fat seats?

[ratlenhum]

14 lbs is one stone

 

[LockShockBarrel]

A stone is 14 pounds.

The Daily Mail is not a great news source. It has a lot of tongue in cheek type stories and can't be taken seriously most of the time.

 

[Kalea]

Obesity may be more prevalent in the US, but European countries are absolutely starting to raise the same alarms.

I'm a size 8, and I watch what I eat and exercise at least 5 days a week. I think the whole fat/loud American stereotype is offensive.

 

[Tinker74]

I just got back to the uk today after 17days in Disney and Clearwater.yes isaw a lot of obese Americans but I saw even more very fit Americans! Way more than I see fit Brits. I was very impressed by the dedicated joggers early every morning running around the boardwalk whilst I was drinking tea lazily on my balcony
I love Americans....you are such a friendly bunch, I lost count of how many have a great days I got from other guests. Sigh missing it alreadyĝ

 

[luvmy3]

Obesity may be more prevalent in the US, but European countries are absolutely starting to raise the same alarms.

I'm a size 8, and I watch what I eat and exercise at least 5 days a week. I think the whole fat/loud American stereotype is offensive.

Do you have a link to those stats? All I can find is that British women (and I use women because this story is about a woman) average 20lbs lighter than American women. French women are around 30.

 

[bumbershoot]

Before that I was in denial about my weight, but this was a wake up call

That really resonates with me, because it was our Feb 2012 Disneyland/Universal Orlando (yep, two coasts) trip that woke me up. I hurt with every step, I hurt while sleeping. It was awful. I fit on everything I wanted to go on, but it wasn't really comfy.


We haven't done the waterparks yet, but I've read of others being worried about getting stuck. I know DH has that fear, and it's why we won't do the waterparks with him until he's happier size-wise (but DS and I have a trip with just us in January, so if it's warm enough we'll hit the one that's open).

I do wish she'd said what coaster it was, but I don't think it's surprising to call it a WDW vacation but also mention a ride elsewhere. Plus, it's not like she wrote the article herself.

At WWHP I got pulled and could not ride at all, my cousin got pulled but had to wait tfor the car with the fat seats to come up again

FWIW, the outside seats on each and every ride "vehicle" on Forbidden Journey was refitted with different restraints that don't require as many "clicks" to securely close. So there's no one car with bigger seats (and I'm not sure there ever was, because it was all the same restraint and then the outside seats were changed all at once, unless you were there AS they were changing them over?), because all of the robot arms have two seats that allow for a more robust person to fit.


But maybe you're talking about Dragon Challenge? For those who don't know there are 4 attractions in Wizarding World right now. A show at Ollivander's, Forbidden Journey, Dragon Challenge, and Flight of the Hippogriff. Two of those are difficult for people of size.

Obesity may be more prevalent in the US, but European countries are absolutely starting to raise the same alarms.

I'm a size 8, and I watch what I eat and exercise at least 5 days a week. I think the whole fat/loud American stereotype is offensive.

And all one has to do is look around at the American imports to see WHY other countries are getting bigger. McDonalds is everywhere now. It's so sad when hubby comes home from another work trip to report a new American fast food restaurant in some otherwise awesome place.

I've gotten DOWN to a size 8 from what really should have been a 22 (but I couldn't bear to buy that, so I squeezed into 20W), and I'm not offended at all. I was part of the big American statistic.

 

[jaykorf001]

Do you have a link to those stats? All I can find is that British women (and I use women because this story is about a woman) average 20lbs lighter than American women. French women are around 30.

If you're going down this road, you'd also have to account for average height. And I do not know if American women are taller or shorter than the Brits or French.

 

[Kalea]

Do you have a link to those stats? All I can find is that British women (and I use women because this story is about a woman) average 20lbs lighter than American women. French women are around 30.

I'm not making any claims about statistics. Jaime Oliver brought his school nutrition program to the US from the UK. He talks extensively about bad trends he sees. I've been in France, Germany, and Italy in the last 3 years, and I'm only talking about what I've seen there. Europeans are definitely on average smaller, but as American food culture invades other countries they are starting to have the same problems we are.

But if you're going to make comparisons in weight, there are other factors to take into account. Muscle weighs more than fat. What is an average American height compared to an Italian's? How does bone structure compare?

 

[luvmy3]

If you're going down this road, you'd also have to account for average height. And I do not know if American women are taller or shorter than the Brits or French.

If the pp provides a link that supports her claim that European countries are absolutely starting to raise the same alarms of obesity, it probably will show that it takes average height into consideration when showing those stats.

 

[Kalea]

And all one has to do is look around at the American imports to see WHY other countries are getting bigger. McDonalds is everywhere now. It's so sad when hubby comes home from another work trip to report a new American fast food restaurant in some otherwise awesome place.

I've gotten DOWN to a size 8 from what really should have been a 22 (but I couldn't bear to buy that, so I squeezed into 20W), and I'm not offended at all. I was part of the big American statistic.

