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seahorse
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 Posted - 03 November 2003 : 17:04:17
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I just got back from two weeks vacation in the US. (I'm an American living and working in Japan.) Do you know what I noticed most, besides the brush fires in LA? Fat.
Americans are huge! They are really really fat. I never really noticed how fat Americans were until I spent a couple of years abroad. Just walking around the shopping malls I was amazed to see people with fat overflowing out of their clothes.
OK, it may not seem like a big deal, but I don't think I've ever truely noticed this before.
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ruirib
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redbrad0
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 20:40:10
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| I'll have to say you are generalizing way too much. If I were to post such generalized comments about other countries, I am sure the topic would be locked quickly. |
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Nikkol
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laser
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Australia
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 21:05:13
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I think meal size has a lot to do with it as well. I was surprised at just how much food you got for such a cheap price. And the "upsize" offers are even better than Australia  now THAT is a good effort. |
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Ryan
Average Member
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 21:15:14
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Well look at when you go to a restaurant. They give you enough food to feed a...
And look at the All You Can Eat Deals for like $7. If that wont make you fat... |
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dayve
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 21:20:35
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| every culture has something unique about them. my constant travels around the world has demonstrated that to me. not sure what the purpose of this thread is though. besides Americans being large, what are we to gain from your observation? don't mean to sound rude, but this surely is an odd topic. |
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Astralis
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 21:36:46
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I lived in China for three years and when I returned to the US a couple of years I made the same observation - it was really odd! So, I completely understand what you went through. I also thought Canadians, Australians, British people, and most Westerners were fat as well.
I then gained 30 pounds upon my return - practically the instant I set foot on the tarmac! I lost it because I now work out everyday for the past year and a half, but it reminded me to watch what I eat. We don't need to exercise in the States (and other Western countries) whereas in Asia, people don't go to the gym because they don't need to - their diet and the daily routine of walking , riding a bike, or manual labor burns off the calories they consume. But, the cities in China are changing - they've got lots of fat people now. They're not laughing at Westerners anymore. |
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dayve
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 22:00:01
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| Have you ever noticed that most Asian countries have really small people? Pointless info huh? |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 23:00:24
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LOL @ dayve  .. or that American chocolate "tastes funny" ... isn't all chocolate sugar-free over there ?
Don't worry dayve, I'm much the same as you - I've travelled enough to appreciate quite a few different cultures and understand their differences. To me it's more jsut observations than anything malicious. |
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seven
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 23:08:05
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Sugar free chocolate? What kind of twisted culture do you think we live in over here?
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LOL @ dayve .. or that American chocolate "tastes funny" ... isn't all chocolate sugar-free over there ?
Don't worry dayve, I'm much the same as you - I've travelled enough to appreciate quite a few different cultures and understand their differences. To me it's more jsut observations than anything malicious.
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laser
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Australia
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Posted - 03 November 2003 : 23:26:23
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| LOL ... I heard a story a long time ago, maybe it was skim-milk based (sugar free doesn't sound right anyway). It was related to reducing obesity anyway. |
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04 November 2003 : 00:50:49
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quote:
Originally posted by dayve
not sure what the purpose of this thread is though. besides Americans being large, what are we to gain from your observation? don't mean to sound rude, but this surely is an odd topic.
No real point I guess. I just had to say something about it.
Then again, maybe it's a realization that one particular point in the American way of life needs reconsideration.
I don't know about you, but I'm sure that my parents' diet isn't doing their health any good. I'm pretty sure that they're not alone in that either.
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seahorse
Senior Member
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Posted - 04 November 2003 : 00:56:43
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quote:
Originally posted by dayve
Have you ever noticed that most Asian countries have really small people? Pointless info huh?
I used to say that too when I first visited Japan ten years ago. I'm 6 ft and the door jams always smacked you in the head. The counters are really low. You have to take off your shoes where ever you go and the slippers they give you in place of the shoes are always too small.
But I've got to say that a hell of a lot more of the teenagers are at eye level with me now... |
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Doug G
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Posted - 04 November 2003 : 13:20:42
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All you have to do is follow the horde of wide, waddling posteriors through a shopping-cart traffic jam like at, say Costco. It's quite a view
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