Many people in the UK are asking the same question, is our society becoming obese? Due to the vast number of fast food outlets which now exsist across the British Isles, many feel this argument can be valid. Have our children grown up with ready meals, take away trays and fast food becoming second nature?
Well i cant answer that question but one thing i do know is that America's problem is alot worse than ours. Every restraunt i go to in Pittburgh, or when i am travelling to other parts of the country to play "soccer", offers a super size option for an extra 20 cents. "All you can eat $2" signs are bustling for position on the sidewalk of Forbes avenue. Every regular portion is bigger than our supper size portions in England. Vast swathes of overweight people stroll the streets at some times, normally in the evening as it could be to dangerous to venture out during the heat of the day!! So the outragesouly larger than life people who appear on shows such as Jerry Springer really are true, i have seen this first hand.
I am not stating the way they live is incorrect or judging anyone by no means. However i do feel that the social values surpressed by the US citizens will only further "inflate" this already overgrown obesity problem. Healthier eating and more exercise are the answers most people give when asked how to solve the problem of weight gain. Yet try and tell this to americans working 12-15 hour days just to pay the rent and have a decent standard of living. Ready meals, Burger King and sitting in front of the TV are simply part of everyday American life,this could lead to the route of the problem? This lifestyle also exists back home in England.
But yet again, hasn't this become part of everyday British life aswel? Are we another America in the making?