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95 percent of parents think their overweight children look ‘just right’: Most parents can no longer tell what a healthy weight looks like, and their doctors aren't helping them understand

I don't know what's the real issue anymore.

I'm from the US, but have been living abroad for awhile. When I come back to the US I notice that the lifestyle is very different, and I think that contributes most heavily towards the problem.

People in the US tend to eat a lot more junk food and fast food than slimmer nations. I remember not wanting to eat the last time I was in the US, because commercials for disgusting things like Doritos tacos, or some kind of Applebee's cheese monstrosity were on TV all the time and making me feel gross. The people around me in the US were also eating huge portions and drinking a lot of high-calorie beverages. It seemed like after every meal out people would loaf around and moan about being stuffed.

I also noticed that a lot of people in the US are less active than where I live. A lot of my friends and family are employed in jobs that require them to sit nearly all day long and when they are finished work they go home and sit around some more. Where I'm currently living is a much more social environment. People hang out with their entire community outside after work, go for long walks, exercise and just generally live a much more active and social lifestyle. Also, people here walk to shops, carry groceries home and ride bikes where they need to go, but in the US everyone drives a car to every location, even if it's just down the street. In the US a lot of people exercise regularly for an hour a day or so, but here your daily life is exercise all on its own and the hours doing it just add up constantly. I had a friend visit me here recently and he commented that whenever we went out it was like urban hiking, which is true.

I don't think the issue has much to do with the medias portrayal of body types, or even with people assuming that being overweight is common, I think it's mostly just an issue with the US diet and lifestyle. For what it's worth, this seems to be a problem for people from many Western nations, not just people from the US.

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