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Sorry, but I put more weight on the article’s content than “holier than thou”. After recently returning from Japan where you have to really hunt for an obese person in a city and just landing at Los Angeles where you almost have to hunt for a slim person it makes you rethink of how we are not paying attention here in America. I had to chuckle as most of the overweight people we saw in Japan were at McDonald's! It appears we’d rather drug ourselves with diabetes/cholesterol/heart/diet, etc. drugs versus change our diet and exercise so we have a lesser chance of these occurring. Due to their portion sizes being smaller and having to walk or move by trains, I lost 3 pounds on our 11 day vacation. Now, I must tell you that although I am a faithful walker, my doctor has told me he’d like to see 10 pounds off my weight as I am not slim, not obese but slightly overweight for my height. While in Japan I realized that my portions should be cut in half and it didn’t hurt me a bit to do so. Just my .02...