Aww, it's alright. I didn't ever think you were a wanker.
Really? I thought the US had already run away with that title entirely. A lot of the food here is just amazingly unhealthy and the presence of those, being the cheaper foods, have contributed. It's so expensive to buy "healthy" food, at least here, these days. I do try to eat what one would call healthy anyway. A nutrition freak of sorts, I suppose. Like I freak out if I don't think I got enough vitamin c and stupid shit like that.
A lot of the stuff that Americans eat though, really put me off. Hamburger is one especially. I can't tell you how many times I've been told I'm not a real American because I won't eat hamburger. Piss off. Hamburger is fucking disgusting. And of course, my loathe for hot dogs seems to be pretty extreme, too. Though it's not just meat that annoys me with our diets. The fast food, the frozen meals and stuff like that really irks me too. Yeah, I eat out from time to time (to be quite honest, chinese food is my preference and always will be.) but I hate places like McDonald's and Burger King. And Pizza is so damn overrated, imho.
Yeah, I can see how drinking habits and laziness would contribute to it. Even if you don't really eat that much fattening in the food department, the alcohol (and soda, too.) combined with not moving a whole lot can sure do it!
Aww, thanks.
There was some report recently that stated Australia is now the fattest. But I think it's just one report, and some of the methodology may be questionable, so I think it's safe to say that according to most sources right now, the US is still fattest, but Australia is uncomfortably second, possibly first, and heading down totally the wrong track.
See, here, I think the pricing doesn't have that disparity, and the cheapness of utter junk is one thing I noticed over your way (I visited in 2005). I find that it is usually cheaper for me to make a healthier equivalent of something myself than buy the ultra-processed nasty equivalent from the supermarket. Lasagne's a good example. I make my own lasagne and it lasts six dinners; the cost to make it is far less than it would cost me to buy six much more unhealthy frozen lasagnes from the supermarket. One reason I cook and bake a lot is because I find it more economical. The other reason is that - well, come on, ultra-processed store muffins or homemade muffins, which do you think is going to taste better?
As for hot dogs, bleh. What I like to do is fry a herb and garlic sausage and put it in a slice of bread with some onion. Good, traditional Aussie/Kiwi food too. And pizza? I loooove my pizza, make it myself a lot, but the shit you get from Domino's and Pizza Hut and whatnot is about as appetising to me as vomit.
j/k
I can't have them, actually. Not that I care for the taste anyway but I've noticed that when I eat something that has them in it, I tend to get very nasty indigestion. 
That being said, my journal is pretty much just an outlet for when I need to bitch, when I'm excited about something, or something to that efect. 
