It’s hard to deny that America lives an unhealthy life style. We are all stressed out, on the move and some parents don’t even have time for their kids any more. What is running this obsession with always being on the move? Many people say it’s the all mighty dollar. But is this really it? If we look at a place like Germany, there are many happy people there, who can still afford to drive BMWs and have a nice house. If you look deep into their towns they take 2 hour lunch breaks, randomly take days off and close up shop every day at 5. Germans even have a beer with lunch, which is taboo in our country because we don’t want to look like alcoholics. It seems like everything in America is run off image. We want to be busy so we can make the money, to buy the nice car, to buy the nice house and ultimately be “happy”. While I have never seen a sad person drive a sports car, is this really what happiness is? I think America should slow down, take a chill pill and relax. With all this running around we see no time for a meal, no family time and no personal time. All this stress and poor quick food choices is what is making this country fat. Germany also doesn’t look down on their fat people as weak. Big hairy men are seen as great beer drinkers and bigger women are seen as great cooks. If we had these view on our people this might curve our anorexia/bulimia epidemic.
Overall I think America should slow down. We need to focus on family and life more than the all mighty dollar. With this removed stress and curved views on heavier people I believe we can change the course of eating disorders and even tone down on our obesity rates.
Matt Lendvay
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