So many double chins/chubby faces etc in Ireland?

sasta le

Noticed this alot more lately is it our bad diets etx or our genes.I cut back big time on sugar so hopfully i will keep off the double chin/neck alot of guys i know seemes to have developed

purplecow1977

sasta le wrote:

Noticed this alot more lately is it our bad diets etx or our genes.I cut back big time on sugar so hopfully i will keep off the double chin/neck alot of guys i know seemes to have developed

You do that then!

Maybe it's the middle aged spread!

sasta le

Yes no doubt its coming but im talking under 30.im lucky havent gained any weight really cutting back is helping i hope

daRobot

Some people are prone to it. For example, if I put on weight, you'll see it on my face for sure.

Others I know however, can put on significantly more but you'd never notice it on their face, just their bodies.

Personally, I like being this way, keeps me on my toes in relation to my body.

wil

sasta le wrote: »

Noticed this alot more lately is it our bad diets etx or our genes.I cut back big time on sugar so hopfully i will keep off the double chin/neck alot of guys i know seemes to have developed

You can't say that [

S]to their faces[/S]

.

It's definitely not in the genes. You'd be struggling to locate a single chin in photos of Irish people before the 80s.

Saw photos in museum in Kerry of American wakes in the 50s (big community dances before emigrating to USA). The only non skinny face was the parish priest.

And apparently, long before we started putting on the pounds, Ireland had the highest calorie intake in Europe.

So I'd suspect it has more to do with type of food/processed food and degree of inactivity than genes

Dtp1979

It's not just double chins, it's double bellys and double arses too. It's even more alarming the amount of kids that are overweight.
It's down to processed foods, everyone driving everywhere and not walking, people not having time to prepare meals so they pick up a McDonald's, the convince of fast foods.
We're about 20 years behind America and we've a serious obiesity epidemic heading our way very soon.

garrixfan

I think Irish people by nature have bony narrow faces.

Zillah

I think it's probably because people are eating too much food, and that it is not exclusively an Irish problem at all.

Alf Veedersane

I passed by and made a note of the faces of 297 people today because research.

29 had 'chubby' faces, 45 had 'potentially chubby' faces, 105 were 'normal' and 18 were gaunt.

There were only 3 double chins but the high volume of hipster beards impeded the count here.

More on pubmed.com

The_Honeybadger

Not sure if it's in the genes generally speaking but in my case if I put on a bit of weight it goes straight on to my face before anywhere else. I'm quite slim but if I don't train for a while I end up with a very bloated looking face and a double chin. As above its probably a good thing as my vanity makes me keep a reasonable level of fitness.

newacc2015

Well the amount of Heroin addicts in Dublin kinda evens it out a bit. The amount of wasted faces in Dublin is scary. My South African was fascinated with the faces on Heroin addicts

Mellor

newacc2015 wrote: »

Well the amount of Heroin addicts in Dublin kinda evens it out a bit. The amount of wasted faces in Dublin is scary. My South African was fascinated with the faces on Heroin addicts

I'm more fascinated my the fact you own a South African...

JJayoo

Have to fatten up to survive the winter

Alf Veedersane

JJayoo wrote: »

Have to fatten up to survive the winter

Insulation, innit.

Zillah

JJayoo wrote: »

Have to fatten up to survive the winter

By the looks of it a lot of people are fattening up to survive rolling off Victoria Falls.

JJayoo

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Insulation, inuit.

FYP

I thought that was funny and that's all that matters