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Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm It costs more to eat healthy food.

Fast food is cheap. Refined sugar is cheap. Poorer communities eat more fast food.

Zakar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:26 pm Here are the world obesity rates from 2016 fwiw

Country Rank Obesity rate % (2016)
Nauru 1 61.00
Cook Islands 2 55.90
Palau 3 55.30
Marshall Islands 4 52.90
Tuvalu 5 51.60
Niue 6 50.00
Tonga 7 48.20
Samoa 8 47.30
Kiribati 9 46.00
Federated States of Micronesia 10 45.80
Kuwait 11 37.90
United States 12 36.20
Jordan 13 35.50
Saudi Arabia 14 35.40
Qatar 15 35.10
Libya 16 32.50
Turkey 17 32.10
Egypt 18 32.00
Lebanon 19 32.00
United Arab Emirates 20 31.70
Bahamas 21 31.60
New Zealand 22 30.80
Iraq 23 30.40
Fiji 24 30.20
Bahrain 25 29.80
Canada 26 29.40
Australia 27 29.00
Malta 28 28.90
Mexico 29 28.90
South Africa 30 28.30
Argentina 31 28.30
Chile 32 28.00
Dominica 33 27.90
Uruguay 34 27.90
Syria 35 27.80
United Kingdom 36 27.80
Dominican Republic 37 27.80
Algeria 38 27.40
Oman 39 27.00
Tunisia 40 26.90
Suriname 41 26.40
Hungary 42 26.40
Lithuania 43 26.30
Morocco 44 26.10
Israel 45 26.10
Czech Republic 46 26.00
Iran 47 25.80
Costa Rica 48 25.70
Andorra 49 25.60
Venezuela 50 25.60
Ireland 51 25.30
Vanuatu 52 25.20
Bulgaria 53 25.00
Greece 54 24.90
Jamaica 55 24.70
Cuba 56 24.60
El Salvador 57 24.60
Belarus 58 24.50
Croatia 59 24.40
Belize 60 24.10

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:01 pm

Zakar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:26 pm Here are the world obesity rates from 2016 fwiw

Country Rank Obesity rate % (2016)
Nauru 1 61.00
Cook Islands 2 55.90
Palau 3 55.30
Marshall Islands 4 52.90
Tuvalu 5 51.60
Niue 6 50.00
Tonga 7 48.20
Samoa 8 47.30
Kiribati 9 46.00
Federated States of Micronesia 10 45.80
Kuwait 11 37.90
United States 12 36.20
Jordan 13 35.50
Saudi Arabia 14 35.40
Qatar 15 35.10
Libya 16 32.50
Turkey 17 32.10
Egypt 18 32.00
Lebanon 19 32.00
United Arab Emirates 20 31.70
Bahamas 21 31.60
New Zealand 22 30.80
Iraq 23 30.40
Fiji 24 30.20
Bahrain 25 29.80
Canada 26 29.40
Australia 27 29.00
Malta 28 28.90
Mexico 29 28.90
South Africa 30 28.30
Argentina 31 28.30
Chile 32 28.00
Dominica 33 27.90
Uruguay 34 27.90
Syria 35 27.80
United Kingdom 36 27.80
Dominican Republic 37 27.80
Algeria 38 27.40
Oman 39 27.00
Tunisia 40 26.90
Suriname 41 26.40
Hungary 42 26.40
Lithuania 43 26.30
Morocco 44 26.10
Israel 45 26.10
Czech Republic 46 26.00
Iran 47 25.80
Costa Rica 48 25.70
Andorra 49 25.60
Venezuela 50 25.60
Ireland 51 25.30
Vanuatu 52 25.20
Bulgaria 53 25.00
Greece 54 24.90
Jamaica 55 24.70
Cuba 56 24.60
El Salvador 57 24.60
Belarus 58 24.50
Croatia 59 24.40
Belize 60 24.10

I was conceived on Nauru so I'm definitely blaming that for my "spread" in my 30s and 40s.

quarter2four wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:57 pm

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm It costs more to eat healthy food.

Fast food is cheap. Refined sugar is cheap. Poorer communities eat more fast food.

Need to jack up taxes on unhealthy foods. Although sugar taxes have just made the manufacturers add sweeteners to fizzy drinks. The weekend was a rare occasion where I wanted to have a mineral and couldn't get one without fecking sweeteners.

grievous wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:02 pm I was out west in NSW over the break, a little shocked how some of these towns seems to have a severe obesity problem. Just go to the local RSL and every male over 35 has a rotund beer gut. Not good.

