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

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Eat & drink small portions. Eat out less frequently.

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I don’t understand why so many posters seem to be under the impression that Canada is like a European country. It’s not. It’s like 10 additional US states, plus a few territories.

Canadians are fat (probably more are overweight than obese), stressed out, and unhappy. And their access to healthcare exists primarily on paper. Go ask a Canadian on a years long waiting list how they feel about their superior healthcare system.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many posters seem to be under the impression that Canada is like a European country. It’s not. It’s like 10 additional US states, plus a few territories.

Canadians are fat (probably more are overweight than obese), stressed out, and unhappy. And their access to healthcare exists primarily on paper. Go ask a Canadian on a years long waiting list how they feel about their superior healthcare system.

They are also just as bad as driving so have high insurance premiums. I know Canadians well since I lived near the border and a lot of us used to cross over to enjoy their 19+ age limit on alcohol.

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Anonymous wrote:Demographics.

What does demographics have to do with this?

Different demographics have different obesity rates.

That’s racist. Ick.

Is it also racist to say Chinese have increased risk of stroke or those of African background have a greater chance of high blood pressure or those of Northern Europe background have a higher chance of MS? Are facts sometimes racist?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why so many posters seem to be under the impression that Canada is like a European country. It’s not. It’s like 10 additional US states, plus a few territories.

Canadians are fat (probably more are overweight than obese), stressed out, and unhappy. And their access to healthcare exists primarily on paper. Go ask a Canadian on a years long waiting list how they feel about their superior healthcare system.

A lot Canadians are rather smug about their shitty healthcare system.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

American culture promotes 1 and 2 far less than European cultures. Food is life in southern Europe. And pastries are treats frequently consumed.

We drive way too much. In car centric areas in Europe, obesity is rising. In areas of America relying less on cars, people are more fit. We are addicted to driving.

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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.

If you bothered to read the rest of the Canadian source, they adjusted for self reporting bias and come up with about 30% obesity rate for Canadian adults. Meanwhile it is over 42% in the US and rising.

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Anonymous wrote:Shivering burns lots of calories.

You're trying to be funny but it is true. People in colder climates have more brown fat. Brown fat burns insane amounts of energy, and you can build more of it by being exposed to colder climates. It might be why Swedish, Norwegians, Canadians, etc. have lower rates of obesity.

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Anonymous wrote:1. Poutine is not a national dish; it’s mostly popular in Quebec
2. I don’t think Canadians are noticeably skinnier than people from the US

Wrong, poutine is popular across the entire country. It’s delicious and we love it!

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Anonymous wrote:1. Poutine is not a national dish; it’s mostly popular in Quebec
2. I don’t think Canadians are noticeably skinnier than people from the US

Wrong, poutine is popular across the entire country. It’s delicious and we love it!

DCUM has spoken. Poutine is not popular in Canada. This area is full of experts regarding international affairs.

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Big on winter sports, and they start kids early. Guys play ice hockey well into their 60s.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Poutine is not a national dish; it’s mostly popular in Quebec
2. I don’t think Canadians are noticeably skinnier than people from the US

Wrong, poutine is popular across the entire country. It’s delicious and we love it!

DCUM has spoken. Poutine is not popular in Canada. This area is full of experts regarding international affairs.

I’m in western canada and poutine is my favourite food mmmmmm

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Anonymous wrote: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.

But that is $20 Canadian, not US $20. Significant difference. Plus, Canada requires all chickens to be bilingual (French/English) and bilingual chickens are not cheap.

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Salmon consumption

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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.

Interesting. My teenage daughter had vomiting, diarrhea, and hives throughout her entire three-week stay in Spain. See how anecdotes work? That and confirmation bias.