I Travelled To The Fattest Country In The World

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Hi i'm Joe, I have created this YouTube channel to show my progression from a skinny teenager who is sick of being skinny to hopefully in the future being more muscular and just better in general both physically and mentally.
If you do enjoy my content it would mean lot if you could hit the like button and maybe even consider subscribing. Thank you!

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[Enjoyerofenjoyment]

Travelled 46 hours to make a 6 minutes video for us to enjoy. Legend!

[MusselPump]

You are proof that you don’t need to make an hour-long video to be informational

[refreshingbev]

this channel is turning into a travelling channel and i love it

[atniem]

I’m Samoan and you hit the nail on the head. Colonization and our genetics definitely play a huge role in why PI health is where it is now. But I think it can be changed but that has to come from changing the mindset and the food culture of the islands. It only took 50ish years for us to get to the state where we are now, and we can reverse course only if the people are willing to do so.

[a.wright]

Damn, Im samoan and the importation of western foods to the islands really play a huge part. Us islanders I say pack on weight easier than most ethnicities, and with lots of our families (which are usually quite large) .. we do struggle financially so fast food was always an option to go to.

[Valkyrko]

I love how full is this video. Perfect balance between long storytelling travel video and short video with not enaugh informations. This is it. Enaugh information and I dont feel bored by empty parts. Thanks Joe.

[hoohalulu]

As a Cook Islander, I greatly appreciate this informative brief video. Well done. ❤❤

[torbrah]

Hi Joe, great video. I am a kuki (cook islander) and you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Western food has made obesity sky rocket in Rarotonga. You would have noticed when ordering fast food that the potion sizes were very generous as well, which worsens the problem. Our traditional food is still very much alive in raro but a lot of it is not necessarily healthy either, with majority of it containing a lot of high fat ingredients like coconut cream. I’m not sure if you were aware but the Cook Islands do have a sugar tax on all soft drinks like coke, sprite, Fanta etc. So water should definitely not be more expensive.

[mikeifyouplease]

Would have loved if you had a second part, where you showed how the residents of Cook Islands are
trying to fight the obesity problem and how successful or not they are at over-coming this health crisis.

[cryisfree]

For a six minute video, I was expecting you to just make a clickbait video about the cook islands.

Instead, you made a brief summary on how outsiders affected the lifestyles of pacific islanders. Well done.

[thepolaco]

Joe, all I can say is thank you. These type of videos you have been doing lately are so enjoyable to watch: quick, full of information, good quality and entertainment. I have been following you since your skinny kid bulking up videos. You motivated me to start going to the gym, eat well and also helped me with my training planning. I just hope you keep working and bringing us this content for many many more years. You're one of the few youtubers I still check and I'm excited for new videos, you are an amazing dude and I wish you the best. Sincerely, Dawid.

[Manscend]

The amount of effort you put in these videos is insane. One of the best content out here.

[panicnew]

I never thought i'd say this because i hate that most youtubers just make unnecessarily long videos that just get boring after 5 minutes, but Joe you should make your videos longer, they are thoroughly enjoyable

[sosidox]

Thanks for the interview. Its good to see this kind of exposure on our little island regardless of the topic

[Harryd]

I love the approach joes takes on his videos, always makes it fun and he’s always genuine

[Sol-]

Joe is slowly transforming away from his gym videos to informative videos
I like this transformation, shows his maturity

[brookekingsbury]

Considering the isolation of the island, its also limitations on food supply. Most food is imported from New Zealand, so Rarotonga is reliant on what NZ can supply. Fresh produce is currently limited in NZ due to extreme weather events, so what gets to Raro is also limited. It is the long lasting foods (canned goods, processed foods etc) that can always be sent to the islands and are affordable.

[fayzan]

The hard work and passion put into this is truly appreciable🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Manuhere-nk]

Hi, I’m Polynesian (from Tahiti, French Polynesia) and as someone else pointed out colonization has a lot do to in it plus our genetics (I’m far from being overweight but my parents are and most of my family are) the thing is: we can’t even fish easily as before in Tahiti because beaches are becoming private properties and we can’t make canoe like before so we need to buy a boat. Then we need to buy all the tools to fish. Tahiti is the most expensive place of France (because yes, we are a group of hundreds islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean but we our nationality is French) everything is very expensive ( a pack of 4 yogurts is around 25-30$ US ) and somehow local foods are also crazily expensive. Fish are expensive, taro, uru, etc…
So people tend to buy cheaper foods : burgers at McDonald, bread, pasta, mayonnese

[jesuscabrea]

As an obese individual, health is a personal responsibility. Im not fat because people sell burgers. I’m fat because I eat more than I should in comparison to my physical activity level.