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PSA- don't move to America, it'll make you fat.

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Fausto

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Sad and funny all at the same time. 😀

CHICAGO - Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants' health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States ? the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers ? for more than 10 years.

Only 8 percent of immigrants who had lived in the United States for less than a year were obese, but that jumped to 19 percent among those who had been here for at least 15 years. That compared with 22 percent of U.S.-born residents surveyed.

The study, published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites), shows the flip side of the American dream of finding a better life in the land of plenty.

"Part of the American dream and sort of life of leisure is that you also have some of the negative effects, and obesity is one of the major side effects of the success of technology and just having a life of leisure," said co-author Dr. Christina Wee of Harvard Medical School (news - web sites). "It's a double-edged sword."
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My parents moved to America and they are friggin' thin! Of course, I came from an asian side. 😛
 
Originally posted by: absolu7
when food is cheap and theres lots of it , its very easy to become fat. oh and thanks to cars 🙂
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I worked with mostly immigrants at my old job, many of whom were Peruvian. One of the women working for me told me once that many Peruvian immigrants got fat when they moved to America simply because food is much more abundant and easily obtained here. They say you can never be too rich or too thin, but no everyone who is thin is necessarily thin by choice... Besides, a nice round belly is a sign of prosperity isn't it? I'm losing weight, so I can retire that line soon.

 
Originally posted by: Amused
But, but, but, why is much of Europe facing their own obesity epidemic now, too?
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As value of national currency goes up, so does the average national weight?
 
Originally posted by: Kyteland
Originally posted by: Amused
But, but, but, why is much of Europe facing their own obesity epidemic now, too?
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Corn Syrup.

Seriously.

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I've seen that theory, and it may have some small part in it. But the main culprit in the rise of obesity in the US and Europe is LIFESTYLE.

Our pastimes are almost all sedentary now. The rise in obesity correlates directly with the rise in popularity of cable and sat TV, video games, and the Internet. And what is there to do while we are sitting on our asses? MUNCH. I have noticed a HUGE growth in the snack food industry just in my lifetime alone. Chips alone take up an entire aisle in the supermarket now. Snack cakes and crackers have their own aisles as well. It did not used to be like that.

Since the 80s we have been blaming one food after another. First it was sweets. Then it was fat. Then it was carbs. Now it's sugars again. And the whole time, we just keep getting fatter, and sitting on our asses more. With each new fad diet, people cut out foods from their diets... these must be replaced by something else. Now not only are they sitting on their asses, but their diets are unbalanced as well.

Blaming foods for obesity is like blaming guns for crime. It's ass-backwards and accomplishes nothing.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
But, but, but, why is much of Europe facing their own obesity epidemic now, too?
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yeah really...their food is terrible! "Would you like another helping of boiled beef, boiled vegetables, and boiled gravy? Perhaps some boiled tea to go with it?"
 
i blames the internets!
the tvs! oh yes the tvs!
and the video games! bahahahaa!!!!!
damn those skinny japanese... "getting the runs from raw fish" saves their scrawny butts.
 
Marijuana- Proud supporters of the snack food industry for over 60 years! :laugh:

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"damn those skinny japanese... "getting the runs from raw fish" saves their scrawny butts. "

Yeah... if you enjoy having a greater chance of stomach cancer...
 
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