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As a european i only see 2 types of americans. Those that are fat and those that are super fit. Rarely I see someone with just an avg body.

ARandomerDude 4y ago
This may also be reflective of the demographic of people who are willing to spend money to travel to Europe. We certainly have a lot of fat (and fit) people in the US, but anecdotally most people I know are somewhere in between.
rootusrootus 4y ago
I don't know many people that are either super fit, or super fat. A few of each. Perhaps 99% of my friends & family group is just average people. Could stand to lose 10 or 20 pounds, no doubt, but that's not at all unique to America.
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- mbrodersen 4y ago
  What you think of as “average” is actually obese/unhealthy. It is “average” because of most Americans being overweight/obese. Look at photos form the US taken 40 years ago and you will see what healthy non-obese people look like.
pempem 4y ago
As an American (who believes they are average but who's to say) I would push you to correlate this with class as well. Stores like whole foods, erewhon, etc. have better produce quite literally and better products. 'good' food is simply more expensive than foods that are fattening. its a policy problem.
- rightbyte 4y ago
  I really disagree. Walmart is fine and healthy food is cheaper than unhealthy. Walmart sell carrots and potatos too. Way better than my supermarkets at home. The main problem is people on a poor diet buying expensive premade stuff with alot of fat and sugar in it. A policy problem I have noticed however is pizza and hamburgers with soda as every day meals in the school cafeteria, as a choice for the pupils. That is just insane from a health perspective.
  - pempem 4y ago
    I suppose thats fair and a good note. Don't we think that time is limited though? I have a white collar job and find myself relying of premade food. I can't imagine if I had two jobs or two jobs and kids

ARandomerDude 4y ago

This may also be reflective of the demographic of people who are willing to spend money to travel to Europe. We certainly have a lot of fat (and fit) people in the US, but anecdotally most people I know are somewhere in between.

rootusrootus 4y ago

I don't know many people that are either super fit, or super fat. A few of each. Perhaps 99% of my friends & family group is just average people. Could stand to lose 10 or 20 pounds, no doubt, but that's not at all unique to America.

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mbrodersen 4y ago
What you think of as “average” is actually obese/unhealthy. It is “average” because of most Americans being overweight/obese. Look at photos form the US taken 40 years ago and you will see what healthy non-obese people look like.

pempem 4y ago

As an American (who believes they are average but who's to say) I would push you to correlate this with class as well. Stores like whole foods, erewhon, etc. have better produce quite literally and better products. 'good' food is simply more expensive than foods that are fattening. its a policy problem.

rightbyte 4y ago
I really disagree. Walmart is fine and healthy food is cheaper than unhealthy. Walmart sell carrots and potatos too. Way better than my supermarkets at home. The main problem is people on a poor diet buying expensive premade stuff with alot of fat and sugar in it. A policy problem I have noticed however is pizza and hamburgers with soda as every day meals in the school cafeteria, as a choice for the pupils. That is just insane from a health perspective.
- pempem 4y ago
  I suppose thats fair and a good note. Don't we think that time is limited though? I have a white collar job and find myself relying of premade food. I can't imagine if I had two jobs or two jobs and kids