On 9/6/2014 12:08 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-09-05 23:39, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>>> people here bitching about food at amusement parks being nutritious or
>>>> not. LOL!
>>>
>>> Amusement park food and Fair food are glaring examples of why
>>> Americans are so fat.
>>>
>> I'm American, I don't go to fairs or amusement parks. Is that why I'm
>> not fat?
>
>
> To be fair Jill, there are a lot of very fit Americans. There are enough
> Olympic medals that have gone to Americans to support that. I see lots
> of very fit looking Americans. You can consider yourself lucky to be
> thin and fit looking. However... you have to admit that a lot of your
> countrymen have weight issues. We have our share of overweight and obese
> people up here, but I have to tell you that when I cross the border I
> see whole new dimensions of fat. Not everyone, not a majority, only a
> small percentage, but they are way fatter than you see in other places.

True enough. But to label all Americans as fat is simply wrong. I'm
sure there are plenty of fat people in France or Italy, too. There
certainly were fat Thai and Chinese people in Bangkok.

Jill