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Is it all the cycling? The cigarettes? |
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We deep fry everything. |
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They walk places. Americans drive everywhere. That is the only reason. |
| Quenton Cassidamius |
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They don't eat as much as Americans and they eat healthier foods for the most part. Also in a lot of European cities people walk almost everywhere where as fat Americans drive in SUVs and get there food from the drive through. |
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cigarettes play a decent role in it...many are just as unhealthy as americans, it is just that they don't look it because they aren't fat. |
| jjjjjjj |
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add walking, subtract snacks and sugar water. |
| Concerned Citizen |
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Are you sure that's true? I'd like to see some documentation for that. |
| Nature Boy |
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No. Are you kidding? Because they don't sit around stuffing their faces all day with Ding Dongs, Twinkies, and soda pop. Get Off the crap, Get Off your ass, and get to work. |
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Food is more expensive in Europe. Given that everyone spends the same money on food, they eat less. |
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I visited France and Italy last year. Landing back in St Louis I cringed at how disgustingly bloated everyone was. Fat ignorant f**ks! |
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You don't have to go to Europe. Go visit Canada. Smaller portions ( US restaurant's portion are double what they should be), more walking, less crappy food chains. |
| Math Prof |
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Eastern Europe has 1/4 of the income on the U.S. Western Europe has 1/2 the income of the U.S. The standard of living in those parts of the world is not very high. Just to get a meal of two pieces of chicken and rice will cost you 1/4 days wages. To eat that good every day is impossible for the average person in Europe. The typical family will splurge once a month and eat that well. I used to teach at a university in Eastern Europe and was paid a twice as much as the department head on a two year contract. I felt really bad after I found out I could afford to eat complete take-away meals every day while my colleages could not. |
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The average EU citizen has a BMI of 25.4. They're fat. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6148456.stm |
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They get more sleep in general due in part to less total annual working hours. |
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I'm not disagreeing about Americans' fatness, but anyone notice how the average European man is far less well built across the chest and shoulders than Americans? They have that slim gay man shape. |
| duderanch |
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They prob. don't advertise for Bowflex machines and the shaking dumbbell over there in Europe. It's possible that slim is in and muscles are not as desired as here in America. |
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Lol, bowflex! |
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Most American cities and suburbs built after ww2 were designed poorly and bake walking difficult. Fuel is cheaper here. Food is more expensive there. Americans spend little time making their own food. Kids don't play as often anymore, adults are obsessed with exercise/diet plans instead of being less sedentary. In general, the American lifestyle has changed. But I bet you'll find less obese people in NYC or SF compared to Mississippi. Density is much better. |
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The average citizen is like a highly educated person here, whether they have learned a specific qualification or not. The US is on average so freakingly dumb it's like they aren't even human beings anymore. The labrat of Petrov springs to mind. |
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Europe is slow and sedentary. People sit and watch TV alot. Europeans are the NFL, MLB, NHL type that make a big family monthly social out of paying to sit and watch a soccer match, something very rarely done by American T&F/XC/Running community. Europeans have low incomes and don't have the luxury of training for sports. The idea of mileage is an unattainable thought for 99% of Europeans. They don't get paid enough on their own to afford the food to burn let alone the shoes, ice baths, doctors, etc. to compete. Be thankful you live in America. |