
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3302223
French Abstract: Pourquoi quatre personnes sur dix vivant aux Etats-Unis sont-elles obeses? Il n’y a peut-etre pas de reponse specifique et definitive a cette question, mais personne ne peut dire qu’il n’est pas au courant de cette epidemie. Bien que la plupart d’entre nous puissent alleguer differentes causes de l’obesite, nous sommes tous conscients de ce qu’est le coupable. C’est pour l’essentiel la nourriture. De plus grosses portions, un regime pauvre et deroutant, une inactivite, et j'en passe, cela revient toujours a la nourriture que nous mangeons. Tout est grand en Amerique: voitures, maisons, entreprises. La nourriture est grande aussi, ce qui contribue a l'existence de personnes les plus grosses. L'Amerique est maintenant devenue la plus grosse nation du monde. Les gens sont en surpoids ou obeses. … L'obesite est maintenant la deuxieme cause derriere le tabagisme en tant que principale cause de deces evitable aux Etats-Unis. 400 000 deces par an sont associes a l'obesite. Bien que les fast-foods ne soient pas la seule cause de l'obesite, leur impact sur l'obesite est important. McDonald’s est la plus grande chaine de restauration rapide au monde. … McDonald’s n'est pas responsable de la facon dont les Americains mangent, mais le fait est qu'ils en servent un nombre enorme. … En examinant les tendances en matiere d'embonpoint et d'obesite en Amerique du Nord, on a constate que plus d'hommes et de femmes americains etaient obeses ou faisaient de l'embonpoint que les Canadiens. La prevalence de l'obesite ou du surpoids chez les hommes americains (71%) etait plus elevee que chez les hommes canadiens (65%) et plus elevee chez les femmes americaines (62% contre 49%). Comment en sommes-nous arrives la? Quelque chose de profond a change pour causer cela. Une combinaison de conditions a erode la capacite d'un grand nombre de personnes a faire des choix sains, meme si la plupart des gens connaissent les rudiments d'une vie saine. English Abstract: Why are four out of ten people living in the United States obese? There may not be a specific and definite answer to this question, but no one can say they’re not aware of this epidemic. While most of us may allege different causes that drive obesity, we are all aware of what the culprit is. It’s, for the most part, the food. Bigger portions, poor and confusing diet, inactivity, you name it, it always comes down to the food we eat. Everything is big in America: cars, houses, companies. The food is big too, which makes up for the biggest people. America has now become the fattest nation in the world. People are either overweight or obese. … Obesity is now second only to smoking as a major cause of preventable death in America. 400 000 deaths per year are associated with obesity. While fast foods are not the only cause of obesity, their impact on obesity is important. McDonald’s is the largest fast-food restaurant chain in the world. … McDonald's is not responsible for the way Americans eat, said Arndt (2007). But the inescapable fact is that it serves an enormous number of them. … When examining overweight and obesity trends across North America, more American men and women were found to be obese or overweight than Canadians. The prevalence of being either obese or overweight among American men (71percent) was higher than among Canadian men (65 percent), and higher in American women (62 percent vs. 49 percent). How did we get here? Something profound has changed to cause this. A combination of conditions has eroded the ability of vast numbers of people to make healthy choices, even though most people know the rudiments of healthy living.
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