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Originally Posted by guyy
If you had been in Japan for a long time, you would have noticed the increase in the numbers of fat people, especially fat kids. When i was young, i did not see fat kids in Japan.
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I was there in 2002, and there weren't anywhere near as many obese people as there are here. And the SF Bay Area is generally ranked among the more healthy places.
The last time I went to Fresno, I didn't see anyone that wasn't overweight, and I was there for a few days. And Fresno is surrounded by healthy produce. Geography and economics may factor in to some small degree on some places, but I cannot accept that they are primary causes for obesity.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
The U.S. is worse than average, you can be sure.
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That was my point. If the US is more obese, and we clearly have more access to produce than others due to location and economics, I have to say that disproves the theory that geography and economics are the deciding factors when it comes to obesity.