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    Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of obesity in Europe rose 138%, with a 21% rise between 2006 and 2016. The prevalence of overweight rose by 51% between 1975 and 2016, and by 8% between 2006 and 2016. It is expected that by 2030, over half of Europe will live with obesity – up to 89% in some countries. No Member State is on track to reach the target of halting the rise in obesity by 2025.

    https://www.eufic.org/en/healthy-living/article/europes-obesity-statistics-figures-trends-rates-by-country

    The proliferation of unhealthy eating is a big problem for most of Europe, too. They’re on the same path as the US for mostly the same reasons, just a few steps back.

    That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.

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      That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.

      Do you actually believe that these numbers are from common people eating quality food?

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    Wait 'til you see the child size soda.

    It’s 512 ounces, or roughly the size of a two-year old child, if the child were liquefied. It’s a real bargain at $1.59.

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    I’m currently vacationing in Japan and have slimmed down a lot in just a week of walking, eating smaller healthier meals, and taking the train everywhere. America has a truly fucked standard of living. I don’t want to go back to driving and eating shitty oversized unhealthy meals while also tipping.

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    American burgers are the king of all burgers, bottom line

    That said 2 things I absolutely agree with:

    A burger should be small enough to easily bite. It’s okay if you have to smoosh it down a bit with your hands to do so, but if I have squash it to shit or take it apart or cut it or eat it weird you’ve fucked up such a basic thing

    If you already have ketchup, mustard, mayo, bbq, etc then why do I need “burger sauce”? Your burger sauce is probably just some variation on mayo and ketchup anyway. Thanks for making my burger a sloppy piece of shit akin to eating ribs

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    I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

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    As someone who usually eats just once a day (with some supplemental shakes on work days) I love American potions. One of the good things about this country.

    The lack of veg is concerning though. It sucks that the alternative to fried potatoes is usually just a handful of leaves.

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    Anyone who looks at the U.S. and thinks it’s a fucked up country because of the food just isn’t paying attention.

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        Agreed to both of these points, though as an American I will say there are healthier options, it’s just that they make those cost twice as much as the cheaper, unhealthy options.

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          I dunno. As the saying goes,“You are what you eat.” And our elected “leader” advocates the leading producer of junk food.

          Maybe if the American populace had actual nutrients in their bodies instead of butter and lard, we’d be able to critically think for once

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      The food stands out. Like Australia has too many fat people too, but our restaurants don’t cater to them like America’s - don’t try to feed everyone a meal suited to a 200kg man trying for 300.

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      Anyone who (likely) intentionally writes the word “snicker” wrong to include a slur doesn’t think the actual bad stuff in America is bad.

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        Snigger is just a variant form more common in the UK, where snicker is the preferred one in the US. Though I wouldn’t put it past a 4chan user, it’s also a perfectly normal word they may have learned being taught and exposed to UK variants of English.

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          That’s so weird, I’ve literally never seen that form used even by people from the UK.

          I guess it’s plausible that they’d just write it like that, I guess.

          The secret third option is that they know that it’s a way of spelling it and prefer to use it because hehe n word.

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            I thought, and a quick Google confirms, that it is used in the Harry Potter series a few times. Obviously, you might not have read them, but for people in my cohort, that was likely our largest exposure point to British culture.

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        In Europe you pay 20€ for a semi decent micro Burger some Hipster slaps together, wearing black Nitrile Gloves thinking his shitty minimalistic “Burger-ShopArtisery” will become the next big joint.

        I think both cultures have their issues when it comes to food. Europeans are just more pretentious about it.

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          I don’t know where you live, but either you live in an expensive city, only eat burgers at hipster places, or are memeing. I can still find perfectly good burgers for 12€ in my city and they fill me up. It’s not necessary to get stuffed and roll back home like a US landwhale.