Why are the British becoming Fatties ?

American food is extremely unhealthy. If you look at the labels of just about any processed food it will most always have some kind of vegtable or animal oil content. Consequently many people in the US have weight problems and have to diet. Here in Mexico you never see people who are obese. Sure youll see alot of people with a belly, but noone really fat because most all the food here is prepared with fresh ingrediantes. Ive heard that British cuisine is really bad, like cooked peas and roast beef. So they are embracing american style fast food and supermarket food which is really unhealthy.

You lot can’t see further than your stomachs. It has very little to do with food.

We are fat because we are ill-disciplined.

We are lazy (and getting lazier) we are taught NOT to compete or strive at school (this has been going on for 30 years) and we do not have to pay the consequences of our own actions.

C’mon, fast food is to blame is it? My dad used to eat toast and dripping, suet pudding, treacle pud, fry-ups, red meat etc etc all the time. He also used to play every sport there was going and didn’t have TV or PC’s etc as a kid. Was brought up to be competitive and to WORK hard. Yet all these tosspot doo-gooder hippy’s and ‘social worker’ tree-hugging cardie-wearing types seem to think thats wrong. Freedom, thats what we want. Ket the stupid believe they aren’t. Let the fat believe they aren’t. and so it goes on.

My daughter, at 15 months, has had perhaps 5 prepared meals of baby food. And that because we were flying somewhere. In my house we eat predominantly healthy food – real meat, fish, veg etc. I prepare fry-ups and junk some of the time, but mostly we eat properly. My gut is slightly too big through the crap I eat at work – but i’m like the rest of the nation. Lazy. I can’t be bothered to make a packed lunch.

That, and the end of rationing, plus the lack of capital punishment.

i’ll blame it on imported american culture (actualy, just the unhealthy part of it cos yanks are generally quite sporty, or at least the ones i know). fast food and sitcoms – too many and all dont put sports in a high regurd. (friends, the simpsons, will & grace to name a few); and not enough public exercise facilities. ppl are forced to pay through the nose to go to the jim, and many of those that do sign up, espcailly the newbies, are discouraged by all the fit ppl there and never go back while still paying the subscription.

Originally posted by Geforce
Yeah, lets blame McDonalds :). Personnally, I find McDonalds healthier than the crap they serve at the local pita/kebab. Mc can’t afford to put trash into their burgers

They are obviously richer over here. Their UK burgers consist of nothing but trash. 🙁

Moggy

Yeah, lets blame McDonalds :). Personnally, I find McDonalds healthier than the crap they serve at the local pita/kebab. Mc can’t afford to put trash into their burgers because they are observed daily by the food and health agencies. Their kitchens are clean, and though the food may be tasteless, that has little to do with hygiene. I challenge everyone to have a look at the kitchens of those romantic small restaurants in the Quartier Latin in Paris or the Rue de bouchers in Brussels. 😮

It’s not only Brittons who become fat actually, it’s also a problem in Germany, France, Belgium and especially in Eastern-Europe. And “fat” (I hope I’m not saying something shocking using this word) people often have a bad education, come from a poor family etc. A big problem in the west is not only junkfood itself,
but the fact that food has become so cheap, so that people can fill their days eating TV-dinners and frozen lasagna’s while
watching their daily soap.

To be honest, I also eat unhealty occasionally: I don’t cook every day. But on the other hand, I go out 2 times a week for some 10km jogging. People should be aware that sports can save their life, even for lazy *******s like me.

No where did I leave my mars-bar … ehmm … apple.

I think in many continental countries they actually get some time for proper living and take some pride in their food. With a bit of luck some of it is rubbing off on us but I’m not holding my breath.

Mosspits Lane Primary me.

You?

Moggy

I think you’ll find that most schools dont even have playing fields anymore after the conservitive enforced sell off during the early 1990 depression so its not surprising that they dont do much sports. I went passed my old primary school recently and there’s only a quater of the old fields left along side lots and lots of new houses.

My theory.

British food was always pants.

Fast foods taste better than the national cuisine.

We’ve taken to it.

Cross 22 miles of Channel and the local food tastes great.

Impressionable youngsters might try McDonalds for a bit, but quite quickly see that the artificial muck served there doesn’t actually taste as good as real food.

Team this with less exercise, more disposable income, sedentary jobs and too many computer forums and Lardyville, here we come. 🙂

Moggy