America is doomed
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If I was going to have something with that much fat, it would have to involve chocolate.
I find it ironic in this day and age that there are still people who think eating too much fat causes obesity. It has been proven countless times that sugar, most especially high fructose corn syrup is the major culprit in obesity.
Companies label sugary garbage "low fat" and people scoop it up.
Proven? The only thing that has been "proven" is that calorie consumption in excess of calories burned over time causes obesity.
That said, I agree that the belief that eating fat makes you fat is bogus and it's taking a long time for that myth to die. I'm looking forward to the myth about carbs (such as sugar and HFCS) being the reason finally dying off too.0 -
What's wrong with having a pizza once a while?
It really won't kill your fitness plans at all.I mean,if you look at the big picture.
I don't like the idea of completely depriving oneself of high calorie delicious foods.You need to treat yourself once a while,you deserve it.
There is nothing wrong with high calorie foods; what's wrong is sitting in your car during and after you eat them. The human body was designed to move under its own power. Cars have turned us into cripples. Cars are truly weapons of mass destruction. In Wales, there is an annual 20 mile race where men run along side horses and some men actually win. The human body is built for endurance running but the brain cripples it into an automobile dwelling vegetable.0 -
my Round Table King Arthur's Supreme extra large pizzas
God, I love those! Next time I'm in America, I'm eating a half of one. My mom can have the other half, because I'm the sharing, sacrificing kind. :laugh:0 -
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Mothers and fathers are obligated to do the best they can to be able to care for their children. Obese parents with limited mobility and potential health risks who simply eat too much are not putting their children's well-being as a priority.
My mum is classed as "obese" and also has limited mobility because of unrelated health problems. She put my wellbeing above her own at all times. You seriously have some absolute nerve to imply that obesity makes you a bad, negligent or selfish parent...weight has nothing to do with one's parenting skills. Your comment is disgustingly offensive.0 -
So what? I can't possibly eat more than two slices of pizza anyway, and I love a lot of meat on mine. I'll order a meat lover's pizza, really loaded with sausage, pepperoni, bacon, and have usually ONE slice. that's enough. Where's the problem?0
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If I want to eat something really indulgent, I can workout a little harder and do it. Health is relative to function. Even if I eat the whole pizza, one pizza isn't going to un-do my function in one day. Also consider:
No one is obligated to be healthy.
No one is obligated to be skinny.
No one cares if you don't approve.
It's not just "America," we're not even the worst per capita, we just have more "obese" people because we're a huge country.
Obesity rates have been pretty leveled out with the American population for a while now, and in the years where the rates seem to have drastically risen were due to changes in how obesity is diagnosed, particularly in children obesity rates.
Being fat isn't the worst thing you can be. There are plenty of hard-working fat people who enjoy life being able to eat whatever they want and who don't enjoy exercising. That's okay.
Correlation is not causation, and not everyone who is fat will experience diseases that show correlation with higher weights. And even if they are diabetic and unhealthy, they are still human beings worthy of treatment for managing illnesses and aren't obligated to ever get healthy or lose weight if they don't want to put in the work to do that.
No one else's habits or diet or anything are really any of your business if they didn't ask you for commentary on their life choices. If you wouldn't approve of people judging you for your sexuality, your race, your nationality, your hair color, or any other trivializing comments to pick apart your identity, then you shouldn't be doing this to other people and their diets/weights.
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I rarely eat fast food, but when I do have pizza its loaded with veggies, I don't eat meat, and I can always use the cheese as I rarely eat dairy...AND I can eat multiple slices, because its a rare treat, and its not really bad for you overall...cals in-cals out, so get up n move your *kitten* :-) js0
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Indeed; I was thinking about the paelo/primal/etc stuff and came to the conclusion that the participants could probably get more benefits by ignoring the TYPES of food, which of course aren't accurate anyway and instead following the methods to they used to acquire food.There is nothing wrong with high calorie foods; what's wrong is sitting in your car during and after you eat them. The human body was designed to move under its own power.
Had the thought as someone who typically cycles to the shops if he wants a treat and finds that to work well enough.0 -
The pizza restaurant is there to make money so will advertise so you come inside. A lot of big chains now advertise their calorie contents for each item so i guess its up to us to have a look. Until i started my journey i actually never noticed MCdonalds and other large chains have these details. I just ate what I want when I wanted.
So let them sell what they want, sometimes I will visit and sometimes I wont. My concern is the hygiene rating. Some of these fast food restuarants are nasty.0 -
and here i am getting up set with the jellybeans i just ate....... my life is so...sad...^_____^ :laugh:0
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The only thing this thread has accomplished is making me hungry0
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I am not an american but gotta say americans are the one who wins most numbers of medal in olympics
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The issue is just a vicious cycle, really... When one is overweight or obese, they tend to over-eat.. When they have children, they just feed them the way they feed themselves, causing the kids to grow up overweight.. The eating patterns become something learnt throughout their life, they've never been taught how to eat properly or anything of the sort, so they will continue to over eat.
Another issue is humans are naturally resistant to change, so a change in diet or change in ways of thinking about food may even frighten some...
At school, ALL OVER the world, I think the most important thing that needs to be taught at Physical Edu. classes and Health Ed. Classes, is calorie counting and importance of nutrition.
If people are taught at a young age of why it's important to avoid certain eating habits, they could live much better lives, ESPECIALLY in a world we live in today where all foods just need to taste good, regardless of how it's made or what it contains.0 -
I don't care how people are treating their bodies as long as I'm not paying their healthcare bills.
