Diary of an Immigrant: Learning to Love Your Fat American Asses

By RUTH BROWN
Fat kid in McDonalds
WW Presents another installment of our Australian music intern's diary of moving to Portland.
“Was everyone fat?”
according to the World Health Organization, 66.7 percent of Americans are overweight.
Dim Sim.
So why did America get so short-changed in the international stereotype stakes?
Number one: your food is so damn big.
You order only what you can eat, but you eat everything you order.
Number two: your unashamed fetishization of junk food.
the Chiko Roll
maple bacon donuts
pork sandwiches stuffed with fries and béchamel
deep fried peanut butter and chocolate pies
double-decker pastrami, salami, turkey and beef sandwiches
a little post
I
we're ALL fat Americans at heart
Check back in next week for another installment of
. Follow more of Ruth Brown's
adventures in Portland at her blog Stump'd.

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