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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD gets a candy bar from her French tutor at every lesson. She gets a bag of chips from tennis coach if she wins and sometimes just because.
She gets popcorn at tennis tournaments.
She gets candy from music teacher.
She gets candy from language arts teacher.
She gets Cheetos and Caprisun as a snack at camps.
She gets cookies and candy shared at school at lunch.
There is pizza, cookies, cake and ice cream at every party.

This Merica! 
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Only in America do people accuse those who want to eat healthy of having eating disorders. That’s how bad the addiction to junk food is. Half of the country is obese. Not overweight, but obese and sick. There is an epidemic of children with type 2 diabetes and the numbers keep getting worse and worse. It’s a public health crisis and Americans would rather eat themselves to death than admit they have some sort of issue. It’s telling how self defensive some people are, the comments are mocking having an event without food, mocking food allergies, and using whatever pharmaceuticals they can get their hands on just so they don’t have to let go of their precious sugary snacks. They truly associate childhood with candy, juice, pizza, cookies, ice cream, etc. And then once they hit a certain age, they go crazy in the other direction with constant diets. The amount of people you meet who are on some sort of diet or meal replacement plan or whatever it’s called is astounding. It’s because Americans have no semblance of just normal, healthy eating. Everything is fast, filled with sugar, on the go, constant snacking, and empty calorie. It is really baffling to watch as an outsider.  [/quote]

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