It sounds kind of strange, but when you read about it it does kind of make sense. Here's a quote, check out the write up on the book(linked above) for more:
The reality is that we worship large. Our cars are the biggest and the fattest—we drive vehicles that consume a gallon of gas every ten miles. Our houses are huge—the average home size is steadily increasing while the average family size is decreasing. Our homes are overflowing with the fat of the things we consume—we spend more time shopping than any other people on earth. Our meals are gargantuan—portion sizes have tripled in the United States over the last twenty-five years. Boeing has increased the assumed weight for each passenger by more than twenty pounds. Office chairs are being made larger to accommodate our bigger butts. Even Disneyland, the happiest—but obviously not the thinnest—place on earth, is redesigning some of its costumes and uniforms to accommodate ever-increasing waist sizes. You'll be happy to know that even if you have a fifty-eight-inch waist and want to work at Disneyland, they have a pair of pants for you! Everywhere we see the effects of an increasingly heavy population—from office chairs to bra sizes, everything is getting bigger. And, most noticeable of all, our pants no longer fit most of us—no surprise since the average waist size has grown four inches in less than ten years. With two-thirds of Americans overweight or obese, it's impossible to deny that we love, love, love fat. As a nation we are reveling in an orgy of consumption and it shows no sign of letting up. We can't get enough of anything. The American mantra has become "more is better" and we are applying that motto with gusto to almost every aspect of our lives. If consuming is good, then consuming more is better.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
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