Yea, but if you think we're all rich over here, you are the one who is severely immature.

Dude.

Fucked up. My mother has 20+ years of medical experience, so I think she knows what she's talking about. There's no need to insult my mother because you think something she said isn't true.

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you trust wikipedia.

Seriously.



Okay, when you're fat when you're a baby, and if you're fat when you're a toddler, and if you're fat when you start 1st Grade, most likely, you'll stay that way. However, if you weren't, and you were petite throughout babyhood, and throughout early childhood, than it's most likely going to be a phase later.

And how long has your mother been an APRN?

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I'm just saying, It COULD be. It's not like it's a definate thing. Okay? Good. End of story. :D

Yeah, because vandals routinely edit out the section about children being prone ot obesity.

Seriously.

^ This.

For the US (I don't really have the knowledge to comment about other areas of the world) I believe that there is one factor, the people themselves. I mean, if you can honestly wake up everyday being obese and feel good about yourself then kudos to you. There are some conditions that can cause obesity but other than that there really isn't any excuse. I mean what else can you really blame:

-Blaming the restaurant (McDonald's for instance) doesn't really work. No one forces you to eat there and now that they place there nutrition info everywhere (on boxes, placemats, the interwebs, and posters on the store walls) you can easily see that hey that large Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese meal has way more than 2000 calories.

-Blaming your upbringing only works for so long. Yes, it can be hard to avoid high calorie meals if you family eats pasta every day but eventually you will probably move out (if you don't obesity might not be your biggest problem) and when you do you can make lifestyle changes and get the weight off. Besides even if you do have a family that eats more carbs and calories than anyone else that doesn't stop you from taking a jog after dinner instead of plopping down on the couch to watch Friends or whatever sitcom families watch these days.

-Blaming the culture (America is just like this, its all I live with etc.) doesn't work either. I mean there are plenty of people who aren't obese in America and if anything the culture discourages obesity with the way we portray the ideal male or female body. Bottom line being American doesn't mean being fat.

I really think the real problem isn't obesity but the shortcuts to get rid of it. I mean people just find a surgeon and get a gastric bypass or liposuction and go on their way. Of course then they don't make any lifestyle changes so even though they aren't fat anymore their body is still being put under the same stresses.

I don't think anything is to blame other than the people i mean i watch just as much TV as anybody and i eat a lot of fat food's and i'm not fat and i'll tell you why ...
because i go out running and do excercise that's all it comes down to don't be so lazy. DO EXCERCISE IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO.

My secret is a freakishly fast metabolism, and drinking almost nothing but water. I drink more than the recommended water requirements, and I drink it pure. I easily get through 2-3 litres every day.

I am the same way. Super fast metabolism and lots and lots of water. I haven't had any pop (or soda or soft drink or whatever you want to call it) in about 3 years now.