The American "Obesity Epidemic?"

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Getting berated for eating healthy food is sooo annoying

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Ditto

[StaticShock]

Secreprankster nailed it on the garbage diets related to schedule/poor time management.

[zenfurni]

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Getting berated for eating healthy food is sooo annoying

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I definitely know what you mean, having gotten into an argument with my girlfriend who is into the organic, high-quality food. All other things equal, I'd rather have organic veggies than regular, etc. However, she berated me for eating all this "junk" (like tuna from a can, protein shakes, etc.) but I just couldn't explain that eating a planned-out, balanced, healthy diet is WAY better than eating any amount of tasty, farm-grown, organic butter, potato chips, and cake. It's frustrating, and it's another example of ways that people tend to have misconceptions about proper diet/nutrition.

[secretprankster]

Yeah people are dumb. You bring in mixed vegetables and a chicken breast in one day and they're like "Ooo Mr. Health Nut!" Then the next day you're eating like 95% lean ground beef and they say "omg wow so unhealthy."

And I can't even count the number of times I've heard stuff about all the eggs I eat. lol cholesterol.

[eastcoaster]

Human beings, in general, are conditioned to follow the path of least resistance.

It has never been easier than it is in this day and age for humans to be sedentary, and follow that path.

I have read where humans are the only species that experience heart disease.

The problem is not obesity. Obesity is the effect. The cause is simply the ability for humans to remain in denial about the real problem; ignorance.

[kyleb]

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Yeah people are dumb. You bring in mixed vegetables and a chicken breast in one day and they're like "Ooo Mr. Health Nut!" Then the next day you're eating like 95% lean ground beef and they say "omg wow so unhealthy."

And I can't even count the number of times I've heard stuff about all the eggs I eat. lol cholesterol.

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Yeah, anytime I'm out to dinner with friends and I get a chicken-based dinner with a baked potato or something I get plenty of comments, but when I'm eating lean ground beef or lean steaks they're like omg wtffff you are ruining your diet

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Something that my girlfriend and I were noticing recently is that is has become socially acceptable to eat [censored] food. When I bring healthy food to work, people always comment about how much of a health nut I must be.

Its just acceptable these days to eat fatty foods

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Absolutely. It has become pretty socially acceptable to eat garbage, and pretty acceptable even to feed it to your kids.

[Unoriginalname]

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Something that my girlfriend and I were noticing recently is that is has become socially acceptable to eat [censored] food. When I bring healthy food to work, people always comment about how much of a health nut I must be.

Its just acceptable these days to eat fatty foods

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*sigh* this is so true. I need to vent a little about the place I work at. I've become token "health nut" in my office. It's not even that I'm ridiculously strict, but where I work, the mere sight of anything green on your plate will get you labeled as some sort of a health freak. A lot of people make comments and jokingly tease me because I bring things like salads, grilled chicken, protein shakes, and nuts to work. There are some people that order take out chinese almost every f'ing day. And of course they are fat and bitch about how they need to lose weight. Also, tons of people have candy jars in their cubicle. They think they don't eat a lot and don't understand why they can't lose weight, but I watch them graze on candy all day long.

"Oh, there's UnoriginalName with his vegetables again! Well hello there Mr. Healthy Eater!"

Jesus christ STFU already.

Irony: I work for a health insurance company and I swear I work with some of the most gluttonous and unhealthy fatties around. Or maybe I just work with typical Americans.

[CrayZee]

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Something that my girlfriend and I were noticing recently is that is has become socially acceptable to eat [censored] food. When I bring healthy food to work, people always comment about how much of a health nut I must be.

Its just acceptable these days to eat fatty foods

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*sigh* this is so true. I need to vent a little about the place I work at. I've become token "health nut" in my office. A lot of people make comments and jokingly tease me because I bring things like salads, grilled chicken, protein shakes, and nuts to work. There are some people that order take out chinese almost every f'ing day. And of course they are fat and bitch about how they need to lose weight. Also, tons of people have candy jars in their cubicle. They think they don't eat a lot and don't understand why they can't lose weight, but I watch them graze on candy all day long.

"Oh, there's UnoriginalName with his vegetables again! Well hello there Mr. Healthy Eater!"

Jesus christ STFU already.

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When it comes to this topic...unless they're just joking around, these people are just projecting. Misery loves company. People also have this overwhelming tendency to want to push you to their behavioral level.

It seems like it's rarely to a better level, like making fun of bad habits such as smoking or drinking too much.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

Aggie,

I meant specifically education on proper nutrition and exercise science, or at least the basics. Most people have no idea whatsoever of what a healthy balanced diet looks like.

Edit: which still leaves the lazy component, but if more people understood that being healthy is a lifestyle change and not a quick fix more people would be healthier instead of going through the dieting yo-yo most people do