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Originally Posted by Cameron Swift
I grew up on the other side of the pond. In my 25 years there, I can count on one hand the number of 300lb people I've ever seen there. It amazed me when I moved over here. You could spend an hour in any food court and find just as many obese people. And I'm talking about the people who have ankles bigger than my thighs. That kind of obese.
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Overeating and getting little exercise are obvious culprits. But from what I've seen, it's almost impossible to get truly obese unless you have a relentless intake of sugared beverages. In the parts of the U.S where obesity is common, it's normal for people to drink 4-8 cans of pop a day. So while Europe might have its share of people who eat fatty foods and never exercise, there isn't a culture of drinking litres of pop a week, so you don't see nearly as much obesity.