one reason and one reason only:
people want to minimize discomfort and maximize comfortable living
americans, due to a higher living standard are able to accomplish this basic maxim more successfully. This basic idea has been taken to an extreme in this country as a simple result of our consumer driven economy amongst other things. Some may wish their existence were different, but believe it's too difficult(i.e. painful/uncomfortable) to break the chains of sedentarism
Why is everyone's dog so fat these days? Same reason. My lab would weigh 200 pounds if I left as as much dry dog food as he could eat. And thats just dry dog food, not Oreos, Doritos, and Coke and beer like people have available.
FOod is cheap and theres very little profound poverty in the US so people have food and if they have food they eat it. Its just basic animal behavior.
If you made poeple do physical labor all day like most people had to do 100 yrs ago you could still give them as much food as they wanted and most people wouldnt get obese but most people dont have jobs like that anymore... So people get fat -- its really not rocket science.
I've seen a lot of that too!
Republicans cause obesity. Everyone knows that. Compare the obesity rate maps to the red states election maps.
Excuses, excuses.
You often see totally OPPOSITE effects in different people and different countries.
I can argue that the following should actually make us thinner.
1) Long working hours: More activity, more calories burned, even if you don't have to move as much. Makes you more tired so want to sleep more instead of eat.
2) More sedentary jobs: Statistics show that the majority of engineers are actually thinner than handymen and other manual laborers. We all know that blue-collar American workers are usually very big people. How many skinny plumbers, painters, and construction workers have you seen recently?
And so on.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?