[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Of course obesity had grown in the last thirty years! Duh, there are NOW two or three fast food restaurants on every corner!

That's not the only explanation. I eat fast food at least three times a week, and even when I eat at home, it's usually stuff out of a box that isn't very "good" for me. I drink slightly less than a 2-litre of pop a day, on average. I get a fair amount of exercise, however, even though I'm not hitting the gym. Yet, I'm not overweight. I think a person's genetics, and their propensity to exercise have as much to do with it as merely the food they eat.

[Primetimedonna]

Bless you! Overweight folks do bear much responsibility for the weight, but it really does get tiring to hear the holier than thou types who constantly pat themselves on the back for being so virtuous. Many in our society overindulge, and not always with the same results. Just like anything else in life we deal with.......Life isn’t always fair or equal. ;>)

[t_skoz]

dude... your insides must be WRECKED!

hahahahaha

[Constantine XIII]

“2-litre of pop a day,”

That can’t be good for ya. :)

[normy]

Do you work outside or have a physical job?

[Muzzle_em]

had your cholesterol and BP checked?
You may be in for an unpleasant surprise there.

[Mamzelle]

Since you seem receptive (don't immediately go all righteous about the excuses the overweight make)--

I believe something in our present diets is triggering a propensity to gain weight and have less ability to become "sated" quickly.

We all know that as we age it becomes more difficult to control weight--

Over fifteen years ago I started driving older children to school. But it was only five years ago that I started noticing the hugely obese children waddling out of the schoolhouses. It seemed to have come about rather quickly--

I was a rather sedentary bookwormy child--and I ate what I wanted to eat, whenever, and was skinny. We all know teenage boys who can demolish a hundred dollars' worth of groceries in a weekend while lying around playing video games--yet still look scrawny.

I see many huge children, and many of them are very physically active! What this is doing to their joints, I shudder to think. They eat like teenagers--like teenagers have always eaten. Lots and lots of food.

What I'm getting at--teenagers used to be able to get away with eating a lot. Now they can't. I believe something has changed in our diets that has thrown metabolism out of balance.