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Is this seriously the kind of food that Americans eat? If this is at all realistic, then I don't see why anyone is surprised at the obesity epidemic.

acchow 10y ago
Not all Americans. I think it probably also varies by income levels. I don't eat any of the foods on the "breakfast" or "lunch" tabs, and only 1 from the "snack" tab (apples). I make up for all that deficit by consuming a copious quantity of ice cream.
lobotryas 10y ago
It's not, of course. But it takes a lot of awareness to eat well in the US, especially if you follow traditional nutrition advice such as that taught in most high schools (if you were lucky). Recently I had a friend complain about his weight so we went shopping for groceries together. After he loaded his cart with the usual stuff we went through the labels and he was shocked at bow many empty carbs and sugar he was eating (he had plenty of canned fruits, instant oatmeal, apple sauce, bananas and grapes, all stuff that's usually considered "healthy"). Helped him pick out some chicken, fish, vegetables, nuts and real cheese instead.
- Girlang 10y ago
  I don't have any fat or overweight friends. You shouldn't either. Would you have junkie friends?
- zeroer 10y ago
  Lots of people don't realize that fruit in excess can be just as bad as candy in excess, due to the sugar.
hoorayimhelping 10y ago
No. I couldn't even enter my breakfast cause it didn't just have eggs, or eggs in butter.
- base698 10y ago
  It had eggs and kraft cheddar--no sugar there. The lunch was pretty bad over all too in terms of choices.
shados 10y ago
As mentioned already it's not. However, as a Canadian who now lives in the US, the difference in availability, especially in metro centers, is stunning. Junk food is a fraction of the price, and it's everywhere. In my home town I used to make my own lunch and eating out was a luxury, because I felt it was too expensive. Here, as a software engineer I make roughly 3x my old salary for the same job (not representative, but it's my current situation either way), and junk food is 50% cheaper or more. I used to have to take a bus to go to an ice cream shop. Here they're at every street corner. There was only sit down restaurant everywhere I used to work aside the occasional McD and Tim Horton (I didn't work downtown). I work in an equivalent area now, and there's like 40 takeout restaurants within walking distance. And then you have Foodlers, Grubhub, etc, that are far, far more popular and "accepted". Those things exist up there, but not nearly as many people use them. So I got into bad habits. Only cooking a few times a week. Eating out is so cheap in proportion to my salary it's a no brainer compared to the time saving. That's until my health started to suffer, that is!

acchow 10y ago

Not all Americans. I think it probably also varies by income levels. I don't eat any of the foods on the "breakfast" or "lunch" tabs, and only 1 from the "snack" tab (apples). I make up for all that deficit by consuming a copious quantity of ice cream.

lobotryas 10y ago

It's not, of course. But it takes a lot of awareness to eat well in the US, especially if you follow traditional nutrition advice such as that taught in most high schools (if you were lucky). Recently I had a friend complain about his weight so we went shopping for groceries together. After he loaded his cart with the usual stuff we went through the labels and he was shocked at bow many empty carbs and sugar he was eating (he had plenty of canned fruits, instant oatmeal, apple sauce, bananas and grapes, all stuff that's usually considered "healthy"). Helped him pick out some chicken, fish, vegetables, nuts and real cheese instead.

Girlang 10y ago
I don't have any fat or overweight friends. You shouldn't either. Would you have junkie friends?
zeroer 10y ago
Lots of people don't realize that fruit in excess can be just as bad as candy in excess, due to the sugar.

hoorayimhelping 10y ago

No. I couldn't even enter my breakfast cause it didn't just have eggs, or eggs in butter.

base698 10y ago
It had eggs and kraft cheddar--no sugar there. The lunch was pretty bad over all too in terms of choices.

shados 10y ago

As mentioned already it's not. However, as a Canadian who now lives in the US, the difference in availability, especially in metro centers, is stunning. Junk food is a fraction of the price, and it's everywhere. In my home town I used to make my own lunch and eating out was a luxury, because I felt it was too expensive. Here, as a software engineer I make roughly 3x my old salary for the same job (not representative, but it's my current situation either way), and junk food is 50% cheaper or more. I used to have to take a bus to go to an ice cream shop. Here they're at every street corner. There was only sit down restaurant everywhere I used to work aside the occasional McD and Tim Horton (I didn't work downtown). I work in an equivalent area now, and there's like 40 takeout restaurants within walking distance. And then you have Foodlers, Grubhub, etc, that are far, far more popular and "accepted". Those things exist up there, but not nearly as many people use them. So I got into bad habits. Only cooking a few times a week. Eating out is so cheap in proportion to my salary it's a no brainer compared to the time saving. That's until my health started to suffer, that is!