Why is weight so important in america?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes it seems its all people talk about.
I grew up in italy/greece and i dont remember it to be that bad. Just in college i've seen so many types of unhealthy eating to both extreme. I dont hang out with guys that much, but i think it's more of an issue for girls.

I'm asking in particular, because i gave birth 3 months ago and since then everyone keeps asking more about how i got back into shape than about the baby. What's up with that?

[Theguyoverthere]

Obesity's rampant in america. It's really bad.

What I'm going to say will probably offend overweight people but I am witnessing obese people racking up our healthcare like crazy while I am going about my day to day life.

Like one grossly overweight woman at my job's looking for people to give her sympathy because her health's so bad and she needs surgery. As a person who exercises what enters my head is how they rack up everyone's insurance rates get put at risk because they keep having hospitals taking extra care of them with all these operations. So basically my rates get put at risk because other people aren't taking care of themselves.

Now about the girls, they basically see guys wanting "thin" girls. So they decide they need to be as thin as the girls getting dates. It's not necessarily healthy either to be as thin as some girls I see. Plus I don't think people realize how doctored up girls on magazine covers are. A lot of girls just think losing weight by not eating is all you do, but it's really a matter of eating right and exercising. In

America, people barely exercise and they eat garbage. The guys whine that girls don't like their beer bellies and the girls think starving themselves will make them hot.

[kovalinkie19]

I think weight is quite important everywhere. In America, it tends to be because of image rather than health which you see more in Europe . Plus they have Hollywood reminding them more what is the perceived beautiful.

[Asker]

I'm not saying its not a topic at home, but im sure if you'd walk around with a newborn, people would ask about the baby first

[normalice]

it's an insecurity. We eat probably the worst, most profitable crap in the world and get fat easily because of it. Everyone secretly blames themselves, but doesn't do so out-loud. No one blames the people profiting, of course, so instead we focus on the symptom like some kind of obsession. Look at pictures of people 30 years ago and it quickly becomes obvious americans are not genetically fatter than the rest of the world: something changed in our diet to make us that way.

[Anonymous]

Because we have national healthcare now, and fat people cost more money. So the government is just going to fat shame you into losing weight so that healthcare doesn't become anymore expensive than it already is.

[Asker]

We have universal health care too over there, yet as i said, we're not that weight obsessed

[Opinion Owner]

Well you have an affordable system. Obama wanted healthcare passed no matter what and at any cost, and it's the worst system ever. They can't afford it as it is, and fat people make that even worse. Plus American 's are so social media influenced that they feel like they all deserve a trophy partner who is perfect.

[Metal189]

because it can be detrimental to your health, if you dont look after it

[Asker]

I know but i know so many girls at perfectly healthy weights, who thrice before putting any food into their mouths

[Metal189]

well thats a body image problem, they think that they're not thin enough, when in fact you can also be too thin (detrimental to your health)

[Asker]

well that's kinda what I was asking about