I’m an American woman age 45 who is medium-thin. I eat poutine about once per week for lunch. I love it! But I also walk in my neighborhood every single day and my job doesn’t require me to be at my desk constantly. So I’m not worried about getting fat from poutine.

I’ll bet that if you compared apples to apples in demographic groups (race, age, urban/rural, education level, income) that the stats would be pretty similar. It is unfortunate that many people who need cooking skills the most (effectively anyone, my family included, who can’t afford to frequent restaurants) lack cooking skills. Being able to use a knife effectively and knowing how to cook simple healthy meals is a big hurdle in the way of healthy eating for many. Our country is going down the toilet because so many people don’t have any basic life skills and want everything to be handed to them.

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/

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They are just as fat as we are! What are you talking about? To be statistically significant there needs to be >5% difference.

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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.

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

I am from Quebec and I am not a poutine fan.

I had an American friend who ordered “poutain” once, and I almost died laughing. I had to teach her the proper way to say it.

Wow it doesn’t take much to make you laugh. Wait until you learn all the things the Quebecois mispronounce.

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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.

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

I am from Quebec and I am not a poutine fan.

I had an American friend who ordered “poutain” once, and I almost died laughing. I had to teach her the proper way to say it.

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Anonymous wrote:It starts in childhood. Only in America do kids need to stop for a junk food break in the middle of every activity. There’s always a dumb signup genius list for parents if the snack isn’t provided directly by the activity organizer. All other countries have kids able to just play a game of sport for an hour without a junk break. Ask any immigrant. Junk food and snack culture is completely out of control here. We need to say no. We need to re-teach kids to play a game of sport for a couple hours or do a grocery store run without needing to stuff their faces.

Not we, you. I raised two kids in America. None of them eat snacks. We never packed snacks for road trips (and we did a lot of them when they were younger, including Outer Banks, Maine, Niagara Falls, and Florida). No snacks during sport practice. My kids never ate those ugly cakes at birthdays parties. Kids very often copy habits of their parents.

Are you able to start a thread on how you pulled this off? I’d love my kids not to snack but snacks are everywhere. I’ve tried not bringing snacks but then someone (a teacher, coach) will provide a snack to my child on my behalf. I’ve even received an email telling me a snack is mandatory. All the other kids bring snacks and my kid would be the only one not having one.

I’m not sure I believe how you pulled this off or that you’re possible a man who isn’t involved in any planning or logistics. I’ve lived in two affluent communities now and the snacks are impossible to get away from.

They didn’t pull this off. These parents come in dcum pretending their kids have always eaten only 3 meals a day their entire lives - at some age perhaps that’s possible but when they’re young it’s necessary and when they’re into sports and a lot of exercise it’s necessary.

These parents live in a fantasy land.

And, no kid has gotten fat from eating a banana between breakfast and lunch and kids get fat all the time eating only 3 meals a day, when there’s dessert and fast food, pizza, etc thats frequently in the rotation.

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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.

Who prevents you to buy locally grown food in US? We only buy from local farms, including meat and dairy. I am European who live in Northern Virginia and there are plenty of good healthy food choices here. Additionally, we grow our vegetables and herbs during summer. I am 45 and I weight 49 kg.

You’re in America now, speak American.

My BMW is still set for km and celsius and my runs are measured in km. And my thermostat and oven are set in Celsius.

How many astronauts has the EU sent to the moon using metric?

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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.

Who prevents you to buy locally grown food in US? We only buy from local farms, including meat and dairy. I am European who live in Northern Virginia and there are plenty of good healthy food choices here. Additionally, we grow our vegetables and herbs during summer. I am 45 and I weight 49 kg.

You’re in America now, speak American.

My BMW is still set for km and celsius and my runs are measured in km. And my thermostat and oven are set in Celsius.

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Anonymous wrote:It starts in childhood. Only in America do kids need to stop for a junk food break in the middle of every activity. There’s always a dumb signup genius list for parents if the snack isn’t provided directly by the activity organizer. All other countries have kids able to just play a game of sport for an hour without a junk break. Ask any immigrant. Junk food and snack culture is completely out of control here. We need to say no. We need to re-teach kids to play a game of sport for a couple hours or do a grocery store run without needing to stuff their faces.

Not we, you. I raised two kids in America. None of them eat snacks. We never packed snacks for road trips (and we did a lot of them when they were younger, including Outer Banks, Maine, Niagara Falls, and Florida). No snacks during sport practice. My kids never ate those ugly cakes at birthdays parties. Kids very often copy habits of their parents.

Are you able to start a thread on how you pulled this off? I’d love my kids not to snack but snacks are everywhere. I’ve tried not bringing snacks but then someone (a teacher, coach) will provide a snack to my child on my behalf. I’ve even received an email telling me a snack is mandatory. All the other kids bring snacks and my kid would be the only one not having one.

I’m not sure I believe how you pulled this off or that you’re possible a man who isn’t involved in any planning or logistics. I’ve lived in two affluent communities now and the snacks are impossible to get away from.

I forgot to add about sport practice. When my kid was in high school and sport practice started after the classes, they packed two lunches with them from home. One was eaten at lunch time (I think it was very early in their school, 11 or noon), and second was eaten after the classes.

