Food in America

After living overseas for six years, I have come to the following conclusion: I would be unbelievable obese if I lived in the US (or, I'd be working out two hours a day to avoid that). There is so much junk for sale in grocery stores! And such quantities of it! A box of cereal is actually about 10 servings. Now how many of you get 10 days of breakfast from a single box? Add to that the amount of sugar in a serving, and you're eating a day's worth of sugar. Then, if you look at food prices, the most over-processed, least nutritious stuff is what is cheapest. And we wonder why America has a weight problem.

Then, going out to eat here is also eye-opening. Portions are huge! I remember as a kid, being able to go out and order dinner and a dessert, sometimes sharing an appetizer. If I were to do that now, I'd have to be rolled out of the restaurant.

I have read The Omnivore's Dilemna and Fast Food Nation (which in my opinion were just updated versions of The Jungle) and thought there were good points made. On the flip side, when I watched Super-Size Me, all I wanted to do at the end of the movie was go have a burger at McDonalds.

Ok, I'm off to the grocery store. On foot...but that's another gripe I have about this country. Why drive when walking is an option?