Why are defendants on Judge Judy so fat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carbs and fast food are cheap and easy, and exercising in poor neighborhoods can be risky. It's why most of the poorer people in the US are fat now.

Not to mention that for the working poor, having time to exercise is often an unreasonable luxury.

[Anonymous]

Poor people are fat.

[Anonymous]

All of the court shows are actors. One of my good friends was on an episode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are poor. Most of America is poor and fat. If you live in DC / NYC / LA / SF then you don't see this unless you step outside the zone.

This is kinda true.

I live in CA & recently traveled to FLA.

There were much more obese people there than I have ever seen here in SoCal.

[Anonymous]

The reasons are plentiful:

- there is added sugar in so many foods. Much of the American diet is processed foods.
- not trying to generalize, but for men in some cultures, being "thick" is considered attractive. So some women have no need to stay thin.
- advertising works and it's everywhere.
- crappy fast food is everywhere especially near highways (Cracker Barrel, McDonald's)
- car culture

I could go on but it's sad. We have so much abundance here, but so many poorly informed people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carbs and fast food are cheap and easy, and exercising in poor neighborhoods can be risky. It's why most of the poorer people in the US are fat now.

Not to mention that for the working poor, having time to exercise is often an unreasonable luxury.

I don't think too many of these people have jobs. Many of them are on welfare.

[Anonymous]

Too many Americans are fat and lazy. We are getting fatter every year. Too many public schools suck and kids skate by. Don't study, watch tv and get fat. Then, they blame everyone else for their woes. We have to take responsibility for ourselves. We all need to stop being victims.

Step away from the tv and start walking. Anyone can afford to walk. Stop making excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think the participants are that fat. I mean every now and then there is a obese person but most people fall in the normal or overweight category (20 lbs/25 lbs over ideal weight)

I think your perspective has been skewed. Just because people look like you and those around you doesn't mean they aren't fat. If you think that the people on Judge Judy are a healthy weight, you should probably eat less.

[Anonymous]

Omg. Who even *watches* that crap?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carbs and fast food are cheap and easy, and exercising in poor neighborhoods can be risky. It's why most of the poorer people in the US are fat now.

Not to mention that for the working poor, having time to exercise is often an unreasonable luxury.

I don't think too many of these people have jobs. Many of them are on welfare.

The people on "Judge Judy" are a very small portion of the poor, working or otherwise, in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many Americans are fat and lazy. We are getting fatter every year. Too many public schools suck and kids skate by. Don't study, watch tv and get fat. Then, they blame everyone else for their woes. We have to take responsibility for ourselves. We all need to stop being victims.

Step away from the tv and start walking. Anyone can afford to walk. Stop making excuses.

And if you live in a place where everyone's shooting everyone else right out in the street?

[Anonymous]

Then you have to do jumping jacks inside or sit ups or push ups. Give me a break. Always looking for a way out. Not all of us who ended up well off started out that way. we were dirt poor but our mom made us study instead of watching tv. TVs are killers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many Americans are fat and lazy. We are getting fatter every year. Too many public schools suck and kids skate by. Don't study, watch tv and get fat. Then, they blame everyone else for their woes. We have to take responsibility for ourselves. We all need to stop being victims.

Step away from the tv and start walking. Anyone can afford to walk. Stop making excuses.

AMEN

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reasons are plentiful:

- there is added sugar in so many foods. Much of the American diet is processed foods.
- not trying to generalize, but for men in some cultures, being "thick" is considered attractive. So some women have no need to stay thin.
- advertising works and it's everywhere.
- crappy fast food is everywhere especially near highways (Cracker Barrel, McDonald's)
- car culture

I could go on but it's sad. We have so much abundance here, but so many poorly informed people.

More recent studies show that one reason is it's been normalized in many places so fat and obese people do not look out of place or feel out of place. The look "normal" because everyone else around them looks like they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then you have to do jumping jacks inside or sit ups or push ups. Give me a break. Always looking for a way out. Not all of us who ended up well off started out that way. we were dirt poor but our mom made us study instead of watching tv. TVs are killers.

Well, you're clearly better than the rest of the mere mortals on the planet. Congratulations; you win.