On 04/01/2011 1:08 AM, phaeton wrote:
> It has been my understanding for about a decade that the growing
> obesity problem in the U.S. has pretty much had a 1:1 counterpart in
> Canada. Canada reports it less (their news is less about
> sensationalism) but generally all the same bad lifestyle habits that
> the U.S. has developed in the last 25-30 years, Canada has also
> adopted.
>

There is no doubt in my mind that kids seems to be a little fatter these
days. I think that where we differ is in the really, really, really fat
people.

I am not going to say that Americans are fatter than Canadians or than
Europeans. A lot of Americans are very fit, or appear to be. The thing
that puzzles me is the number of really, really fat people. Within
minutes of crossing the border I see people way fatter than you usually
see here. I mean, absolutely huge. I don't know how people allow
themselves to get that fat. Maybe I should rephrase that to allowing
their loived ones to get that fat, because people the size I am thinking
of do not do it on their own. They are enabled.



> Europe (and especially England) are also blowing up. They've got a
> long ways to go before they reach the same size as North America, but
> they're on the way.
>
> -J