Culturally Americans have made ourselves fat. I see several factors since my childhood that have changed the way we eat and entertain ourselves. In fact there are times I think that we make eating part of our entertainment. We have largely seemed to have moved toward an easier and less healthy lifestyle choice. And it is a lifestyle choice with the key point being choice.
Dinner and a movie, dinner and a concert, dinner and a show are common among a great many of us. We combine a meal with too large of portions with an activity that is pretty much sedentary.
Our consumption of easy to purchase, easy to prepare food and our failure to observe portion control along with a regular exercises program is far more likely the cause than any of the poll options.
Recently, my wife and I purchased two bicycles and we have been riding every evening instead of eating dinner and watching TV or surfing the Internet. In one week, we have lost weight, spent more quality time together and and have started to increase our overall health and happiness.
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