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:43 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

I thought the correct answer to this question is, because every time one of them fucks your wife she gives them a biscuit

Thomas wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:41 pm

grievous wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:02 pm I was out west in NSW over the break, a little shocked how some of these towns seems to have a severe obesity problem. Just go to the local RSL and every male over 35 has a rotund beer gut. Not good.

And it's all over Australia. Rural and regional towns in Australia are chock full of fatties.

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:59 pm

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:43 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

I thought the correct answer to this question is, because every time one of them fucks your wife she gives them a biscuit

Jambanja is a Zimbabwean chicken farmer with some cricketing ability and I claim my Duncan Fearnley Magnum.

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:23 pm

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:59 pm

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:43 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

I thought the correct answer to this question is, because every time one of them fucks your wife she gives them a biscuit

Jambanja is a Zimbabwean chicken farmer with some cricketing ability and I claim my Duncan Fearnley Magnum.

I have actually played against said chicken farmer, even managed to put him over the boundary for six, then instantly regretted it

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:23 pm

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:59 pm

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:43 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

I thought the correct answer to this question is, because every time one of them fucks your wife she gives them a biscuit

Jambanja is a Zimbabwean chicken farmer with some cricketing ability and I claim my Duncan Fearnley Magnum.

I have actually played against said chicken farmer, even managed to put him over the boundary for six, then instantly regretted it

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm It costs more to eat healthy food.

Fast food is cheap. Refined sugar is cheap. Poorer communities eat more fast food.

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm It costs more to eat healthy food.

Fast food is cheap. Refined sugar is cheap. Poorer communities eat more fast food.

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:59 pm

jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:43 pm

Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:11 pm I grew up watching home and away and ozzie athletes performing above and beyond what their per capita clout should have earned. All bronzed, athletic demi-gods and such like.

So why is such a large percentage of the population absolute porkers? It seems so contradictory to how people perceive the place?

I thought the correct answer to this question is, because every time one of them fucks your wife she gives them a biscuit

Jambanja is a Zimbabwean chicken farmer with some cricketing ability and I claim my Duncan Fearnley Magnum.

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:56 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

True -but also demand. If people are not educated to eat healthily, what are they going to choose? Especially when towns like Tamworth have just opened their 3rd Maccas......

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:08 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:56 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

True -but also demand. If people are not educated to eat healthily, what are they going to choose? Especially when towns like Tamworth have just opened their 3rd Maccas......

Oh totally. When the Maccas opened in Emerald, it was the most profitable McDonalds franchise in Australia. People would drive from towns 2 hours away to eat there.

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

puku wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:56 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

I'm blaming McDonald's sponsoring the Aussie v India cricket coverage.

Maccas

jambanja wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:58 am

puku wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:56 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:00 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

It's also about availability. I spent a week in Biloela a few years ago. Supermarket was basically empty and had fark all fresh fruit or vegies.

KFC and McDonalds had lines out the drive through and down the road.

I'm blaming McDonald's sponsoring the Aussie v India cricket coverage.

Maccas

KFC Big bash, it must be impossible to avoid being a fatty with all that advertising directed at you

I was conceived on Nauru so I'm definitely blaming that for my "spread" in my 30s and 40s.

booji boy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:56 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

Agreed which it why it is pointless trying to tax sugar and fast food.

quarter2four wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:57 pm

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:42 pm It costs more to eat healthy food.

Fast food is cheap. Refined sugar is cheap. Poorer communities eat more fast food.

Need to jack up taxes on unhealthy foods. Although sugar taxes have just made the manufacturers add sweeteners to fizzy drinks. The weekend was a rare occasion where I wanted to have a mineral and couldn't get one without fecking sweeteners.

Zico wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:40 am Towny might know this one but Trans on Newcastle St. in Perth were ahead of their time.

booji boy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:56 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:44 am You can eat healthily quite easily for not much money.

It's all about education, not cost.

Agreed which it why it is pointless trying to tax sugar and fast food.

True Blue wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:20 am

I was conceived on Nauru so I'm definitely blaming that for my "spread" in my 30s and 40s.

How were you conceived? The Wheelbarrow? The Backwards Wheelbarrow? The good ol' Missionary? The Sideways Spaniard? The Double Twisted Moroccan? The Dirty Mexican?