Mexico imports U.S. eating habits, may soon become fattest nation

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | November 29, 2005 | Patrick Harrington

[Graybeard58]

Mexicans' growing weight is largely a byproduct of rising consumer spending aided by U.S. free trade, said Rivera, a nutritionist.

There you have it - It's our fault.

[theDentist]

Bush's fault.

[MeanWestTexan]

Yes, that all-American diet of refried beans with lard and tortillas soaked in lard is what is doing it.

[MeanWestTexan]

"Bush's fault."

Bush's Re-Fried Beans fault, maybe.

[InsureAmerica]

the coyotes soon will have to put a surcharge on their services to cover the increased cost of fuel and fat mexicans

[theDentist]

Well, it does need that "mexican" flavor.

[Boundless]

Better not tell them how to mix a margarita.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

What... They imported Michael Moore???

[RetiredArmy]

Naw. Fattest country on earth is a record that is OURS! We own it, we made it, we developed it, we nurtured it, we grew it, we did not suppress it, and now we don't want the UN controlling or taxing it. That fat ass and fat gut are ours and ours alone.

[atomicpossum]

They'll work it off on that cross-border sprint.

[Graybeard58]

[My2Cents]

I suppose US junk-food manufacturers are holding down poor Mexicans and cramming their products down their victims' throats. /sarc

I don't know if it's relevant, but we live in a farming community, where half the residents of the town are Mexicans (or Mexican-Americans, or illegals...no one really knows). The local high school is on the next block from where we live, so we are "treated" every day with a parade of students heading to school, then off to lunch, then back from lunch. First, the vast majority of the Mexican kids are obese. Secondly, all they seem to eat is cr@p (judging from the discarded food/candy wrapper they leave littered on our lawn). Thirdly, the bad habits begin early in life, as many pre-school-aged kids we see in town are also grossly overweight. I don't know if there's a cultural factor here, or what, but this isn't because of "US free trade policies."

[dead]

We suck, apparently.

Yet as much as we suck, we apparently have awesome mind control that totally negates the free will of stupid people in other nations.

So the Mexicans ignore their own superior diet (as long as you don't drink the water, amigo) to bloat up on ours.

And the French ignore their own superior cinema (if you think that wart-headed Gerard Depardieu is sexy and mimes have something meaningful to express) for our brutish film efforts.

And Germans toss their peculiar death-opera music efforts aside for the musical glory that is Hasselhoff.

Evil us. Well, Hasselhoff anyway.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I feel like Mike Torrez, the Boston Red Sox pitcher who served up the fastball that Bucky F*ckin Dent popped for a homer to allow the Yankees to win the divisional title. He bore this burden for a long time. Years later, Torrez was announcing the ballgame when the Bosox were playing the Mets in the World Series. In game 6, Mookie Wilson hit a feeble grounder to the gimpy Bill Buckner at first base. As the ball rolled through Buckner's legs and into right field, the winning runned scored. The first thing Torrez says in the Red Sox announcing booth is "I'm off the hook." LOL. That's how I feel today. Thank you Mexico, we're off the hook.

[azhenfud]

Maybe they need to cut back on siestas?

[King of Florida]

It's also our fault with black people. I was in a Toys R Us this past weekend (no recall of whether they had "holiday" or "Christmas" advertising, sorry) that had a lot of black women. I remember thinking to myself: why are all of these women so grossly obese??

[chilepepper]

unfortunately for the mexicans, its the perfect storm of fattening Gringo food like Pizza, kielbasa, Gyros and fried Dim-Sum along with the *really* fattening Gringo food like cheese covered nachos, refried beans, burritos and huevos rancheros...

[azhenfud]

Some Americans paid other Americans not to do those jobs Americans won't do.

[Ditter]

>>"wean kids off of pizza and fries">>>>

And put them back on bean, tortillas and tamales, I guess. That's an improvement. NOT!

[Centurion2000]

Next up, Mexico city will have gyms and spas playing mariachi music while you lift.