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as a skinny fellow, I agree.
Food is fuel, that is all.
I eat what I want to eat, when I want to eat, as much as I want to eat. Nothing else, at no other time, and no more and no less.
I do have a rapid metabolism (genetically inherited), and this forces me to eat a lot. Since I must eat a lot, and am not made of money, I am limited to eating in the overwhelming majority meals cooked by me from raw ingredients. I have exceedingly simple tastes, as well.

>>I eat what I want to eat... do have a rapid metabolism (genetically inherited)<<

So said I, lo those many years ago. Skinny as a rail and signs up on every "all you can eat" place to keep me out if they want to stay in business.

Then, reality caught up with me. My metabolism slowed down but my lifestyle, predicated on an "inhereted metabolism," did not speed up, so I got a bit rotund as a result. This led to many health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholestorol and heart problems.

Suffice it to say, I started eating right (especially breakfast) and excercising (I brisk walk daily) and all my health problems rolled off with my weight. I know of what I speak.

My final word on the subject:

1. People who think they can legislate health are a bunch of self-important busybodies trying to create a Nanny State just to bask in the glow of their own righteousness. People have the freedom to eat as they wish.

2. Articles that suggest that true obesity are the result of anything other than overeating and under-excericizing are damaging (except in very rare cases of true medical conditions) in the extreme. They give the impression that the individual is somehow off the hook. Put down the Big Mac and walk to the salad place. Have a good breakfast, then a small and reasonable lunch and dinner. Don't starve, but watch the saturated fats and cholestorol.

3. If you are young, get into the habit of excericising and eating decently. It pays off later and it is a lot easier than picking the yoke up later in life.