Why Americans are overweight

**Colmike9** · 11-19-2012, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by V_RocKs

Apple and fat don't go together. Nobody fat uses apple products. We aren't cool enough and spend all of our money on food.

It was a bad 'hip' pun, that's all..

**brassmonkey** · 11-19-2012, 01:15 PM

ive never been fat none of my kids are fat

**baddog** · 11-19-2012, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Sarah_Jayne

Having come back to the States after so many years in Europe, what I have noticed is how it is nearly impossible to get a normal sized candy bar or a small single serving bag of chips. Everything is some 'now with more' or jumbo size.

Yet I seem to recall reading that you have lost weight since returning.

**rowan** · 11-19-2012, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by baddog

The large fries (aka chips) available at McDonald's is 5.4 ounces; small is 2.5 oz. A large cola is 32 oz; the regular is 16. You are saying McD's in Oz are smaller portions?

I had a quick look on mcdonalds.com.au and came up with this...

small fries, AU: 72g
small fries, USA: 72g (identical)

large fries, AU: 128g
large fries, USA: 153g (+19%)

large coke, AU: 589mL
large coke, USA: 946mL (+60%)

Not sure whether regular is small or medium, but both AU sizes are smaller than 16 oz.

This is pure serving size of course, doesn't take into account nutritional variation.

**brassmonkey** · 11-19-2012, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by rowan

I had a quick look on mcdonalds.com.au and came up with this...

small fries, AU: 72g
small fries, USA: 72g (identical)

large fries, AU: 128g
large fries, USA: 153g (+19%)

large coke, AU: 589mL
large coke, USA: 946mL (+60%)

Not sure whether regular is small or medium, but both AU sizes are smaller than 16 oz.

This is pure serving size of course, doesn't take into account nutritional variation.

but those fosters beers are fucking huge!

**MiLo** · 11-19-2012, 02:18 PM

Originally posted by brassmonkey

but those fosters beers are fucking huge!

THAT is a serving size i like:

**VenusBlogger** · 11-19-2012, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by Choopa Phil

And fat pets...its such a shame. I consider it indirect child abuse...disgusts me to see parents giving their kids bottles of juice/soda instead of water or milk.

and you take too much STEROIDS that will KILL YOU!!...

**Sarah_Jayne** · 11-19-2012, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by baddog

Yet I seem to recall reading that you have lost weight since returning.

Because like I said..I don't buy them

**mineistaken** · 11-19-2012, 06:19 PM

Originally posted by bossku69

if you have to feed a family of 5, its cheaper to go to McDonalds then going to the store and making healthy food for you and your kids.

Its not cheaper, Sly posted his 20$/week diet plan which was pretty good. So 3$/day - you can not eat days worth of food in mcd for 3 bucks.
Fast food is not cheaper, its just that people are lazy to cook.

By the way nobody mentioned all crappy stuff (sometimes without regulations or requirement to mention it on the label) that is put in food by monsanto and similar corporations.

**mineistaken** · 11-19-2012, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by baddog

I am 5'11" and weigh 170 (or less) and am 59. What does age have to do with it?

Not sure if serious question. Its harder to stay in shape when you are older compared to when you are younger.

**georgeyw** · 11-19-2012, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by brassmonkey

but those fosters beers are fucking huge!

The funny thing is, no one in Aus drinks that shit, it is exported because we don't want it.

**baddog** · 11-19-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally posted by mineistaken

Not sure if serious question. Its harder to stay in shape when you are older compared to when you are younger.

So, just make an excuse and all is okay.

**mineistaken** · 11-19-2012, 06:29 PM

Originally posted by Bryan G

Ya but people don't have to eat it all. Its the same as food when ordered at a restaurant. Eat half and take the rest home.

You well know it does not work like that. Not many people have the discipline. If they get bigger portion of chips they will eat more, because they already have that in hands.

Originally posted by baddog

Again, they have 3 or 4 sizes of sodas available and no one forces anyone to have a refill.

Same here. If there is free refill people will refill even if they are not thirsty anymore. Its free so why not take it.

**anexsia** · 11-19-2012, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by Colmike7

I eat like that, but I'm in shape because I'm constantly doing something active. I even do a lot of my programming at a park, either in a tree or up on this observation deck, since it's more fun than being at home. ;)

Yup, I don't exercise and I'll eat McDonalds or whatever else I'm in the mood for but don't gain weight because I'm constantly active during the day. I don't like to spend my time worrying about what I should or shouldn't eat when I can just enjoy my life and stay at a healthy weight just by doing my usual daily routine.

**brassmonkey** · 11-19-2012, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by georgeyw

The funny thing is, no one in Aus drinks that shit, it is exported because we don't want it.

yeah right there is no base market

**Vegas Ken** · 11-19-2012, 09:43 PM

I am hungry now!

**NinjaSteve** · 11-19-2012, 10:20 PM

The $1 menu's at fast food restaurants haven't helped.

**georgeyw** · 11-19-2012, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by brassmonkey

yeah right there is no base market

Honestly, I don't even know where you would buy it here. None of the bottle shops stock them that I can think of.

**oppoten** · 11-19-2012, 10:43 PM

Complacency.

War is always somewhere else. There's nothing to be lean for, apart from lifestyle choice.

**dgraves** · 11-19-2012, 10:47 PM

Go BIG or go home...

**MasterBlow** · 11-20-2012, 12:22 AM

About 32 million more Americans will become obese by 2030, upping obesity rates to 42 percent of the U.S. population, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

**pimpmaster9000** · 11-20-2012, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by Jesus H Christ

if jamaica had the population (not to mention the money) of the USA they would have 1000+ olympic medals

**potter** · 11-20-2012, 05:35 AM

Originally posted by Rochard

Your missing something - your age.

I was 5'11" and 170lbs for twenty years until I hit forty-two.

I'll be 30 in two months.

**nico-t** · 11-20-2012, 05:43 AM

fat fucks

**bhutocracy** · 11-20-2012, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by brassmonkey

yeah right there is no base market

No seriously.. I remember being surprised seeing it in a pub once.

**porkbrothersdotnet** · 11-20-2012, 04:40 PM

I am an American. I believe in general we live a life of excess and convenience. Add to that technology and a newer generation of laziness (not all young people are lazy). It?s no wonder there is more and more obesity.

Why Americans are overweight

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