Why are Americans so overweight compared to others?

they prefer eating junk food alot like pizza.burger which contains fat

 

Maybe gaining weight on them is just that easy and they find losing some that hard..

 

So much junk food so little exercise = bad combination

 

they prefer to eat take out foods or foods that are easy to toss in the microwave...

I agree

 

i heard the media and tele commercials warp their brains making them want to eat bad food

 

That could be true, but I watch commercials and haven't stopped at a fast food place in 7 years! So they didn't get me!

 

they have lots of fast food chains and less working hours.

 

They eat too much and obviously don't care about their weight.

 

the typical meal at any restaurant in the US is literally 2 servings. Some places are even 3. So basically when you go out to eat you are eating twice to three times as much as the rest of the world is. On top of that we are far less active then the rest of the world. It is really not that difficult to understand.

You should be eating 10 X your ideal body weight in calories everyday in order to achieve that weight . . . This is for if you were to just rest all day. So a guy who wants to weigh 150lbs should eat 1500 calories plus any extra calories needed depending on how active you are. Most Americans on a day to day basis dont break a sweat. . . so do the math and you can probably figure you eat too much.

 

I think they eat too much, also too much junk fast food on the market.

 

more calories in and less calories out must lead to overweight

 

I think they eat more useless junk food than healthy food... which makes them over weight....

 

I was wondering: In US, does school teach you how to eat right and be healthy?
Healthy eating habit/lifestyle should start from young.

 

They always eat at fastfoods I think with some cokes or pepsi
OR not taking daily exercise

 

lots of junk food.
mcdonalds, taco bell, burger king, in-and-out and so on.

 

Part of the problem: The overweight indigent receive substandard medical care from the doctors who graduated in the bottom half of their med school class. Food nutrition should be taught before passing out food stamps. People who are poor are more likely to want to grab a cheap, fast food meal. Sometimes their power has been cut off and they have to eat out.

 

I think Australian's are now the most overweight nation ?

 

Cause there are so many yummy fast food places to eat at.

 

We have tons of fast food joints. And we LOVE BEER!!!! See, easy!!!

 

they consume a lot of beef, its full of fat