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As a U.S. male age 30 to 39,
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I think that that eliminates most of us from being average right there.
But seriously, I have to wonder why we Americans are so fat? What is it that we eat or do so differently than people in other countries?
I'm a bit taller than average, which always astonishes me. I always think that the 5'9" number, (simply by my observation), is wrong. But my BMI is right around that 29 number. I think that being a bit taller helps me look a bit slimmer.
One thing that I do notice in this country is that are so much more accepting of being fat. We are even getting to the point of celebrating it with fat people in advertising and every other media. We no longer say fat women, or even overweight women. We call them "curvy girls" like that somehow makes them attractive. We're no longer fat men, we're big guys like we can run out and play football. It's getting to be where fat is the new cool.
I, for one, am not happy about my weight and realize that it is a health hazard. I have tried to do something about it several times, but it's never easy. I will continue to try and hopefully something will work. But I see obese people every where eating all kinds of bad things and not giving it a second thought. Maybe I'm a bit more sensitive to it because I have a heart problem and several orthopedic problems. It seems that, for me, the older I get, the less discipline I have. When I was younger, I would decide that I'm not going to smoke, or drink or eat this or that and I would just do it. As I've gotten older it seems a lot harder to control myself.
Now there are a few, very few, people who seem to be able to make a decision to stick with a certain kind of diet and/or lifestyle. They seem think that it should simply be easy for everyone to do exactly as they do. I've always tried to have the viewpoint that we should never judge a person until we've walked a mile in their moccasins. What comes easy to some, obviously, in this case, is not very easy to most.
Sorry to rant on, but it seems like we have so much going for us in the country and we're simply going to destroy our selves by being so unhealthy. And I include myself in this. We worry about all sorts of political problems, and in which direction our country is going. But I really believe that our obesity problem is going to do more damage to us than any politician.