become a social class condition. Doesn't matter if it's rural areas or the inner city, it's the poor who are fatter and the well-off and educated that are in shape.
 
Travis Alexander said:
I live in LA the only fat people I see daily are middle America tourists that come with their fat families. I live in an area that is a 20 min drive to the closest drive through fast food place. Fat people are pushed towards lower income areas.
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I have a big problem @Travis Alexander i only eat mcdonalds on saturdays along with a couple beers and i gain 10 lbs. other than that i eat under 2000 calories per day and eat healthy.
 
Fast food, frozen foods, and junk snack foods with processed ingredients designed to make you still feel hungry after eating a whole meal.

Like a combo meal at any fast food restaurant is 2000 calories but I’ve never felt full after eating a Big Mac. It’s all empty outside of the fat and sugar.

So many Americans eat 2-3 good sized meals a day on top of snacking because a lot of the meals are designed not to fill you up but to keep you hungry and buying more.

Americans have always been good eaters but they weren’t always fat. So something changed and it needs to change back.
 
Kowboy On Sherdog said:
No. It's because we can't afford healthy food like eggs ;)
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If you could, you'd probably deep fry them and eat them with a milkshake.
While the general answer is sedentary lifestyle and cheap caloric-dense tasty foods, some of your food habits and products are plain harmful. Like, deep-frying and adding corn syrup to everything.
 
TeTe said:
Well that's bullshit. Some of the greatest bodybuilders in world since the 1960s are from Europe.
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Individual bodybuilders yeah but I really think as a culture, bodybuilding culture is bigger here.

Anecdotal evidence: A few years ago I coached HS soccer and we had the guys in the school weight room doing the usual lifts- bench, incline, squats. Another coach had a friend from Spain visit us and he was watching this. He was a typical gym bro himself but he marveled at how a regular public school had this type of weight room.

He said that in Spain, fitness and gyms revolved more around aerobic exercises, elastic bands, and a few fixed weight machines. Barbells and free weights were strictly for bodybuilding bros, not high school teams. In other words, it was more of a subculture whereas in the US, it's so mainstream high schools have been doing it for decades.
 
ssBaldy said:
If you could, you'd probably deep fry them and eat them with a milkshake.
While the general answer is sedentary lifestyle and cheap caloric-dense tasty foods, some of your food habits and products are plain harmful. Like, deep-frying and adding corn syrup to everything.
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Versez said:
I have a big problem @Travis Alexander i only eat mcdonalds on saturdays along with a couple beers and i gain 10 lbs. other than that i eat under 2000 calories per day and eat healthy.
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I haven’t had McDonald’s in probably 14 years and that was only because I was on a long drive and had next to no other options. I won’t eat anywhere with a drive through. Health is wealth sherbro.
 
I was reading a bit the other night about how light, sunlight in particular can have an effect on a person weight. It was found in studies that those who spend more time out doors tend to be thinner. It didn't mention this in the article I read but have read in the past that sunlight can be helpful at lower sugar levels in the body. Lower sugar levels are thought to help some to lose weight.

Also sunlight through the eyes can help to stimulate the body to create more hormones associated with weight loss such as thyroid hormones, along with testosterone.

So America is one of the most industrial nations in the world where most people work in doors out ot the sun all day. That simulating winter conditions year round very well could be contributing to America's growing waist size.

I can imagine all the addictive fast foods available such as pizza, hamburgers, french fries etc is a main contributor also.
 
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