Well, now that we have fast food on every corner, super-sized portions served at most restaurants which heavily dot the landscape of most cities and towns, refrigerators and freezers brimming with food and candy and sodapop vending machines on every corner, most of America has stopped smoking and seemingly stopped walking anywhere and exercising, it is amazing all those hereditary and medication-related obesity plagues hit this country so suddenly!
Looking at old newsreels of America of even a few years ago - even just back in the 1980's, it is amazing how few people in crowds were overweight. Black and white newsreels from the 40's - 50's find Americans quite, sometimes shockingly thin, with only a rare plump person. Now when one looks at news footage of almost any crowd of Americans today, over half of them are quite overweight - even the children. And the number of morbidly obese people in crowds is ever growing. I think we have got to look at the eating and exercise habits as well as sedentary lifestyles to find our answers for obesity in America that has blossomed in recent years. I'm old enough to remember when checking out at the cash register did not find the area surrounded by candy bars and most people were slim. I have got to believe too much fatty and starchy food and too little exercise are America's main obesity factors.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |