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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Wed 15 Oct 20:51
I was on a cruise last week on an American ship on which the vast majority of cruisers were American. A stunning number of those people can only be described as super obese.
We mostly used the buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner and many of the aforementioned people did the same. The amount of food they could pile on a plate is unbelievable. Some folk would go up for more when they`d polished their first plate off.
I`ve read that the least obese developed nation is Japan, with 19% of it`s population. The UK is about average with 29% and the US is the most obese with a staggering 39%.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Wed 15 Oct 21:02
It`s a good thing the rona killed off the body positive movement GG, or this might have went the way of some of your other threads.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 15 Oct 21:03
I remember when I visited the States being surprised that a lot of restaurants, diners, etc had special reinforced seats for obese customers.
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Wed 15 Oct 21:04
Quote:
GG Riva, Wed 15 Oct 20:51
I was on a cruise last week on an American ship on which the vast majority of cruisers were American. A stunning number of those people can only be described as super obese.
We mostly used the buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner and many of the aforementioned people did the same. The amount of food they could pile on a plate is unbelievable. Some folk would go up for more when they`d polished their first plate off.
I`ve read that the least obese developed nation is Japan, with 19% of it`s population. The UK is about average with 29% and the US is the most obese with a staggering 39%.
We were on a cruise ship in the buffet restaurant which had 100’s of dishes from many countries. Young American couple early 20’s maybe (you can guess the size) complained there was nothing for them so ordered 20 (twenty) plates of macaroni cheese. Cruise staff are usually pretty amazing so accommodated and a few came out laden with trays of the gross stuff and they proceeded to eat 17 or 18 full plates between them. Most compelling viewing I’ve seen since the first time a saw the godfather.
Since then we’ve been on multiple cruises and ‘some’ Americans greed is pretty gross but it’s really nothing to do with me what folk do on their holidays and I am more gluttonous than any other time of the year if I’m on a cruise ship with nearly all food & booze included.
We’re off on a European cruise this weekend and will thoroughly enjoy it as it’s great for kids, the entertainment is top class and it’s a tremendous holiday especially compared to being gouged for UK centerparcs or the like (despite all the inevitable ‘I would never go on a cruise because….’ Comments that shall shortly be incoming)
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