Why is obesity in the USA so high?

[eod8989]

Obesity rates weren't even close to this high 15 years ago

In 1990 almost nobody was obese

[mellowfellow01]

people are lazy and automatically default to what feels good and is easy also feminism.

[Polaris]

We merged with another timeline.

[AncientYouth]

pigs gonna pig...........fat acceptance.............victim olympics.............social media.............some guys will fck anything...........men with low test and no self respect.........

[kingmanaverage]

Because people eat too much and exercise too little.

[eod8989]

people are lazy and automatically default to what feels good and is easy also feminism.

Mcdonalds has been around since the 60s

There were literally no obese people in the 60s

[Polaris]

Because people eat too much and exercise too little.

Yes, but when did it get like this?

[jimbob007]

[hxa]

It's high everywhere. I live in Romania, and things have changes so much over here, too, it's crazy. We used to be poor af, now everyone's fat.

[Redfish225]

Obesity rates weren't even close to this high 15 years ago

In 1990 almost nobody was obese

You couldn’t get 90 chicken nuggets for $1.49 in 1990.


Also people don’t know what moderation is anymore

[AncientYouth]

1.very easy access to high calorie cheap 'nice' tasting food everwhere
2. being a fat fck has become normalised and is in FACT normal in the USA and the UK and many other countries now
3. fat acceptance
4. Big Booty culture has convinced women that disgusting rolls of fat are 'Curves'
5. Men still fck these land whales

[ndiguy]

This is the answer.

Our serving sizes are ridiculous, as is our lack of self-control when it comes to overindulgence.

[frankdtank20]

Drinking calories. Soda is everywhere you look. People get frappes and other coffee drinks constantly that are just as bad. By those alone the avg person probably drinks a few hundred sugar calories more per day than even 30 yrs ago. Less jobs require physical labor as well.

[Ironface]

Hyperpalatable, calorie-dense foods combined with a sedentary lifestyle.

For the former, thank marketing.

For the latter, thank social media, Netflix, and 9 to 5 desk jobs

[AncientYouth]

Hyperpalatable, calorie-dense foods combined with a sedentary lifestyle.

For the former, thank marketing.

For the latter, thank social media, Netflix, and 9 to 5 desk jobs

what about personal responsibility?

[jimbob007]

This is the answer.

Our serving sizes are ridiculous, as is our lack of self-control when it comes to overindulgence.

Yep, same over here-as I said in another thread a couple of days back my area had a few chip shops, a KFC & some Indian Restaurants when I was young & it was an occasional treat, we didn't even have a McDonald's until 1984. Then a decade later there were a lot more fast food places & the last 20 odd years you cannot walk anywhere without passing a Burger King, Subway, McDonald's, a pizza shop, takeaways, endless ready meals in the supermarkets & frothy coffee places.

[Ironface]

what about personal responsibility?

Alot of people are also ignorant

I know if I become fat it is 100% my fault

The average person has no understanding of basic thermogenics. Muh thyroid, muh age, muh genetics

[BalognaNbeans]

what about personal responsibility?

Have you met the average person?

[Dave22reborn]

It's high worldwide.

[4everalone]

Americans have always been fat. You are know for it and have been for decades.
Lol at thinking otherwise.

Europeans have a way different food culture. Pancakes with tons of syrup looks disgusting to non americans. Meanwhile you eat that every day.

[AncientYouth]

Have you met the average person?

sadly yes, funny most of the people i know are at least in reasonable shape, but the UK peeps are getting fatter in general..............Couch Potatoes so many


i am personally a fckn unicorn....57 years old, 30 inch waist , lean as fck, full head of hair and all my teeth..............feelz good..............

[kingmanaverage]

Yes, but when did it get like this?

2012?

[GeezersPalace]

One hundred percent it’s the food ingredients. I lost wait eating **** in australia but the ingredients in basic food make everyone fat

[chrsschb]

pigs gonna pig...........fat acceptance.............victim olympics.............social media.............some guys will fck anything...........men with low test and no self respect.........

This

mcdonalds

Not this

Because people eat too much and exercise too little.

Technically this

I know if I become fat it is 100% my fault

The average person has no understanding of basic thermogenics. Muh thyroid, muh age, muh genetics

I see this a lot. Close friends, family, wife. Doesn't matter. I offer to help and promise they will improve and they always respond with I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. Same people look at me and ask why I starve myself (I do intermittent fasting). Those who understand what fasting is give me the, "If I don't eat something when I'm hungry I get miserable, headaches, blah blah." Doesn't matter. There's always some excuse.


Anyone blaming the food is wrong. Simple. It's an issue with the mindset (psychological regression really) of the current population thinking no matter what they do other people will accept it and anyone that doesn't is wrong and should be punished and silenced. We've lost the personal accountability, bullying, self-respect, etc that kept people in line. Sorry folks, but those dystopian movies like Wall-E, Demolition Man, and Blade Runner are true. Someone actually has time travel and has been warning us (or an alien race does and has been warning us).

GG

[Duckliver]

I mean McDonald’s in the 60s was a completely different beast then compared to say the 90s.


Processed food has only been mainstream for like 50-60 years and it didn’t get up to full speed for a bit. Refined sugar Was an expensive item until around 100 years ago when processing made it cheap.

Priority for processed food was profit>taste>time saving>nutrition

Is it any wonder the most important aspect of food being prioritized last led to poor health when populations adopt those eating habits?

[Ironface]

I mean McDonald’s in the 60s was a completely different beast then compared to say the 90s.


Processed food has only been mainstream for like 50-60 years and it didn’t get up to full speed for a bit. Refined sugar Was an expensive item until around 100 years ago when processing made it cheap.

Priority for processed food was profit>taste>time saving>nutrition

Is it any wonder the most important aspect of food being prioritized last led to poor health when populations adopt those eating habits?

It’s honestly bizarre how we have become so advanced in other areas (technology etc) but with food and nutrition the mass of society still has no clue

It’s easy to be fat when you genuinely believe it is out of your control