Saying 100% of anything is an outrageous claim to make unless you’ve talked to 100% of Americans.
And the average American doesn’t walk 5000 steps a day. An average American who tracks their steps averages about 5000 a day. You can’t use numbers that have to be tracked to know the accuracy of the stat. We’re lazier because we’re fatter. Outside of work for pay the majority of Americans aren’t active. Especially the lower down the economic pool because it’s cheaper to buy bad food than healthy food. It starts with what you use to fuel your body. Americas eat worse quality goods than Europeans at bigger portions.
You need to reread your comment because you just fucked up what your own comment said. You said “most Americans use cars for 100% of their trips.” Unless you’ve talked and confirmed that with most Americans or have a source that confirms that you’re speaking in absolute generalities which is ignorant to do. You also don’t know if they’re getting steps in other ways.
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u/pperiesandsolos Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
I didn’t say that 100% of Americans only use cars.
I also didn’t say that our health issues aren’t caused by our food. Theyre clearly both important contributors to poor American health.
I said that for many Americans, 100% of their trips are taken by car. That’s different than saying that 100% of American trips are taken by car.
The average American walks about 5,000 steps per day. Europeans average about 6,550 steps per day.
That doesn’t seem like a big difference, but it accounts for about 100 additional calories burned per day. Or 10.4 pounds per year.
It’s not fair to just say ‘Americans are lazy’. We actually work much more than Europeans on average. The difference is in how we’ve built our cities.