" The Americans are obese - Part This is partly true. But perhaps we do not know that the Europeans are going in the same direction, only a few years late. Look at your pantry to serve the family and therefore also your children. It 's the same as that of your parents? I think not. It 'so true that Americans tend to be obese (30% + of the population is "overweight?" Or perhaps "obese"?) That former President Bush had included the issue as one of the most important agenda of his government. What they did not know, but it was a clear signal that there is a real risk that the problems get out of hand (if they have not already escaped).
It 'clear that we do not talk in the New York or the "fit" speak it more than Chicago and the Midwest, one of those places where the "Diner", fast food, the absence of the meal as a family gathering, etc. . are the norm and not the exception. But increasingly critical phenomenon at national level is, numbers in hand.
And the Europeans? The curves of historical statistics are raging. UK primarily, but also some Mediterranean countries have seen an increase In recent years the average weight of the population and the percentage of obese people with the same acceleration that took place in the U.S., with only a few years (or decade?) delay. But the trend is exactly the same and we will have a percentage of the population as obese in the USA: As a dear cousin sarcastically says now "American" to have lived 20 + years in the U.S.: "You Europeans. ... You are also lagging on this issue with the U.S. .... "
Beyond the joke, even without looking at the statistics, I just look at the pantry of my house. I think the power of my family on the verge of perfection, both from a nutritional standpoint and from the point of view of the palate. " However, we also have products in the pantry when I was a child I had no place in the pantry of my parents. Snacks, creams, fruit juices etc.. This difference has little impact on feeding my children for many reasons, but translating this concept into the storeroom of the average Italian family, I fear that the phenomenon is more serious and it is this which then feeds the statistics that prove the above.
But even without looking at statistics, try to watch your children on the beach, or when accompanied your child to school. Do not you think that there are more children "processed" than I remember in the past?
The culture of food and Food is one of the few remaining distinguishing features to our country. Let us not lose this one. We have so much to learn from other countries who do not want to assimilate. Strangely, however, the things we should not learn we do readily. Mah! Check
"The Americans are obese - Part Two" T2M
