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It’s not the Corolla “American Edition”, look around the world, obesity is an international issue.

metadat 4y ago
I'm sure it is an international issue. At the same time, I was recently visiting Switzerland, didn't see any particularly obese and definitely no morbidly obese folks. Ymmv.
- pipeline_peak 4y ago
  Switzerland is a wealthy blip of a country. France, Germany……..England
- metadat 4y ago
  Also, the Swiss diet is interesting. Pretty carb heavy with morning pastries, and bread, and cheese throughout the day. They also bike and spend time outside a lot, when the weather is amenable. Maybe part of our problem in the USA comes down to availability of cost effective, convenient, semi-healthy options on average- Way too much preservative-heavy calorie festivals day in and day out? I'm not a dietician, but the state of affairs stateside is without a doubted tragic and sad.
  - pipeline_peak 4y ago
    > Also, the Swiss diet is interesting. Pretty carb heavy with morning pastries, and bread, and cheese throughout the day. That's their culinary culture, not their daily diet lol. Growing up American, we have a looser food regulations, but also our education system probably doesn't help. I ate a lot of weird rectangle pizzas in elementary school. In High School Health class, we learned about healthy eating, watched Food Inc and Supersize Me, but I don't think we were consistently introduced to healthy eating habits. They made it look really uncool, fuck that, I want gushers and gatorade.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    American cities are pedestrian and bike-unfriendly. You don't lose weight by always sitting in a car drinking giant soft drinks, eating drive-thru and never walking anywhere. I'm Australian though so feel free to correct me. Also when I was there I found the portion sizes pretty ridiculous.
    - nephanth 4y ago
      In defense of portion sizes, in the US it is a cultural thing to not finish your portion at restaurant and get the rest packed up for the next day. That explains the double portions
      - brokenmachine 4y ago
        Interesting, I never knew that was common.

I'm sure it is an international issue. At the same time, I was recently visiting Switzerland, didn't see any particularly obese and definitely no morbidly obese folks. Ymmv.

pipeline_peak 4y ago
Switzerland is a wealthy blip of a country. France, Germany……..England
metadat 4y ago
Also, the Swiss diet is interesting. Pretty carb heavy with morning pastries, and bread, and cheese throughout the day. They also bike and spend time outside a lot, when the weather is amenable. Maybe part of our problem in the USA comes down to availability of cost effective, convenient, semi-healthy options on average- Way too much preservative-heavy calorie festivals day in and day out? I'm not a dietician, but the state of affairs stateside is without a doubted tragic and sad.
- pipeline_peak 4y ago
  > Also, the Swiss diet is interesting. Pretty carb heavy with morning pastries, and bread, and cheese throughout the day. That's their culinary culture, not their daily diet lol. Growing up American, we have a looser food regulations, but also our education system probably doesn't help. I ate a lot of weird rectangle pizzas in elementary school. In High School Health class, we learned about healthy eating, watched Food Inc and Supersize Me, but I don't think we were consistently introduced to healthy eating habits. They made it look really uncool, fuck that, I want gushers and gatorade.
- brokenmachine 4y ago
  American cities are pedestrian and bike-unfriendly. You don't lose weight by always sitting in a car drinking giant soft drinks, eating drive-thru and never walking anywhere. I'm Australian though so feel free to correct me. Also when I was there I found the portion sizes pretty ridiculous.
  - nephanth 4y ago
    In defense of portion sizes, in the US it is a cultural thing to not finish your portion at restaurant and get the rest packed up for the next day. That explains the double portions
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      Interesting, I never knew that was common.