As everyone knows the world is getting fatter and fatter. Everyone points the finger at fast food. But fast food has been around since the 40's and people didn't start getting really fat until around the 90's.
I blame the internet/computer. If the internet vanished I think people would spend less time sitting on there butt and more time doing something else.
I have no fact and no figures and nothing to back up my clam other then the fact that I see fat people online all the time and the rise in internet popularity correlates with the rise in fat asses.
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I work sitting down (in front of the computer) and I'm not fat... I'm not supermodel thin either you know, i do have curves!
i do exercise a couple of times a week and i try not to eat to fattening ( i did say TRY... yes i do eat the occasional burger and fries, or steak and fries, chocolate too, but i try...)
i think it depends on the person.
People are fat because of our culture. As mentioned in the drug thread, it's all about moderation. In modern, western, 1st world countries we have the luxury of equating food with comfort and indulgence. In ancient Egypt the overweight were considered the most attractive members of society because it was a symbol of wealth and status. And that's pretty much how it is here, except it isn't considered socially acceptable or attractive. Coupled with a lack of activity, modern Americans are in a position to self-medicate through any number of things. It's just to bad that so many choose to do it with food. Obesity, like so many other disorders are a result of the wealth of the country. We're so rich in America and other 1st world countries have the luxury of developing disorders that were uncommon just a century ago.
If it has been around since 40s, then fast food is the sole reason for the fatness.
Getting fat through fast food is not a 2 year process. It takes few generations of bad habbits adn disgusting food. Then it REALLY takes off.
People in the USA go with cars EVERYWHERE. Drive to the store which is like 20 mins walk. 20 mins?! Noone should drive to that distance.
England also has horrible disgusting food.
In the medeterenian for example, we tend to serve burger with roasted potato and salad.
People walk to places more, eat more olive oil, bread, vegetables, fish...etc.
In the summer there are so much fruits everywhere in the USA and it is sooo CHEAP!
Lots of other veggie and fruit type things are not that expencive either.
It is the habbits of the people, not the emergance of junk food, or other things. It is also this western idea of excess...in everything.
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Last edited by lil bitchiness on Dec 6th, 2006 at 03:16 PM
It has never been one thing, it more of the 90’s lifestyle that has done it from fast food, TV, internet to computer games to the lack of time that people have anymore so they are always on the go and eating more junk food because they don’t have time for a proper meal.
I'm sorry but if it's dark I'm not walking down a two-lane highway with drunk rednecks ready to mow me over and high-tail it because they're afraid of going to jail if they get caught with a hit-and-run.
When people mow people over with cars and drive off, people ask, "how can you just leave that person there all bleeding on the side of the road?" The answer is..."you go to jail, *****, if you turn yourself in, so it's best to speed off into the sunset and hope a part of your bumper didn't fall off when you ran them over."
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