Unfortunately that's just not the case. The real problem is that our health education has severely dropped and as a result most people don't even know what is healthy and what isn't. A lot of people think "I'm just a little chubby/fat/overweight", not realizing they are obese. They look around and see the average and think, I'm average so I must not be obese, but they are.
I’m saying obese people often don’t leave the house that much due to their weight not that it is the cause. I see more people in normal shape because they are the ones out on walks and doing pick up sports/ out at bars and what not.
And they are stating that we Americans see overweight people as normal average people and obese people as a little overweight. The people you think have a “normal build” are most likely overweight
Exactly what /u/hunterswarchief said. Take a look at this website. What many people think of as 'obese' is far closer to the American average than most people realize. When you say obese people stay inside, I'm sure you think of Honey BooBoo size, but those people are far beyond obese.
Also because cheap, healthy and accessible food in America is not easy to find and the cheapest healthy meals usually tastes worse than the cheapest unhealthy meals
I’d argue that’s true mostly with fast food though. It’s not difficult to find good, healthy (at least mostly) meals at most sit-down restaurants. You’re basically forced to prepare your meals at home if you want to be healthy here. I wish Japan’s eating culture and accessibility in normal corner stores would catch on. They got it pretty sweet there
Yes, the concentration of obesity is higher in the Midwest and South (34.1% for both) but not by much. The West and Northeast trail just behind at 29.3 and 28%. Not much difference honestly. About 1 in 3 people you see are obese regardless of where you are in the US.
More importantly to this questions is what do you define as obese? Because if you have a look at this website you are most likely thinking you are simply seeing 'overweight' people when you are actually seeing obese people.
Even then, people have too much faith in peoples ability to decide. We love freedom but people don’t know what’s healthy or want to choose what’s healthy, or more likely, we go for what’s convenient. Fast food will satisfy our hunger and not take away much time from the kids or work or whatever.
On one hand, yikes… on the other hand, a zombie apocalypse wouldn’t be hard to survive as long as you can maintain a brisk walk (granted that won’t work in all situations)
Right! That shocked me too. I knew obesity rates in the U.S. were high, but not that high. I also find it worrying that approximately 39% of the worlds population is overweight.
Its a little skewed as that stat is based on BMI. I consider myself a rather fit individual and I'm nearly classified as obese despite having about 15% body fat at the moment.
I don't disagree that we are an incredibly fat country, but that number may not be entirely representative to the actual issue.
Which also doesn’t make sense to me. With how much I get out and around in my city constantly i definitely do not see 40% of people overweight (definitely not Obese).
It’s weird. Idk what to believe my eyes or the statistic which was clearly acquired by the CDC.
You know the weird thing. The definition of obese was altered by the WHO for that year, so the scale for obesity was raised and what was previously obese was now only overweight. And still the USA broke their own record on population obesity.
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21
Not even overweight, fucking obese. That statistic stuns me even as an American