They walk more. That's it. That's the secret.
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Portion sizes are a factor too!
I can do my weekly shopping without having to get in the car. Because in Europe everything's all mixed together rather than zoned into miles of endless residential, that you have to drive for 25 minutes in order to leave to get to the big shopping mall was it's one million car parking spaces.
And also didn't replace all the fat in their food with sugar processed from corn.
Fat doesn't turn into fat when you eat it - it turns into sugars, which then turn into fat. Eating sugar just takes one step out of the process and makes your body work less (and therefore burn less calories) turning it into fat.
Wait, what is pea pure?
Misspelling of puree (or pureé), most likely referring to the UK's mushy peas,which are ubiquitous in chip shops over there
I think I’m the only Northerner who hates those. Curry sauce though…
Notice how anon never mentions seeing any fat people tho...
Can't speak for all of Europe, but I was in Germany for a couple weeks and I saw just as many fat people there that I see at home in America.
according to wikipedia the united states are 42.9% obese and germany 24.2%, what may instead be happening is either not being accurate in your headcount or that in germany obese people go outside more than in america or that maybe obesity is distributed differently, potentially similarly in both countries but you were only for example in rural areas in america but only in urban areas in germany
Or perhaps they were in a touristic area which had lots of Americans.
"I visited europe" goes to the uk
The uk is somehow actually less european than the caucasian countries and kazakhstan which everyone criticizes for pretending to be european.
Is the UK american, or the US British?
How to start a war with a single question.
Fun related "fact": Shakespeare supposedly sounds more period-accurate in a generic American accent than a modern British accent because the British dramatically changed their accent some time after the US split and the American accent has changed less over the centuries.
The British accent? There are hundreds, if not thousands of different accents.
What's generic American mean?
vowels tend to be spoken with a flatter, wider mouth/tongue shape
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And yet the number of people obese in the USA is almost double that of the UK.
It’s the corn syrup more than the fried food honestly. The number of people who drink soda all day is wild.
Something I noticed when visiting the US. I went to one of their Wendy's to try it out, and ordered a small chicken burger. It was very dry and bland, not really that good, yet I looked up the nutritional info and apparently this small burger alone was over 1200kcals??
I'm fairly sure it was the bun that did that as I doubt they raise some kind of super chicken with an energy density similar to petrol.
Anyway, surprise surprise I ended up with heartburn afterwards.
I once had a conversation with a bariatric surgeon about weight loss. She was convinced that exercise was the key to sustainable weight loss. I disagreed, saying I thought diet was far more important, noting that most americans ate like trash. She seemed a bit offended that I was disagreeing with her, a doctor specializing in weight loss, about this topic. She was more understanding when I told her that I'd lost a lot of weight simply by cutting out soda. Her look then morphed to something akin to confused horror as I told her that, as a child, I had consistently drank an average of 6 cans of soda per day, every day, and I estimated that this was pretty standard for everyone I knew growing up.
And a car enforced society zeor active tranaport
This dude (Gen Z american living in the UK) talks about it in this vid (amongst other things) he walks to the grocery store walks home, cycles to work etc as jet says, he could own a car but doesn't need one.
And honestly us Brits are pretty fucking lazy when it comes to walking compared to a lot of Europe too
The number of people I know in America who "can't" drink just water and have to have some syrup flavored drink instead is astounding. Dude, you're complaining about your weight. Maybe cut back on the sugar for one drink per day.
Depending on the region the soda may actually be healthier, we have looped right back to people avoiding water because it's dangerous but instead of parasites it's pollution and parasites.
Note I do drink water but only from my fridge with a high quality filter, tap water is a coin flip and if I can taste anything other than water I'm assuming it's contaminated.
You can buy bottled water. It is still cheaper than soda.
There's another major reason tbh, cheap shite is unhealthy for you but very quick and easy to cook
And there's more people in USA that live under the breadline, where they're working stupid long shifts for stupid low pay - because there is not anything better available for them
And not just soda. Corn syrup is everywhere. So much of our food is crazy sweet.
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I used to work with a morbidly obese lady that kept a 2 litre of mountain dew at her desk at all times. She'd come in every Monday with 2 of them. It was wild to me.
Walkable areas go a long way
You can tell this is London. They have some weird streets where every single shop sells the same stuff.
Not to mention the other weird streets where every single house is identical.
It helps when everywhere in that mile radius (and more) is considered walking distance in much of Europe, but Americans would rather drive.
Walling that mile ain't going to negate that much unhealthy food.
Nah, every american I've known who left America either immediately lost weight, or maintained despite eating 10x more and less healthy food.
I lost weight on a diet of fried food, meat, and fried noodles, I've seen other people lose weight eating ice cream 2-3x a day
I fucking promise you we don't prefer to drive, it's the only option we have. Our government fucked us
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