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Anonymous wrote:It starts in childhood. Only in America do kids need to stop for a junk food break in the middle of every activity. There’s always a dumb signup genius list for parents if the snack isn’t provided directly by the activity organizer. All other countries have kids able to just play a game of sport for an hour without a junk break. Ask any immigrant. Junk food and snack culture is completely out of control here. We need to say no. We need to re-teach kids to play a game of sport for a couple hours or do a grocery store run without needing to stuff their faces.

Not we, you. I raised two kids in America. None of them eat snacks. We never packed snacks for road trips (and we did a lot of them when they were younger, including Outer Banks, Maine, Niagara Falls, and Florida). No snacks during sport practice. My kids never ate those ugly cakes at birthdays parties. Kids very often copy habits of their parents.

Are you able to start a thread on how you pulled this off? I’d love my kids not to snack but snacks are everywhere. I’ve tried not bringing snacks but then someone (a teacher, coach) will provide a snack to my child on my behalf. I’ve even received an email telling me a snack is mandatory. All the other kids bring snacks and my kid would be the only one not having one.

I’m not sure I believe how you pulled this off or that you’re possible a man who isn’t involved in any planning or logistics. I’ve lived in two affluent communities now and the snacks are impossible to get away from.

I am a woman. Kids were in private schools that would not force anything that you ask them not to force. Children were at home until age of 3 (other than swimming classes and Gymoboree classes). Once they got used to to home made meals, it is hard to eat junk. For me, even if I am hungry, I would rather wait for a meal, than eat something that does not taste good. If the other child offer something at the playground, we would just say to the child it is not good thing to eat, this is not a food, or something like that. Kids easily change their attention. We did not prohibit them from eating. My daughter, when she was in preschool, tried a cupcake at the birthday party and said it made her nauseated. I agree with her, those birthday cakes are not edible.

Kids adjust very quickly. Think about kids who have allergy - they would never take anything with the allergen and they learn it very early, and able to follow the rule. If you establish the same rule about junk food, they will follow it.

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Anonymous wrote:It starts in childhood. Only in America do kids need to stop for a junk food break in the middle of every activity. There’s always a dumb signup genius list for parents if the snack isn’t provided directly by the activity organizer. All other countries have kids able to just play a game of sport for an hour without a junk break. Ask any immigrant. Junk food and snack culture is completely out of control here. We need to say no. We need to re-teach kids to play a game of sport for a couple hours or do a grocery store run without needing to stuff their faces.

Not we, you. I raised two kids in America. None of them eat snacks. We never packed snacks for road trips (and we did a lot of them when they were younger, including Outer Banks, Maine, Niagara Falls, and Florida). No snacks during sport practice. My kids never ate those ugly cakes at birthdays parties. Kids very often copy habits of their parents.

Are you able to start a thread on how you pulled this off? I’d love my kids not to snack but snacks are everywhere. I’ve tried not bringing snacks but then someone (a teacher, coach) will provide a snack to my child on my behalf. I’ve even received an email telling me a snack is mandatory. All the other kids bring snacks and my kid would be the only one not having one.

I’m not sure I believe how you pulled this off or that you’re possible a man who isn’t involved in any planning or logistics. I’ve lived in two affluent communities now and the snacks are impossible to get away from.

Np. That's exactly right. Mine was the only one who didn't have snack. I asked: didn't the class just have lunch?

Anonymous wrote:I came back from a country in Asia recently. I did not see any obese people there.

Portion sizes were normal, lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and food was free of chemicals and additives. I felt full faster and healthier as food was natural and unprocessed.

I want to know the name of that country, please. To visit.

They are just as fat as we are. There really is no difference whatsoever.

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Anonymous wrote:It starts in childhood. Only in America do kids need to stop for a junk food break in the middle of every activity. There’s always a dumb signup genius list for parents if the snack isn’t provided directly by the activity organizer. All other countries have kids able to just play a game of sport for an hour without a junk break. Ask any immigrant. Junk food and snack culture is completely out of control here. We need to say no. We need to re-teach kids to play a game of sport for a couple hours or do a grocery store run without needing to stuff their faces.

Not we, you. I raised two kids in America. None of them eat snacks. We never packed snacks for road trips (and we did a lot of them when they were younger, including Outer Banks, Maine, Niagara Falls, and Florida). No snacks during sport practice. My kids never ate those ugly cakes at birthdays parties. Kids very often copy habits of their parents.

Are you able to start a thread on how you pulled this off? I’d love my kids not to snack but snacks are everywhere. I’ve tried not bringing snacks but then someone (a teacher, coach) will provide a snack to my child on my behalf. I’ve even received an email telling me a snack is mandatory. All the other kids bring snacks and my kid would be the only one not having one.

I’m not sure I believe how you pulled this off or that you’re possible a man who isn’t involved in any planning or logistics. I’ve lived in two affluent communities now and the snacks are impossible to get away from.

Shivering burns calories.

Anonymous wrote:I came back from a country in Asia recently. I did not see any obese people there.

Portion sizes were normal, lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and food was free of chemicals and additives. I felt full faster and healthier as food was natural and unprocessed.

You are a head case.