tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22329768.post50363050756126953..comments2023-10-29T20:20:10.914+10:00Comments on Random Hypercritical Thoughts: Front row at the freak showJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16129588857193564261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22329768.post-15004438318889218332007-06-25T09:30:00.000+10:002007-06-25T09:30:00.000+10:00And it is a big part of the national health care c...And it is a big part of the national health care crisis. The ubiquity of fast food is a really bad thing.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129588857193564261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22329768.post-47536345404453542382007-06-25T09:19:00.000+10:002007-06-25T09:19:00.000+10:00Jeff, I did all that a month ago, but came through...Jeff, I did all that a month ago, but came through Detroit. I missed the IPod vending machine. No doubt my daughter would think it's cool.<BR/><BR/>But I see the changes, too.<BR/><BR/>I'm fat. Okay, I'm obese. But I got to middle America and it reminded me of my first sojourn to Saipan. Back in 1984--I arrived on Saipan to find that, at 5'2" I was no longer a short woman, but "normal" height. And in middle America, I arrived in 2007 to learn that I'm not grossly overweight, I'm normal. Scary.<BR/><BR/>I've seen so many people waddling around, swaddled in fat, I'm stunned. My family has a fat problem, but in middle America it goes unnoticed.<BR/><BR/>And this phenomenon isn't limited to the middle aged, where we've slowed down and have let the fat catch up to us. There are tons of young people who are massively overweight.<BR/><BR/>It's better in the city than in the suburbs, at least from my observations. In the city, people are walking city blocks, climbing on and off buses, etc. In the burbs, they drive up to the take-out window. Parking lots are designed so a door is never too far away.<BR/><BR/>And the sizes of clothes in the Target and mall stores--in the women's section there are huge racks of 3x and 4x and larger! <BR/><BR/>I'm walking every day. I may not lose weight on this vacation (hey, I love to eat out at restaurants and stuff), but I really plan on not gaining.<BR/><BR/>America has enough heavy-weights. It's a national epidemic. Far scarier than bird flu, the War in Iraq, and even the threat of terrorists.Saipan Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030098267460841286noreply@blogger.com