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It's no surprise Americans are so fat
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Bloopity Bloop



Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:52 pm    Post subject: It's no surprise Americans are so fat Reply with quote

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I LOVE that site.

The bacon infused waffles should be hailed as a modern classic.

For what it's worth, I eat bacon 3-4 days of the week and am not overweight at all.

I also really want a fluffernutter now.
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MollyBloom



Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I felt like having explosive diarrhea just by looking. Can you imagine how f-ed up your body would be if you ate like that, all day, every day? All the grease?!
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Sergio Stefanuto



Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not exactly at the peak of physical fitness myself, but Jesus H Christ
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Joe666



Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey now!! Not all Americans are fat!! Yes I agree that a substantial portion are, but there many who are lean and mean. The food on that link is some of the most repulsive looking matter I have ever seen. I could never bring myself to ingest that sewage.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That website could be the menu of my dream restaurant!
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some of that stuff looks like Koreanized Western food. LMAO! Laughing

Most of it also looks like American food on steroids. Is this where American food is going? That's suicide.
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Bloopity Bloop



Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo

PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The gluttony doesn't end

http://www.fancyfastfood.com/
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friendoken



Joined: 19 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Royal Flush looks great! And, I bet that spam fries taste great too.
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bet you'd make your fortune opening up a restaurant serving some of those crazy foods as long as you don't get sued or tried in the criminal court of law for killing people! Laughing
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I gotta admit, I do enjoy fast food, but that.... wow. I think if I actually ate some of that, I would finally gain weight.
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Panda



Joined: 25 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some are so revolting.....

Porkgasm...........new vocabulary


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4 months left



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fathead (the movie) Big Fat Lies

http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/about/

About the Film

Have you seen the news stories about the obesity epidemic? Did you see Super Size Me? Then guess what? � You�ve been fed a load of bologna.

Comedian (and former health writer) Tom Naughton replies to the blame-McDonald�s crowd by losing weight on a fat-laden fast-food diet while demonstrating that nearly everything we�ve been told about obesity and healthy eating is wrong. Along with some delicious parody of Super Size Me, Naughton serves up plenty of no-bologna facts that will stun most viewers, such as: The obesity �epidemic� has been wildly exaggerated by the CDC. People the government classifies as �overweight� have longer lifespans than people classified as �normal weight.� Having low cholesterol is unhealthy. Lowfat diets can lead to depression and type II diabetes. Saturated fat doesn�t cause heart disease � but sugars, starches and processed vegetable oils do.
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Kenny Kimchee



Joined: 12 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

4 months left wrote:
Fathead (the movie) Big Fat Lies

http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/about/

About the Film

Have you seen the news stories about the obesity epidemic? Did you see Super Size Me? Then guess what? � You�ve been fed a load of bologna.



So we've got Holocaust deniers, global warming deniers, and now fast food deniers?

I particularly like this quote from his site:

Quote:
"Funny and smart, you'll be hard pressed to spend a more enlightening 100 minutes, and you'll come away with more practical knowledge than a whole college course in 'convential' nutrition."

-- Amazon reviewers


I wonder how much the fast food industry kicked in to produce this film. I love a good burger as much as the next guy, but to deny that this shit is making Americans fat? Give me a break.
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kenny Kimchee wrote:

So we've got Holocaust deniers, global warming deniers, and now fast food deniers?

I particularly like this quote from his site:

Quote:
"Funny and smart, you'll be hard pressed to spend a more enlightening 100 minutes, and you'll come away with more practical knowledge than a whole college course in 'convential' nutrition."

-- Amazon reviewers


I wonder how much the fast food industry kicked in to produce this film. I love a good burger as much as the next guy, but to deny that this shit is making Americans fat? Give me a break.


I'd be curious to know how obese the average American (or Brit, or Aussie) would be if they were eating their modern 2009 diet but still living a 1960s lifestyle in terms of the number of calories they burned during daily life. I think that would give us a good indication of how much the food is to blame and how much lifestyle changes are to blame for the rise in obesity.

A lot of foreigners who move to Korea lose weight. I bet a large part of this is because they suddenly find themselves walking a lot more than they did back home rather than due to dietary improvements. I am only guessing though.

The two biggest problems I have with obesity are (1) Tax dollars being used to treat people for preventable diseases caused by obesity and (2) Being surrounded by fat people instead of slim people. Slim people, especially women, are so much nicer to be around ^^ . You can also fit more people on the subway.
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