Exactly! We're exporting all our bad habits, lol. In Italy I saw tons of fast food places but none of the 24-hour gyms that are on every block around here.

 

[gwmort]

FWIW, the outside seats on each and every ride "vehicle" on Forbidden Journey was refitted with different restraints that don't require as many "clicks" to securely close. So there's no one car with bigger seats (and I'm not sure there ever was, because it was all the same restraint and then the outside seats were changed all at once, unless you were there AS they were changing them over?), because all of the robot arms have two seats that allow for a more robust person to fit.


But maybe you're talking about Dragon Challenge? For those who don't know there are 4 attractions in Wizarding World right now. A show at Ollivander's, Forbidden Journey, Dragon Challenge, and Flight of the Hippogriff. Two of those are difficult for people of size.

I was booted off Forbidden Journey, I went and got my kids immediately after though and went through the queue again just to show them the effects.

I don't know which ride my cousin had to wait on, I wasn't with her at the time, but she said the last car in each set of vehicles had plus sized seats and she had to wait a couple of sets (maybe because of other plus sized riders). Her experience sounds pretty much like the one in the article so I am confident the article is about a Universal incident, not Disney.

But my wife was booted off Kali River Rapids in AK because the belt didn't fit. Only ride anyone in my family has had trouble with in Disney.

 

[Kalea]

If the pp provides a link that supports her claim that European countries are absolutely starting to raise the same alarms of obesity, it probably will show that it takes average height into consideration when showing those stats.

Here: http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/obesity

"Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Its prevalence has tripled in many countries of the WHO European Region since the 1980s, and the numbers of those affected continue to rise at an alarming rate, particularly among children."

 

[jaykorf001]

If I were guessing, and I'm only guessing, on average I suspect the US is apt to have more fit people and more overweight people. I do not think Europeans are likely to be the fitness nuts that a certain portion of the US population is anymore than they're apt to be really obese. If that makes sense??? Again, just my impression. I worked with Europeans in my previous employ and one of the guys would shop till he dropped when he travelled over here -- buying his wife workout clothes not available in the mass of options in his country.

Obviously we need to make improvements. My son attends a fairly large preschool and daycare in the suburbs where we live and there is not one even chubby kid there that I've ever noticed in the four years he has attended. I've found it interesting.

 

[luvmy3]

I'm not making any claims about statistics. Jaime Oliver brought his school nutrition program to the US from the UK. He talks extensively about bad trends he sees. I've been in France, Germany, and Italy in the last 3 years, and I'm only talking about what I've seen there. Europeans are definitely on average smaller, but as American food culture invades other countries they are starting to have the same problems we are.

But if you're going to make comparisons in weight, there are other factors to take into account. Muscle weighs more than fat. What is an average American height compared to an Italian's? How does bone structure compare?

I took your comment as if you were stating some fact you knew, not that it was just an opinion so I apologize.

ETA You can google obesity stats for various countries and compare them. Apparently Mexico just passed America as the most obese (developed) country. Of course the UN report conflicts with a WHO estimate so who knows what is right.

 

[jaykorf001]

Oh, and IMO this issue is more than just the food -- don't even get me started about what I think video games are doing to this country. Maybe some of the Brits on here can say if they're prevalent in the UK? Seems like more of an American thing.

 

[luvmy3]

Oh, and IMO this issue is more than just the food -- don't even get me started about what I think video games are doing to this country. Maybe some of the Brits on here can say if they're prevalent in the UK? Seems like more of an American thing.

ITA, it is a combination of things- poor diet and sedentary lifestyle.

 

[aaarcher86]

Oh, and IMO this issue is more than just the food -- don't even get me started about what I think video games are doing to this country. Maybe some of the Brits on here can say if they're prevalent in the UK? Seems like more of an American thing.

Eh, I don't think video games have much to do with anything personally (on their own at least). Someone sitting for 2 hours reading a book is still sitting.

I'd agree with your other idea though - countries that aren't overly obese probably don't overly exercise on the same note. One extreme kind of plays into the other.

 

[jaykorf001]

Eh, I don't think video games have much to do with anything personally (on their own at least). Someone sitting for 2 hours reading a book is still sitting.

I'd agree with your other idea though - countries that aren't overly obese probably don't overly exercise on the same note. One extreme kind of plays into the other.

Somehow I suspect a book may not hold the average child's attention like video games do. Just my opinion.

 

[aaarcher86]

Somehow I suspect a book may not hold the average child's attention like video games do. Just my opinion.

Depends on the child I guess - and game. Not all games are killing and blood and not all books are boring!

 

[robinb]

She looks amazing! She went from a size 20 (18, here in the US) to a size 10 (an 8) and lost just about 100 lbs in a year. Wow!

But ... there is no ride in WDW that a size 18 woman would be asked not to ride.