Why are so many fat?

Zipppy · 23-07-2018 07:13PM #1

Why are so many Irish people fat?
I'm just back from Sweden where all the ladies are slim and trim incl older ladies and the men don't sport huge beer bellies..
Back to Ireland and its fat fat fat everywhere?
Laziness? Genes? Alcohol? What?

Odhinn · 23-07-2018 07:14PM

Zipppy wrote: »

Why are so many Irish people fat?
I'm just back from Sweden where all the ladies are slim and trim incl older ladies and the men don't sport huge beer bellies..
Back to Ireland and its fat fat fat everywhere?
Laziness? Genes? Alcohol? What?

Fat, I'd say.

23-07-2018 07:17PM

I dunno OP. There are more fat men than women, so maybe the women are fat because they're comfort eating at the prospect of all the fat men.

I'm just off to have a lard sandwich with butter and more lard and bread and chips and more lard with sugar added. I was going to put gravy on but that might be overdoing it. Oh, and a diet Coke. Gotta watch those calories.

PARlance · 23-07-2018 07:18PM

Sweden locks up all the fat ones.

Fourier · 23-07-2018 07:18PM

Lower atmospheric pressure, causes us to balloon outward.

Sal Butamol · 23-07-2018 07:21PM

A combination of things.

It starts in childhood.

Our schools would rather waste time on religion indoctrination lessons and a dead useless language than proper physical education and home economics classes. Our children are driven to, and collected from school, instead of walking and cycling.

Overworked parents are too tired to cook proper dinners for their children, relying on takeaways and processed junk

On the otherhand, the permanent social welfare class are too lazy, uneducated, drunk/high to give a **** about their kids and send them to the chipper daily.

Fast food junk outlets everywhere.

A growing culture of big is beautiful delusions.

Four Phucs Ache · 23-07-2018 07:23PM

My downfall was my mam. All I did was sit around but fed me she did.

meeeeh · 23-07-2018 07:27PM

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Our schools would rather waste time on religion indoctrination lessons and a dead useless language than proper physical education and home economics classes.

While religion and Irish are used as an excuse for everything I think the ridiculous insurance and lawsuit culture affects schools a lot more.

Rachiee · 23-07-2018 07:28PM

Mostly convenience food and bad or no breakfast. Most european countries cook food for themselves from scratch using limited convenience foods. A lot of Irish families are almost wholly reliant on convenience products (dolmio, uncle bens, frozen pizzas, microwave meals) which are high in sugar and also not adding extra fruit and veg slowing down metabolism and digestion. then add in the drinks at the weekend and the couple of take aways its no wonder!
Bad habits are hard to break and sugar is highly addictive.

Beasty · 23-07-2018 07:29PM

Simple

Not enough cyclists. Join us and you'll be skinny before you know it.....

OldMrBrennan83 · 23-07-2018 07:30PM

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Pauliedragon · 23-07-2018 07:30PM

Zipppy wrote: »

Why are so many Irish people fat?
I'm just back from Sweden where all the ladies are slim and trim incl older ladies and the men don't sport huge beer bellies..
Back to Ireland and its fat fat fat everywhere?
Laziness? Genes? Alcohol? What?

Irish people spend too much time on boards which leads to severe weight gain.

OldMrBrennan83 · 23-07-2018 07:31PM

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Yer Da sells Avon · 23-07-2018 07:31PM

My favourite thing about being a man is that the worst pricks in the world 'allow' you to be as fat as you fucking like.

TheValeyard · 23-07-2018 07:33PM

The Fat Monster

This prick slips into your bedroom when you're asleep and injects you with fat. That's why you wake up tired in the morning. And when you've been injected with enough fat, it uses that fat to kill you and absorb your soul giving it nourishment.

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TheAnalyst_ · 23-07-2018 07:33PM

I would put it down to diet.

Church on Tuesday · 23-07-2018 07:33PM

Alot of Irish people tend to eat meals that are not particular wholesome. We like our salt and veg which has been almost boiled to nothing.

Been guilty of that myself.

Eating said meals in front of the TV doesn't help either.

brevity · 23-07-2018 07:36PM

Could be another addiction.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-07-2018 07:37PM

Fourier wrote: »

Lower atmospheric pressure, causes us to balloon outward.

Actually makes sense as we are closer to the equator.

pickarooney · 23-07-2018 07:40PM

PARlance wrote: »

Sweden locks up all the fat ones.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/7bul9b/scandinavian_banter/

Taytoland · 23-07-2018 07:43PM

Eating more calories than they need.

Captain Obvious · 23-07-2018 07:45PM

We have better food and drink more.

07Lapierre · 23-07-2018 07:45PM

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

I would put it down to diet.

Diet and lack of exercise. For a lot of people this is due to long commutes by car (by long I’m referring to time and/or distance) which means less free time to exercise and less inclination to cook healthy meals.

soups05 · 23-07-2018 07:47PM

two reasons:

1) the wife is a damn good cook.

2) one of the things i do to relive stress is bake, but i am very very stressed sometimes so i bake at least once a week. damn buns and doughnuts.

so there you go, that's my reasons. add on the fact that am a lazy bollix who won't exercise and you get the picture.

mojesius · 23-07-2018 07:51PM

I blame cuisine de france and Italian chippers

Sal Butamol · 23-07-2018 07:52PM

Captain Obvious wrote: »

We have better food and drink more.

What is better though?

Processed junk is everywhere. Diets years ago might have been more basic but they were probably better compared to the processed junk that passes for good food these days

OldMrBrennan83 · 23-07-2018 07:52PM

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TheAnalyst_ · 23-07-2018 07:54PM

07Lapierre wrote: »

Diet and lack of exercise. For a lot of people this is due to long commutes by car (by long I’m referring to time and/or distance) which means less free time to exercise and less inclination to cook healthy meals.

I live in one of these slightly sexier euro countries and honestly its the food. Their food just isn't that tasty so its harder to overeat. Compare that to the US or Ireland where you would find yourself looking forward to eating more.

Teyla Emmagan · 23-07-2018 07:55PM

Food is delicious

Donald Trump · 23-07-2018 08:02PM

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

The Fat Monster

This prick slips into your bedroom when you're asleep and injects you with fat. That's why you wake up tired in the morning. And when you've been injected with enough fat, it uses that fat to kill you and absorb your soul giving it nourishment.

Look, we've told you before. Fr. Murphy used to just give you rohypnol when you were in boarding school. Hence the tiredness the morning after. And that was jizz he was injecting you with, not fat. The reason you are fat is that you continuously over-eat to block out the memory

Wheeliebin30 · 23-07-2018 08:02PM

Sal Butamol wrote: »

A combination of things.

It starts in childhood.

Our schools would rather waste time on religion indoctrination lessons and a dead useless language than proper physical education and home economics classes. Our children are driven to, and collected from school, instead of walking and cycling.

Overworked parents are too tired to cook proper dinners for their children, relying on takeaways and processed junk

On the otherhand, the permanent social welfare class are too lazy, uneducated, drunk/high to give a **** about their kids and send them to the chipper daily.

Fast food junk outlets everywhere.

A growing culture of big is beautiful delusions.

And then we’re listening to the left and charities bleating on about child poverty blah blah.

Why are so many fat?

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