The Longer We Stay, The Fatter We Get

Posted on December 15, 2004 by glasscastle

CHICAGO
— Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants’
health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born
until they have lived in the United States — the land of drive-thrus,
remote controls, and double cheeseburgers — for more than ten years.

Only 8 percent of immigrants who had lived in the United
States for less than a year were obese, but that jumped to 19 percent among
those who had been here for at least 15 years. That compared with 22 percent
of US-born residents surveyed.

The study was published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical
Association

AP
story from today’s Boston Globe
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6 Responses to The Longer We Stay, The Fatter We Get

  1. Rafael Cerveza says:
    December 15, 2004 at 1:37 pm

    Only place in the world were OVEREATING is a problem. Then I pick up a newspaper (figuratively speaking) and see starving children in africa and asia. During field trips I am surrounded by the starving native populace. Something is not right. The Americans I know would gladly give up some of their food and share, but I dont see any sharing going presently. Guess I dont know them anymore …

  3. Hans Millard says:
    July 31, 2005 at 12:05 pm

    sehr gut Saite. Was machen Sie mein Freund?
    keep it up !

  4. dude says:
    December 27, 2007 at 12:15 pm

    hans millard r u german? cuz u talkin german and if ur not planning to either live or visit germany . what a waste of german classes. T_T

  5. zorn says:
    March 13, 2008 at 10:21 am

    whas up i need to loose waite

  6. Anonymous says:
    March 26, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    ew thats gross!

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