United States of OBESITY

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stranger still, i wear a 32 in waist, but over the past few years have always had to buy a 34 in shops cos they fit better. I have a tape measure it says 32" bang on....

and even more recently, i have bought 32" cammos from Asda, they are actually too big...what the ferk is going on?

i blame the Chinese...


It's that damn metric system! It's going to destroy society one waistline at a time.

I don't think obesity is confined to USA.
Over here we have kids and adults who are clearly overweight to the extent that they're obese.

I think a number of factors are involved.
Modern living doesn't require us to have walk to work/school etc : people resort to driving everywhere : people don't walk up stairs, they take lifts (elevators).
Kids don't go out to play, they play computer games instead.
Couple this with additives to food, it is no wonder that people are getting bigger/fatter.

I don't think obesity is confined to USA.
Over here we have kids and adults who are clearly overweight to the extent that they're obese.

I think a number of factors are involved.
Modern living doesn't require us to have walk to work/school etc : people resort to driving everywhere : people don't walk up stairs, they take lifts (elevators).
Kids don't go out to play, they play computer games instead.
Couple this with additives to food, it is no wonder that people are getting bigger/fatter.

I blame digital convergence - the TV remote removes the need to stand up, iPods remove the need to get up to change the record (sorry CD), home automation removes the need to open/close the curtains and the Internet pretty much removes the need to leave the house.

We're becoming a planet of do nothingers.

I believe the fun sci-fi prediction that in 10000 years we'll all have 1 foot tall bodies and 2 foot tall heads.

Now THAT would make for an interesting custom Trek....

My favorite is watching people who think they are dieting order a stuffed baked potato (after walking by the salad bar). Hmmm, I'm trying to watch my weight, so I guess I'll eat... 1500 calories of pure almost pure glycogen. No insulin shock there. I swear aI once saw a 250 pound woman order a baked potato then pick up a BAG OF POTATO CHIPS on the way to the register.

When half the US is diabetic in ten years, imagine what our health care premiums will be like.

If there are any Ben Folds fans out there, listen to the song All You Can Eat. It's awesome.

One great place to people watch is Las Vegas. You have the obese folks going around in the motorized thingies, a lot of overweight couples walking from buffet to slot machines back to buffets, wearing tight clothes and then the skinny working girls with fake boobies.... fascinating place

Watching obese folks hitting the salad bar feeling all good and then they smother their veggies with some weird cheese sauce. sad actually.

Vegas is awesome people watching. You hang out at the strip, watch the "30,000 millionaires", with the "hookers in hiding" in the slots, then go downtown, sit at a $10 table, where the cigarette-smoking 60-year-old tell you "you're throwing off the whole table" 'cause you're not hitting on 16. Good times.

Sure, not only Americans are fat. But, on average, Americans are one of the fattest nations for many own reasons. Interestingly, the phenomena is most noticeable in the South with Fatlanta leading the pack.:eek:

1. Higher cultural reliance on fast foods
2. Population dispersion. You have to drive almost everywhere if you live in suburbs
3. Higher disparity between haves and have-nots.. Low income layers are most obese.
4. Compared to Europe, poorly developed public transportation and bike/walk lanes.
5. American brand of individualism renders many health-oriented public actions ineffective.

Sure, not only Americans are fat. But, on average, Americans are one of the fattest nations for many own reasons. Interestingly, the phenomena is most noticeable in the South with Fatlanta leading the pack.:eek:

How could you make such a statement against my hometown? :D
But it does seem to be very true :(

However, among the obese Fatlanta people I look like a superior conditioned athlete in this town (probably not so much in other places). :D

How could you make such a statement against my hometown? :D
But it does seem to be very true :(

However, among the obese Fatlanta people I look like a superior conditioned athlete in this town (probably not so much in other places). :D
Well...we've all heard the expression Southern fried...

I once had fried pickles at a catfish place in Mississippi. Better than you would think BTW. But one year when I was working at trade shows all through GA, AL and MS, every meal they served us was fried chicken, fried catfish, fried hush puppies, potato salad and cole slaw. Was pretty good the first time...and I quickly grew to hate the sight and smell of it...ate power bars all the time. Oh, and sometimes they would have BBQ ribs. So there you go...

If they can adjust ketchup to fall under the "vegetable" food group, it will relieve a lot of guilt felt by mothers across the country.

If they can adjust ketchup to fall under the "vegetable" food group, it will relieve a lot of guilt felt by mothers across the country.Well, back in the 80's there was a big uproar because under the Reagan administration...ketchup was allowed to be considered a vegetable in school lunch standards. But it really is high in vitamins...and I've seen some kids eat enough of it in one sitting to qualify as a whole tomato..;)

Well, back in the 80's there was a big uproar because under the Reagan administration...ketchup was allowed to be considered a vegetable in school lunch standards. But it really is high in vitamins...and I've seen some kids eat enough of it in one sitting to qualify as a whole tomato..;)
By the time a kid has eaten enough ketchup to equate to one whole tomato, the poor child has also ingested 4lbs of sugar.:p

How 'bout the latest trend at summer fairs and such? Fried twinkies and fried snickers bars? Yeah, the calories in the twinkie or the snickers bar aren't enough, right?

How 'bout the latest trend at summer fairs and such? Fried twinkies and fried snickers bars? Yeah, the calories in the twinkie or the snickers bar aren't enough, right?
I've heard of the fried twinkies...but not snickers? Wouldn't it melt?

As far as the Twinkies go...vomitrocious!

I've heard of the fried twinkies...but not snickers? Wouldn't it melt?

As far as the Twinkies go...vomitrocious!
Hey. Deep fried chocolate bars have been gourmet fare in Scotland for over 15 years!

Hey. Deep fried chocolate bars have been gourmet fare in Scotland for over 15 years!
Well, it's gotta be better than haggas.

Seriously though, how can you deep fry chocolate? I don't get it. Not that I'm planning on whipping some up, LOL. Have you ever had one?

There is going to be an actual Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/12/for_editors_the_view_why_fox_w.html

How 'bout the latest trend at summer fairs and such? Fried twinkies and fried snickers bars? Yeah, the calories in the twinkie or the snickers bar aren't enough, right?
I have to admit that deep fried twinkies sound pretty good.

There is going to be an actual Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/12/for_editors_the_view_why_fox_w.html
LMAO! :D Hopefully they don't also make a restaurant like the film version of Fuddrucker's! :eek:

Well, it's gotta be better than haggas.

Seriously though, how can you deep fry chocolate? I don't get it. Not that I'm planning on whipping some up, LOL. Have you ever had one?Dip in batter and drop into a very hot deep frier. The trick is to lift it out before the heat penetrates the batter too much. The batter turns crisp and when you bite into it melted chocolate runs out. Very tasty.
Deep fried camembert in breadcrumbs is cooked the same way.
Deep fried Mars Bars = instant coronary.