Woman claims Southwest Airlines worker discriminated against her (another Fattie)
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tonyw
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Obesity is increasing worldwide, but the United States is at the top of the list.
That's a chart for the percentage of the population that's either overweight or obese. Look at that. You mentioned Japan? Looks like it's about 30 percent. The United States? More than 60 percent. The UK is up there, too, as is Australia so it's no wonder you saw issues with their people.
When I was in New Zealand, which is still up there, I could still tell who the Americans were and who the natives were for the most part just by looking.
That's a chart for the percentage of the population that's either overweight or obese. Look at that. You mentioned Japan? Looks like it's about 30 percent. The United States? More than 60 percent. The UK is up there, too, as is Australia so it's no wonder you saw issues with their people.
When I was in New Zealand, which is still up there, I could still tell who the Americans were and who the natives were for the most part just by looking.
CoBuilder
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The problem is not just about eating huge quantities of food. It's also about exercising correctly. Walking around the block of your neighborhood for 30 minutes each day won't do much for body weight composition if you're gulping down tons of calories each day. Neither does doing the bowflex for 20 minutes a day three days a week. That is activity but it's not real exercising. For lots of older people with thyroid problems, even eating your regular 2000 calorie diet will result in fat gain. You have to tackle the problem as a whole. You also have to understand energy balance. South beach diet, med. diet, whatever diet; it's all about energy balance in the end. The perfect diet does not exist. They're all just based on principles of the energy balance equation; energy balance=energy intake + energy expenditure. Statistics show that Americans are becoming more active and more are joining the gym but how many are actually really exercising properly? Activity and really working out are two different endeavors. You also factor in the quack personal trainer that forces his client to do useless reps of curls and extensions. It's a sightful pity to watch some overweight middleage goer humping the ez curl bar inside the squat rack. You have to educate him. 8 ouf of 10 personal trainers are useless. Have the poor fat lady fool around with the stupid hip abductor and pec dec machine for 3 minutes and you start to wonder what the heck is going on. If more people would take the time to really educate themselves on proper health through eating a proper diet and exercising correctly, this obesity problem would not exist. How many people actually take the time to learn about all this stuff. How many family members do you know that do? How many forum members here know? If money is tight, then I guess ramen will do in the meantime but they better start taking care of their own bodies once they switch seats. It's much easier to grab a whopper down at McDs on 23rd st. and gulp it down with a big jug of diet pepsi. We're our own worst enemies.
Chris_Ford
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tonyw said:Obesity is increasing worldwide, but the United States is at the top of the list.
That's a chart for the percentage of the population that's either overweight or obese. Look at that. You mentioned Japan? Looks like it's about 30 percent. The United States? More than 60 percent. The UK is up there, too, as is Australia so it's no wonder you saw issues with their people.
When I was in New Zealand, which is still up there, I could still tell who the Americans were and who the natives were for the most part just by looking.
I could've sworn I read an article saying Australia passed the USA in % of obese people.
mtsu_av8er
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John, and anybody else that's wondering - I never claimed that there was any racial discrimination. What makes you think that I'm even concerned about anything racist?Mr_Creepy said:
tonyw
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mpenguin1 said:
Well, you're right. When I said Europeans don't have a problem, that was inaccurate.
However, having never been to the UK before, and with my most recent experience with Europe being France, which is near the bottom of the list when it comes to obesity, it's an understandable mistake.
Anyway, I stand by my assertion. We've got a bigger problem with it (pun fully intended) than most other countries.
The book isn't called "American Women Don't Get Fat" because it'd be a lie.
mpenguin1
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Sprint100 said:
Valid question, but, I do not think so...
I think Southwest assumption is that you can fit into one seat, since you purchased 1 seat. When you are toooo big, you are flowing into the seat space of the person next you, for which the other customer paid for.
Kind of like paying for "1" movie ticket, but two people showed up.
If you are a big person, the nice thing to do, would be to pay for the additional seat, out of respect for the person next to you....
tonyw said:
I think Kristie and I sat down in the Vieux district in Nice at about 12:15pm and weren't finished with lunch until about 2:30pm. And we were the fast eaters.
Seems like the Europeans can eat quite a bit, but it's a larger variety of items rather than enormous plates of single-items ala "The Cheesecake Factory" during their meals. Besides, T.C.F. largely sucks and their only selling point are their ji-normous servings.
tonyw said:Obesity is increasing worldwide, but the United States is at the top of the list.
If you really want to feel like a lard ass, hang out with a Swiss person. Our friend flew over from Zurich, the guy doesn't look skinny, but he's probably 6' and 150lbs -- medium shirts hang on this guy like an African "Dashiki". If you put a plate of food in front of this guy, he'll damned near lick the plate clean.
We took him out for steaks one of the nights and he finished a complete salad, 80% of a "bloomin' onion", three beers, a few rolls, a 20 oz porterhouse and then said "Vat ess for the desert yes?" (not a typo).
mtsu_av8er
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Doug Taylor said:
You know, I went there for the first time a couple of months ago and I was completely unimpressed . . .
tonyw
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Doug Taylor said:
Exactamundo. I didn't keep track of time, but I don't think Szluka and I had a dinner that lasted for less than two hours when we were in Paris. Hell, we went to dinner at one place, and we didn't leave there until about 11:00 PM, and there were STILL people chowing down.
Doug Taylor said:
Yup. It's the chain restaurant deal where they cater to the lowest common denominator and thus have thoroughly mediocre stuff. Someone was trying to get me to go to a Friday's, and he said, hey, you get a lot of food for your money. I said, yeah, but a lot of mediocre food is still mediocre food. We went to a dim sum place instead, and we spent a few dollars more but it was 100 times better.
