American kids are among the world's least fit.
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Dusk Soldier
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People used to go to Mcdonalds and get this:
And it would be considered a completely reasonable portion size for an adult.
and it still is.
Snowybreak
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Uh... No. Mexico is. And the margin is a percentage point.
Phobophile
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I know how I got fat as a kid:
Mom showing love through food. She loved me, food tastes great. I ended up conflating the two and using food as a replacement for comfort and stress ate a lot for a good portion of my life.
Lack of exercise. Helicopter parenting meant I couldn't leave the house very far. I didn't have many friends growing up and even if I did, I couldn't hang out with them outside and had to be with some sort of adult supervision. I was easily bored as a kid (and still am; it's pretty pathological) so I ended up boredom eating a lot, especially during summer vacation. Efforts from my parents for me to join organized sports failed; I didn't like sports and preferred thinking and learning. I still don't like team sports and prefer solo or small group sports that suit my social preferences.
It became a self-fulfilling prophesy. I was fat and it affected my self esteem so I didn't want to be active in front of others so it just spiraled further downward until I stopped caring what others thought as an adult and sought my own fulfillment and figured out what worked best for me.
Mom showing love through food. She loved me, food tastes great. I ended up conflating the two and using food as a replacement for comfort and stress ate a lot for a good portion of my life.
Lack of exercise. Helicopter parenting meant I couldn't leave the house very far. I didn't have many friends growing up and even if I did, I couldn't hang out with them outside and had to be with some sort of adult supervision. I was easily bored as a kid (and still am; it's pretty pathological) so I ended up boredom eating a lot, especially during summer vacation. Efforts from my parents for me to join organized sports failed; I didn't like sports and preferred thinking and learning. I still don't like team sports and prefer solo or small group sports that suit my social preferences.
It became a self-fulfilling prophesy. I was fat and it affected my self esteem so I didn't want to be active in front of others so it just spiraled further downward until I stopped caring what others thought as an adult and sought my own fulfillment and figured out what worked best for me.
HardDrive28
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I bought a measuring cup and scales, logged everything I was eating for a couple weeks into the app called MyFitnessPal. It was mindblowing how fast food will make you go over the maintenace so easily.
Now that I'm more used to portion sizing I don't need to use the app, but it's handy if you want to gain muscle (increasing protein intake) or drop some weight.
Audioboxer
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Soda is a killer for many Americans. The amount of that shit some guzzle is insane. My first tip to try and help anyone wanting to lose weight is to ask how much soda they drink. If a fair amount you can literally shed pounds just cutting it out.
I'm surprised that China scored in the middle of the table. The consensus in this country is that our kids are physically weak, due to the lack of playgrounds in the cities, the education system that heavily centered around exams/tests, and the loaded homework.
When I was a kid in the school, we have to do drills of running for 1~2 kilometers every morning, to "strengthen our mind and body". I hated those running drills especially during the winter with the cold wind cutting at my face, but I guess at least it's useful to keep us fit.
When I was a kid in the school, we have to do drills of running for 1~2 kilometers every morning, to "strengthen our mind and body". I hated those running drills especially during the winter with the cold wind cutting at my face, but I guess at least it's useful to keep us fit.
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Australia lower than i expected.
Try the first page of this thread.
Oh, I just didn't realize it was only 50 countries. Nevermind then
DragonSworne
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Is there a state by state breakdown?
LucidMomentum
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Yep. DDR helped me with that as a kid. Of course my parents couldn't see spending arcade money even though it was cheaper than a gym membership, so i had to fight to get that even too.
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