[PeakOiler]

Folks, you've got to look at the pic at this Reuters article:
Reuters Article

What really cracked me up (no pun intended) was the Reuters caption below the picture that prompts readers to view a larger image. The link states: "Full Size."

[dukey]

[Benzin]

Ah but that Big Mac tastes so good. I can feel my arteries clogging up right now! The Big Mac celebrated its 40th birthday yesterday so it is of no surprise that Americans keep getting fatter.

[Plantagenet]

There is some truth to the picture although to be even more realistic the European woman would have to be 52 years old with greying hair.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')t. Augustine's prayer, "Lord, make me chaste, but just not yet"

[dinopello]

Personally, I like all sizes of women. But, really what gets me turned on is their mind.

American women and their steel trap minds!

[jboogy]

We are merely storing energy(fat reserves) for the long lean winter ahead (food scarcity when the trucks stop).We will emerge from our dens in the spring(after the skinny people have starved) hungry and mean.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')t. Augustine's prayer, "Lord, make me chaste, but just not yet"

[Pretorian]

Lol. Russians say, while the fat dries, the thin dies. Or something like that.
But seriously, the main reason why Americans are fatter is that their diet was fucked up 20-30 years before it was ruined in Europe. Fastfood, hormones everywhere, antibiotics

[Denny]

Geez, the way everybody seems so down on Americans, just about everywhere you go on the internet, I am afraid if a world dictator emerges, he or she will peddle the message that the Americans are an inferior nationality and will be fated for extermination to conserve vital resources and to preserve the gene pool of the rest of humanity.

[katkinkate]

A lot of research is being done on fructose and it's role in the obesity epidemic. Apparently they can correlate the rise in obesity in Australia and Japan with when the use of fructose became more common in use as sweeteners in foods. The above link is an interview on Australian Radio National with a researcher in the field. I googled fructose and obesity and there is a lot of other links available also.

[Baldwin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'A') lot of research is being done on fructose and it's role in the obesity epidemic. Apparently they can correlate the rise in obesity in Australia and Japan with when the use of fructose became more common in use as sweeteners in foods. The above link is an interview on Australian Radio National with a researcher in the field. I googled fructose and obesity and there is a lot of other links available also.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', 'A') lot of research is being done on fructose and it's role in the obesity epidemic. Apparently they can correlate the rise in obesity in Australia and Japan with when the use of fructose became more common in use as sweeteners in foods. The above link is an interview on Australian Radio National with a researcher in the field. I googled fructose and obesity and there is a lot of other links available also.

[Denny]

But its not just Americans who ingest more sugar, in most every form, than is needed. Look at the English, who for a long, long time have favoured sweets, pastries, and various starches etc.

In fact, a lot of Italians around here refer to the English as "mungecakes" - Cake eaters. You'd think if the stuff is so bad, the English would have had issues for a long time now.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Denny', 'B')ut its not just Americans who ingest more sugar, in most every form, than is needed. Look at the English, who for a long, long time have favoured sweets, pastries, and various starches etc.

In fact, a lot of Italians around here refer to the English as "mungecakes" - Cake eaters. You'd think if the stuff is so bad, the English would have had issues for a long time now.