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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at the World Bank/IMF, which together employ more than 1,000 people in the DMV.  There are very, very, very few visibly fat people working here. Some senior people have lived in the United States for a decade or more, continuously.  I know a couple of people coming up on their 30th anniversary.

Point being, it's not just "the US food supply" that magically makes humans living in the USA fat. The Danish, Japanese, Moroccan and Swiss friends who have lived in DC since ~2000 (without a significant break to their home countries) are STILL normal weight .

I am fascinated by this, honestly.  ie, if the problem _really_ was "the US food 'supply'" then presumably a lot of Bank/IMF long haulers would be plump by now.  Because while you can choose to 100% avoid Coke and Lunchables, it would be difficult if not impossible to avoid any flour, eggs, milk, MEAT, etc. for years on end.

Right? [/quote]

I would also add that the expats you mentioned don’t have American food habits either. [/quote]

You make a good point.

I immigrated here decades ago, and my family still primarily shops at specialty food stores. Milk is not really part of our diet. We don't use [b]cow beef[/b] or flour that much.

We eat a lot of beans (5 out of 7 days a week), tomatoes, fish, goat meat, potatoes, Plantains, some not too common yams, eggplants, okra etc[/quote]

What other kind of beef is there?[/quote]

Jesus. PP identified as an immigrant and thus probably does not speak English as a first language or at any rate not Americanized English. Why do you need to be a dick? [/quote]

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