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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject: Obesity rates accelerate in the US |
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I was watching a video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sj7FOfRbEw
The US is STILL getting fatter as if it wasn't fat enough.
On the video they show a new type of ambulance that is more like a tank. It is simply huge!
The video also details how obesity is one of the things bankrupting the US.
It got me thinking that this is one of the more depressing things about going home.
A single guy being use to seeing smoking hot Korean gals going home will likely be dissapointed with the bigger size of the girls back home.
It leads to demotivation. Why care about your appearances if there are no hot girls worth pursueing? You will probably end up getting fat yourself. |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| obesity rates are skyrocketing here as well. |
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No_hite_pls
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Don't hate me because I'm right
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Dodge7 wrote: |
| obesity rates are skyrocketing here as well. |
I went to expo and was amazed by how many fat Korean children I saw there. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Whenever I go back to North America, I'm struck by not just the massive size of so many out of shape people, but also the amount of people in "super shape". There are quite a few people walking the street of NA in fantastically fit shape... and I rarely see that here in Korea.
Thin, yes. But super fit - rare. |
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sml7285
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
Whenever I go back to North America, I'm struck by not just the massive size of so many out of shape people, but also the amount of people in "super shape". There are quite a few people walking the street of NA in fantastically fit shape... and I rarely see that here in Korea.
Thin, yes. But super fit - rare. |
I've found that Koreans don't exercise regularly for the most part. They eat healthy, but most don't work out every day unless they're athletes. In the US, you see just everyday normal people out running or at the gym. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
Whenever I go back to North America, I'm struck by not just the massive size of so many out of shape people, but also the amount of people in "super shape". There are quite a few people walking the street of NA in fantastically fit shape... and I rarely see that here in Korea.
Thin, yes. But super fit - rare. |
Both extremes are products of the high standards of living, I guess. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| sml7285 wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
Whenever I go back to North America, I'm struck by not just the massive size of so many out of shape people, but also the amount of people in "super shape". There are quite a few people walking the street of NA in fantastically fit shape... and I rarely see that here in Korea.
Thin, yes. But super fit - rare. |
I've found that Koreans don't exercise regularly for the most part. They eat healthy, but most don't work out every day unless they're athletes. In the US, you see just everyday normal people out running or at the gym. |
Or even walking, for that matter. Korea's public transportation is such that there's really no reason to ever walk anywhere, whereas Americans in major cities tend to be thinner due to the amount of walking they do. Seoul's unfriendliness to bipedal transportation is actually one of the things I dislike the most about the city. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| whereas Americans in major cities tend to be thinner due to the amount of walking they do. |
Um.... really?? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| northway wrote: |
| whereas Americans in major cities tend to be thinner due to the amount of walking they do. |
Um.... really?? |
Not thinner than Koreans, thinner than their American peers, sorry if that was unclear. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| sml7285 wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
Whenever I go back to North America, I'm struck by not just the massive size of so many out of shape people, but also the amount of people in "super shape". There are quite a few people walking the street of NA in fantastically fit shape... and I rarely see that here in Korea.
Thin, yes. But super fit - rare. |
I've found that Koreans don't exercise regularly for the most part. They eat healthy, but most don't work out every day unless they're athletes. In the US, you see just everyday normal people out running or at the gym. |
Or even walking, for that matter. Korea's public transportation is such that there's really no reason to ever walk anywhere, whereas Americans in major cities tend to be thinner due to the amount of walking they do. Seoul's unfriendliness to bipedal transportation is actually one of the things I dislike the most about the city. |
I don't know - the wife and I went walking along the river last night, and it was pretty damn busy. So many rat-dogs as well. |
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fermentation
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