Americans are getting fatter and fatter and it's embarassing

So I recently took a trip to Asia. I noticed a couple things. One, I was actually kind of tall over there. Asian people in general are very short in the countries I was in. Two, Asian people are not fat. None of them. There are no fat Asian people. Of the millions and millions of people that live there I saw maybe one or two overweight people and literally no obese people. Contrast that with the US where 30-40% of people are overweight and a good portion of that are obese. And another thing..people in Asia eat a ton. They seem to eat more food than Americans. They can down some food. But they know how to do it. They eat healthy food. They don't fry everything like Americans. They may eat ten pounds of rice and seafood but none of it is fried. They may not necessarily be healthy but they are not fat. If Americans would take after them and stay away from all the fried food we'd see how easy it could be to be at least somewhat healthy. So if we would take after our friends from across the pond we'd live a little healthier life and not be such a fat lazy population.

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It's not just the food...

...it's the lifestyle of Americans that makes them fat. It is now customary to work a 70 hour work week to afford the toys we want. A typical American's day is a 12 hour work day followed by falling asleep with the television on. Exercising/working out doesn't figure into the equation for the very vast majority of Americans, our lifestyle is indeed dangerously sedentary with too many fatty foods and entirely too much time spend on the job without any physical activity.

portion control

Yes asians can eat but the portions of dishes in asia tend to be a lot smaller too. The foods in the US also are fortified in vitamins thus making them "richer". I grew up in asia and no matter how much I ate, as long as i have some moderate exercise I wouldn't gain weight like I do here. I don't know why that is the case but I seriously think its the content in the food and the monstrous portions that are given here.

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