Anyone who has been to the USA on holiday, and in particular florida (orlando especially), always seem to come back with the comment “all americans are fat!!”.
This comment seemed to go on year after year, for the past 30 years it seems.
First of all, there are two florida’s. Orlando is where people come from all over the world, so there are people from many countries there at any one time. Also, you have to go on the facts, a majority of americans ARE overweight, along with an awful lot of Britons!
This creates a shocking environment for many holiday makers but i got the same exact feeling when i went on my weekend family break in butlins.
I have never seen so many people overweight, so many people driving motorised scooters in their 40’s and early 50’s. So many people wearing clothes that you didnt know they made so big. There were literally so many people looking ill it was scary.
These people were mostly eating rubbish all day too, drinking too excess in the evening and simply staying in the shade all day to keep cool, sort of anyway.
I AM NOT HERE TO JUDGE, only to report what i saw and to put all of those “only americans are grossly overweight” arguements to bed once and for all!
There is another florida as i saidd, there is miami and south florida, where you have much higher percentage in shape, working out on the beach, eating much fresher food and generally looking a picture of health.
The same can be said for california, especially los angeles (coastal parts anyway) and particularly san diego.
The USA is a huge country, with 4-5 times our population, interestingly the population overweight in terms of percentages are roughly the same, which will surprise many.
So its maybe time to get real about the UK, and how we are continuing to abuse ourselves on food and drink, and lack of exercise.
Its funny how things change, and how we seem to be catching orlando up as a holiday destination, for all the WRONG reasons!!
Hope you’re having a great start to your week and lets make it a big one!!
