Why is it that every girl in the world is on a diet they would rather have bacon and eggs than cereals?!
Why is it that every girl in the world is on a diet they would rather have bacon and eggs than cereals?
Answers:
People in developed countries have certain aspects of life a lot easier than it used to be.
We have a lot more public transport and an awful lot more people drive rather than walking. This lack of exercise is making us fatter, along with the vast amounts of junk food available.
My parents used to walk lots more than I do, for example - after a Saturday night out drinking my dad used to walk for about an hour and a half to get home.
In the UK the amounts of sports in schools, colleges etc is definitely lower than it used to be.
All of this is leading our population to become overweight. Many people who have become overweight are worried about their health so therefore need to opt for a healthier diet to get back to a healthy size.
However I think unfortunately with all the thin models, actresses, singers etc in the limelight, many women have seen from an early age that skinnier women seem to be more popular or get better jobs. I mean there are a fair few old, ugly or fat actors who get lots of roles but a lot less women get the same type of role.
The worst thing is that I have heard women slating larger models or singers etc when they themselves aren’t perfect. Look at everyone saying Britney was too fat at the MTV awards, if I'd had 2 kids and had a figure like that I'd be chuffed. People are always crying out for larger sized models etc but when we get them people turn their noses up. (I do disagree with putting a 20 something stone women on the catwalk though. The whole point is that we want healthy looking women, not too thin or too large as both are a health risk and should NOT be something to aspire to.)
There is so much pressure on women to become a tiny size 0 and although most normal women won't ever be able to manage that it doesn't stop a lot of them trying.
(Anyway you can't really tell what people eat inside their own homes can you. They may be publicly on a diet and then go home for their bacon butty!)