Europeans are slender, tall and mostly in shape. Americans are, well, fat! I wondered why? When in Europe I noticed most people enjoy life: they eat well, they take special 2 hours midday breaks, they get together with friends and drink. They do just like we Americans do and yet they far more fewer people overweight than we do.
Why then is America as a whole far more overweight than the rest of the world?
One reason I found that certainly could explain why more Americans are fatter than other people elsewhere is that I noticed in Europe for example, people are more active. They bike more, walk more, play more.
Granted America has health clubs that overflow with members. However in Europe people stay active for a much longer period of time. In many instances all day long.
TV for example, is not being watched until the evening and stops around 1 - 2 pm. In America, TV goes 24 hrs.. No I am not talking about cable but regular channels. And in the morning the TV remains turned off. In America, we turn on our TVs the moment we wake up.
In Europe breakfast is at home, with the family together, eating healthy stuff like porridge or eggs with tomatoes.
In America many families have fast food for breakfast. They are too much in a hurry to get to work and drop off the kids at school and don't have time for a sit down meal. It's a lot easier for them to drive by a fast food chain, pick up a high calorie breakfast and eat it in the car.
In Europe they eat cheese, eggs, bread and drink wine and beer. In America we do the same, except our foods are pre-processed with tremendous amounts of sugar and fat. Organic in Europe is standard. In America organic costs more than non-organic foods and isn't always available for every item.
Walk down the isle of any market and you'll find row after row of sugar coded cereals, sugar loaded baked goods and the like.
Take that together with America's sedated lifestyles and it's no wonder we are currently the fattest nation in the world.
