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The problem is simply that people are eating too much of everything and exercising too little.

I was a fat-recruit in Marine Corps boot camp! I graduated (under my required weight) and then got a weight waiver to weigh as much as 210 pounds! Unfortunately, on one weigh-in I was at 220 pound!

The Marine Corps sent me to a diet-class which really explained things that I never knew before: If you eat less and exercise more, you loose weight! I am so glad that they sent me to this school, because until then, I had NO IDEA HOW I WAS GAINING WEIGHT! But now, I know exactly why I am fat! /sarc

All fun and games aside, that is the problem of 85-90% of all fat/obese/over-weight people in America! Eat less, exercise more and you will loose weight! PERIOD!

I don’t know, but when I went through Marine Boot Camp in early 1970 as a skinny kid I ate everything they put in front of me including fruit, fruit juices, sugar on buttered bread (pogey bait not allowed) and every fatty item them put in front of me. I only gained 15 pounds but I was fit and muscled when I came out, maintaining an ideal weight limits throughout a military career (not all as a Marine). Yes, exercise and reasonable eating habits will keep you healthy, if you have no other genetic or environmental causes such as smoking or exposure to high levels of various bad substances. I ate like a sumo wrestler most of my adult life while still maintaining good health and proper weight. When I hit my 50s my metabolism changed and I developed a belly roll despite regular exercise. When that happened I drastically trimmed my food intake, fat intake and cut out most sugars but it did nothing to trim my belly roll. My doctor simply says to keep at it and maintain my metabolic indicators (blood sugar, cholesterol etc); the belly roll may never go away.