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Yup it's a US centric problem. Before coming to the US I would never consider "maintaining a healthy weight" (I've lived in the UAE and India before). The seden
by ashwinaj 11y ago
Yup it's a US centric problem. Before coming to the US I would never consider "maintaining a healthy weight" (I've lived in the UAE and India before). The sedentary lifestyle and abundance of cheap (I mean really cheap) sugary products is the root cause.
One of the striking things to me when I moved to the US was the waistlines of people who were considered to be living below or around the poverty line. I was like "They seem to be well fed, in what sense are they poor?"
- magicalist 11y ago> Before coming to the US I would never consider "maintaining a healthy weight" (I've lived in the UAE and India before). To be fair, the UAE has approximately the same obesity rate as the US.
- ashwinaj 11y agoYes it is, amongst locals. Not expats. And sugary products in the UAE aren't as cheap as they are in the US.
- magicalist 11y agoso...not a "US centric problem" then