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      There can be variance in small countries as well. This really has nothing to do with the number of people in a country, but it is a very American comment to think that it is.

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        I have a feeling you don’t understand statistics. You posted two comments implying population size doesn’t increase the chances of extremes existing. If it’s a 1 in a million chance then tossing one coin is unlikely to have it happen. Tossing several hundred million coins and you expect it to happen many times. A larger population means you’re more likely to see extremes on either end.

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      I wish Hollywood was more forthright about the use of exogenous anabolic compounds, as they have crafted a body image that is tough to live up to without using steroids, especially for older men. There are a few that are open about it, like Alan Richson, but it is almost never mentioned.

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              What are you talking about. Fitness implies some form of athletic ability. You can’t be athletic and fat. These are two diametrically opposite things.

              I know there is that health at every size movement fat people are trying to make into a thing, but that’s just fat people trying to pretend being fat is ok. That will not make them healthy or fit.

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                There are a lot of olympic athletes that excel at their field yet are fat in the colloquial sense.

                Being fat is ok, they don’t have to pretend.

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    That is one thing I noticed on a recent trip to Europe, there weren’t that many joggers. In most major cities on the US, especially in parks and scenic places, you’ll see a fair amount of joggers, but didn’t really see any in Europe besides barcelona.

    It seems in America were either training for a marathon or a hot dog eating competition.

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    The US really is the nation of extremes.

    You’ll go on a morning walk and see women in their 70s who can run laps around you but drive 20 minutes to Walmart and see several people in their 50s on mobility scooters.

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    An American friend of mine claims to be able to recognise Europeans by their gait: people who do a moderate amount of walking/cycling every day to get around carry themselves differently than people who get around mostly by driving, whether they deliberately exercise or not.

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      It still really depends tho. I was in a smaller city tge other day that is just small enough that i wouödn’t use a tram to go around and just walk. I was in the middle of like 10 to 15 people, all walking in tge same direction. I heard a tram ringing from behind, and the people started moving faster and i was like: oh, they all want to get on that tram, and the station was maybe 100m away. People moved faster, some ran, you get the picture. But at least half of them were so out of shape that their “running” or “picking up speed” was my walking speed. Like i walked by the statuon maybe 3 seconds after the last guy who was booking it, he had to hold his pants up, he was always just right in front of me, never really gaining any distance. I can’t imagine ever letting it get to the point.

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      I don’t think it’s that, but I can usually see an American by their dumbass shoes

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    “Not even close.” reads to me like a negation, i.e. USA has neither the fittest nor the fattest people in daily life.

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      I think it means that second place isn’t even close. That the margin of ‘victory’ is large.

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    Yes, fittest men are in South America. Unfittest men are in North America.