[SALChamps03]

Americans drink a lot of sodas, but I find it impossible to believe that it is the main source of calories. This more food police crap. The main cause of obesity is lack of activity in my view.

[Nov3]

The main cause of obesity is lack of activity in my view.

A cause to be sure but you can exercise your butt off and if your insulin levels are sky high you will not lose weight.

[Guillermo]

I have lost 12 lbs in the last month...I would say 80% of that loss was due to change of diet, 20% to exercise.

I cut out white bread, pasta, white rice, sugary drinks, and junk food, and the few excess pounds came flying right off.

[angelanddevil2]

I dissagree. Spaniards are couch potatoes and they are not fat. It's the diet. (Well Mediterranean diet is also dissapearing too).

Thanks God, I belong to the "old generation" of Spaniards (I'm 34) and I don't like sodas.

[dread78645]

Americans drink a lot of sodas, but I find it impossible to believe that it is the main source of calories. This more food police crap.

Believe it.

There's 13.75 kcal per oz. of Pepsi (Coke is slightly lower). Drinking three of those 20oz bottles a day (very possible) yields 825 kcal.
That's about half of the base metabolic rate (BMR) for most women and well over a third of a man's BMR.