Originally posted by dirkdirden
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.
Whata do you think?
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.