New York Times writer calls Newfoundlanders 'fat'
QMI AGENCY
First posted: Saturday, February 28, 2015 01:14 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, February 28, 2015 01:47 PM EST
A Norwegian novelist’s unkind take on Newfoundland has drawn mixed reactions from many on the East Coast.
Karl Ove Knausgaard says the editor of the New York Times Magazine proposed that “I travel to Newfoundland and visit the place where the Vikings had settled, then rent a car and drive south, into the U.S. and westward to Minnesota, where a large majority of Norwegian-American immigrants had settled, and then write about it.”
His observations of folks who live in the Northern Peninsula - which appeared in the New York Times Magazine on Wednesday - were based on a visit to a Jungle Jim’s restaurant in St. Anthony.
“Everyone in the place, except the waiter, was fat, some of them so fat that I kept having to look at them. I had never seen people that fat before,” Knausgaard wrote. “The strange thing was that none of them looked as if they were trying to hide their enormous girth; quite the opposite, several people were wearing tight T-shirts with their big bellies sticking out proudly.”
Several Newfoundlanders shared their thoughts on Knausgaard’s report in comments posted to The Telegram's website, and many agreed the province has a health care crisis.
“Buddy could have went to a real Newfie restaurant and asked for a suggestion to eat. I had a wonderful time on te (sic) northern peninsula this summer. This guy should stick to the big cities where he belongs,” one reader said.
Another posted: “Take it easy b'y, you're getting on like a spiteful child throwing a tantrum. So the guy thinks many Newfs are morbidly obese and restaurant food out around the bay can be unappetizing. As a native NLer I can affirm that he is quite correct in his assessment.”
According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, an estimated 71% of the adult population in Newfoundland and Labrador will be overweight or obese by 2019.
New York Times writer calls Newfoundlanders 'fat' | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
QMI AGENCY
First posted: Saturday, February 28, 2015 01:14 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, February 28, 2015 01:47 PM EST
A Norwegian novelist’s unkind take on Newfoundland has drawn mixed reactions from many on the East Coast.
Karl Ove Knausgaard says the editor of the New York Times Magazine proposed that “I travel to Newfoundland and visit the place where the Vikings had settled, then rent a car and drive south, into the U.S. and westward to Minnesota, where a large majority of Norwegian-American immigrants had settled, and then write about it.”
His observations of folks who live in the Northern Peninsula - which appeared in the New York Times Magazine on Wednesday - were based on a visit to a Jungle Jim’s restaurant in St. Anthony.
“Everyone in the place, except the waiter, was fat, some of them so fat that I kept having to look at them. I had never seen people that fat before,” Knausgaard wrote. “The strange thing was that none of them looked as if they were trying to hide their enormous girth; quite the opposite, several people were wearing tight T-shirts with their big bellies sticking out proudly.”
Several Newfoundlanders shared their thoughts on Knausgaard’s report in comments posted to The Telegram's website, and many agreed the province has a health care crisis.
“Buddy could have went to a real Newfie restaurant and asked for a suggestion to eat. I had a wonderful time on te (sic) northern peninsula this summer. This guy should stick to the big cities where he belongs,” one reader said.
Another posted: “Take it easy b'y, you're getting on like a spiteful child throwing a tantrum. So the guy thinks many Newfs are morbidly obese and restaurant food out around the bay can be unappetizing. As a native NLer I can affirm that he is quite correct in his assessment.”
According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, an estimated 71% of the adult population in Newfoundland and Labrador will be overweight or obese by 2019.
New York Times writer calls Newfoundlanders 'fat' | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
