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And not just soda. Corn syrup is everywhere. So much of our food is crazy sweet.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE

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.

Edit: people always talk about the percentage of people who are obese in these discussions, but have you noticed just how big obese people can get in the states?

Genuinely, almost every day I was there I caught myself accidentally stopping and staring because I'd just seen someone fatter than I thought humanly possible. Like so big that I couldn't understand how their flesh didn't just tear and fall off their skeleton.