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Old 12-21-2005, 05:26 PM
Gunny Highway Gunny Highway is offline
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Default Re: Returning to the USA for Xmas...Advice for Americans...

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Yes, Japanesse people are a prime example, right?

They are way too poor to eat at Mcdonalds. It is their poverty that causes them to remain to healthy and live longer then Americans.

Another example is Europeans. Infact, some Europeans enjoy a higher standard of living then Americans, and thus are even fatter and unhealthier... Oh wait....

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Give them time and more access to fatty foods. For instance:

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"In Thailand, a transitional society, the prevalence of obesity in schoolchildren has increased from 12% in 1991 to 16% in 1993." - Mo-suwan L, Junjana C, Puetpaiboon A. Increasing obesity in school children in a transitional society and the effect of the weight control program. SE Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993;24:590–94

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