This is why I'm concerned with what Norwegians (my home country) eat and how they live - my taxes go to a public health care system.
If Americans get the same system, I understand why they'd be angry with others giving themselves heart attacks and cancers.0 -
I am not an american but gotta say americans are the one who wins most numbers of medal in olympics
Not sure how this is relevant?
USA is one of the biggest nations population wise and one of the richest - of course it should, purely on that basis, win most number of Olympic medals.
But what does this prove?
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Am I the only person that skipped over all the pizza posts in this thread to read the poutine ones?
(You know you're Canadian when...)0 -
im doomed !!! i just ate 4 slices ...burp !!!0
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Except it appears Americans don't like winter.I am not an american but gotta say americans are the one who wins most numbers of medal in olympics
Not sure how this is relevant?
USA is one of the biggest nations population wise and one of the richest - of course it should, purely on that basis, win most number of Olympic medals.
But what does this prove?
Totally random to the thread :indifferent:0 -
yes because these types of foods are what we were meant to eat….duhhhhh
but seriously, gross, who still eats that crap0 -
There shouldn't be confusion over why so many Americans are overweight when a popular pizza chain advertises on the radio a new "double pepperoni and bacon" pizza. I'm sure most people who eat something like that don't know or care how much fat and calories they are getting. The restaurant would say they are just giving people what they want.
How is that different from a bakery that sells a "death by chocolate" cake, or cupcakes by the dozen? If somebody eats a slice of pizza (or a slice of cake or anything else) and doesn't know or doesn't care how many calories they're consuming, that's their own problem. And why do you think you're the only person who knows that a pizza topped with loads of bacon, pepperoni, and cheese has a lot of calories?0 -
I was actually just thinking...
Surely someone could have just bought TWO pizzas before? Certainly it's not uncommon to see people buying two burgers in McDonalds, say.
But from that, perhaps fast food joints should have to restrict the amount of food they sell to fat people, just as here pubs aren't supposed to serve drunk people more alcohol? "Sorry sir, you've had enough, we'll order you a taxi"... only for them to go down the road and try and get some pizza from the next place! But, sure we could have some sort of 'pizza watch', so if they're stopped in one place, all the others are alerted too!0 -
Of course it's all about portion sized, but America really IS doomed.
I am usually a healthy weight (I live in Europe) and I never cared about how much of what I ate, my eating habits were just fine.
But when I was 15 I decided to do an exchange year in america - and oh boy did I become overweight!
And that's a common phenomena. Pretty much all exchange students gain weight when they go over there.
I don't think most americans' EATING HABITS are bad, just the FOOD is bad. For example if you get a pizza in germany, you would usually eat the whole thing. But it still contains less fat than just one slice of pizza in america.
So whenever I just ate the same amount of food I would in Europe - I would gain weight.
I don't think you guys are eating too much, your food is just beyond unhealthy.0 -
End well this will not.But when I was 15 I decided to do an exchange year in america - and oh boy did I become overweight!
And that's a common phenomena. Pretty much all exchange students gain weight when they go over there.
I don't think most americans' EATING HABITS are bad, just the FOOD is bad. For example if you get a pizza in germany, you would usually eat the whole thing. But it still contains less fat than just one slice of pizza in america.
Culture shock often results in nutritional problems because you learn eating habits based on one culinary tradition and then must adapt to another which humans aren't awesome at. It's easier for people who grew up in that tradition.
With that being said, you are correct that fast/street food is very calorically dense in the US, but that's not wrong or doom-inducing in and of itself.0 -
End well this will not.But when I was 15 I decided to do an exchange year in america - and oh boy did I become overweight!
And that's a common phenomena. Pretty much all exchange students gain weight when they go over there.
I don't think most americans' EATING HABITS are bad, just the FOOD is bad. For example if you get a pizza in germany, you would usually eat the whole thing. But it still contains less fat than just one slice of pizza in america.
Culture shock often results in nutritional problems because you learn eating habits based on one culinary tradition and then must adapt to another which humans aren't awesome at. It's easier for people who grew up in that tradition.
With that being said, you are correct that fast/street food is very calorically dense in the US, but that's not wrong or doom-inducing in and of itself.
But I work with lots and lots of exchange students to this day, and it's not very common for someone going to Japan or Sweden to gain weight. It's mainly america. Also, since I am from Germany the culture shock wasn't too big. The food shock was huge though. I just wasn't used to the food.
How can kids adapt a healthy lifestyle when they get fries with mayonaise for lunch in school, cookies in the library and free pizza when they get good grades?
Of course it's a choice to say no and it is possible to eat healthy if you really want to, but you have to actively decide to do so. It's not common.0 -
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Except it appears Americans don't like winter.I am not an american but gotta say americans are the one who wins most numbers of medal in olympics
Not sure how this is relevant?
USA is one of the biggest nations population wise and one of the richest - of course it should, purely on that basis, win most number of Olympic medals.
But what does this prove?
Totally random to the thread :indifferent:
I can smell russians -_-0 -
There shouldn't be confusion over why so many Americans are overweight when a popular pizza chain advertises on the radio a new "double pepperoni and bacon" pizza. I'm sure most people who eat something like that don't know or care how much fat and calories they are getting. The restaurant would say they are just giving people what they want.
And they are, people can eat what they want as far as i'm concerned, no one else's business
The obesity problem costs all of us because unhealthy people are a much larger burden on the health care system.0 -
WHAT?!?! PEPPERONI AND BACON ON THE SAME PIZZA!?!? THOSE *kitten*! THEY'LL KILL US ALL!!!!
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