Is It Your Car That Is Making You Fat?
Obesity is a complicated disease. It can be caused by your mom's pregnancy diet, genetics, your KFC Double Down habit, or some combination of all three. But why has the problem reached such epidemic proportions in the U.S.? Researchers at the University of Illinois think our car culture may be to blame.
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LexSucks -
5/16/2011 12:27:04 PM
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Is the U.S the only country in the world who has citizens that drive?
Blaming our obesity on cars is beyond lame. But I'm not surprised, the typical american response is to blame everything else but themselves. The reason why americans are fat is because americans eat like pigs and don't exercise. But that's the last thing that an american wants to hear so they blame the cars. LOL!!!
ThierryHenry14 -
5/16/2011 12:56:03 PM
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Its also unfair to label it as "Americans" because there are so many fit Americans, as well as obese people in every other nation as well, but yes, it is just different over here in America.
Have you ever ordered a "small" drink at a local fast food place? Its like ordering large in many other countries. They find a way to make something fat and greasy fattier and greasier... Go figure...
But this post is far from car news...
lexusrox123 -
5/16/2011 9:45:58 PM
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Exactly. I went to Japan several times, and the size of the fast food there is miniscule compared to here. Small here=large there.
And again, people like to blame others before themselves. Insecure much?
uaw_lax -
5/17/2011 2:02:06 AM
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could it be that the average Japanese is shorter and smaller and possibly eat less because they have smaller stomachs?
LexSucks -
5/17/2011 4:46:48 PM
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"could it be that the average Japanese is shorter and smaller and possibly eat less because they have smaller stomachs?"
- I guess you've never seen a short fat person before?
Yonder7 -
5/16/2011 3:06:15 PM
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Now they are going to use the car manufactures cause they are fat....it seems to as amreican culture..."because there are so many fit Americans" Based in numbers , most of the amercicans are not in good shape.
Yonder7 -
5/16/2011 3:07:57 PM
+1 Boost
Errata..."Sue instead of use"....
JB007 -
5/16/2011 3:23:57 PM
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It's not your cars !!! It's all of those IN-N-OUT Burgers !!!
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