I don't neccessarily think that you can gain a large amount of weight/fat by eating junk food, it just depends on how much of it you eat. Portion control is the main and most important reason why I think other countries (specifically the U.S) have a larger population of "obese" or "overweight" individuals.
I live in the U.S. and I can bet that if you order something from a fast food place, you would never really order just one thing.
Example:
McDonald's-Double Cheeseburger & Small fries
Subway-6 inch sub
Burger King-Whopper & small drink
For us we may not consider this to be alot, but in fact it is a lot. Calories, fat and Carbohydrates. In other countries, this may or may not be cnsidered to be a lot. But have you ever noticed that their meals consist of more fruits, veggies, etc then ours? I even read somewhere that like in France the reason that the female population is thin is because they take the time out to savor their meals. When you do this you tend to become full faster.
I'll admit it, burger king and such is good lol but I try not to go there a lot. And I am not trying to bypass the genetic factors but, I believe that for the majority of the reason for it is that we eat more than realize we should and we don't really take out the time to do a little exercise afterwards (brisk walk, jog, etc).
Just my 2 cents ^^ (no I'm not asian, or a size 0-1 lol)
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