"A ton of people I met from around the World thought Americans were overweight, materialistic and unintelligent. This was, of course, an unfair generalization."
Less than 30% of American adults are at a healthy bodyweight, so it's really not an unfair generalization.
With an average BMI of 29, the UK isn't that far behind on the obesity front.
More importantly, stereotyping an entire country of people as stupid is about as uncivil as it gets. When the country of stupid people in question has been continually transforming the world with scientific breakthroughs, engineering, and producing most of the movies the rest of the world wants to watch... it comes off as sour grapes.
I say this as someone who's spent nearly my whole adult life on the opposite side of the globe from America.
I am from Russia and I've spent 4 month in the US.
My observation is that americans in general are not fatter than russians.
But the fattest people in the US are twice as fat as the fattest people in Russia.
Based on BMI, yes? According to that, I believe Brad Pitt at his peak was classified as 'obese'. There is a weight problem, but our tools for measuring it are subpar.
Less than 30% of American adults are at a healthy bodyweight, so it's really not an unfair generalization.