how come our neighbors up north in Canada aren't anywhere near as fat as we are?

[Anonymous]

Never been, but I'm under the impression it's a lot less stressful and happier overall there.

Also French people aren't fat (Quebec).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y'all have better healthcare access, and tighter restrictions on what counts as food/is allowed to adulterate your food.

The US has become a free-for-all of chemicals and unpronounceable ingredients, many of which haven't been properly studied, and the few that have show increases in stored body fat/resistance to insulin.

So while idiots want to make this a race or class issue, it's a food safety and food access issue, and it's gonna get a lot worse before we decide to push back against the corporate greed that created it, if anyone's alive with enough HP to actually do that.

If you doubt me, look at the skyrocketing rates of colon cancer and other cancers in people under 40 (and then stfu, because you're probably just trolling anyway).

Colon cancer has increased in under 50 from 8 per 100,000 to 12 per 100,000. That's a 50% increase of a very small number.

Food and diet are driving the increase in obesity worldwide. But race and class are important factors at the individual and societal level.

With changes like that you need to wonder about increased awareness and better detection. The recommended age has been lowered to 45 for colon cancer screening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Canada has an obesity rate of 30%. The US has a rate of 33%.

I wouldnt call that difference significant.

https://www.statista.com/topics/9644/obesity-in-canada/#topicOverview
https://www.statista.com/statistics/237133/us-obesity-by-gender/

Massively wrong. US obesity rate is currently 42+% and approaching nearly 50% in a few.years:

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity



Canada is about 30%:

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5742-overview-weight-and-height-measurements-world-obesity-day

In most surveys at Statistics Canada, including the Canadian Community Health Survey, height and weight are self-reported by survey participants.

I am 6' 4" and 150 lbs.

[Anonymous]

It’s culture. Americans have created two cultural stories leading to obesity:

1) Food is fun and entertainment. It’s social.

2) You deserve to treat yourself to food because you work hard. (We start this early in childhood)

Also, poor people have sucky lives and use food to feel better because it’s cheap and abundance and often subsidized.

[Anonymous]

Not as lazy

[Anonymous]

People are fatter in warmer climates. Who wants to exercise when it's a thousand degrees outside?

[Anonymous]

They play hockey all day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never been, but I'm under the impression it's a lot less stressful and happier overall there.

Also French people aren't fat (Quebec).

Are are aware of how much mortgage debt Canadians have and how large their housing expense is considering they have much lower wages?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canada has far worse weather. Their diets aren't that much better and are pretty similar in many way. They eat lots of high fat foods, hell poutine is pretty much a national dish. So why is the obesity rate so much lower in Canada than the US?

Because lumberjacking is hard work that burns lots of calories.

[Anonymous]

Oh yes they are. Go to the Canadian Maritime provinces and you will think you’re in Appalachia. Fat and toothless.

[Anonymous]

No other country allows so many garbage and addictive substances into their food supply.

Corporate lobbyists own American politicians.

Just returned from two weeks in Europe. My gut health has magically improved, and I certainly indulged in anything I wanted to eat. Most of everything was fresh and locally grown. It was magnificent!

Our US government is slowly killing us.

[Anonymous]

Shivering burns lots of calories.

[Anonymous]

It's $20 for a 10 piece nuggets in Canada. Nobody is eating fast food when they can sit down in an authentic restaurant for the same price. Canadian portions aren't out of control, and we walk everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freedom.

Wut? There are like 230 countries in the world. 200 of them have freedom including the United States of America and Canada.

[Anonymous]

I dispute the premise. I just came back from Montreal. I felt like I was the thinnest person in the city. Didn’t see a lot of obese people but almost everyone, even the teens, were probably at least 25 lbs overweight. Everyone looked a little unhealthy TBH—not just like they were carrying extra weight but also like they needed sun.