Why is over half our nation overweight??
928468
Because one quarter of the people in our nation are lazy, on welfare, letting the rest of us support them.  So, they sit on their buns watching TV, eating chips and drinking soda or beer.  The other quarter is probably legitimate medical problems, and Oreo double stuffs.
1060406
I'm guessing u think u weigh too much. Have u just tried to talk ur problems out with some who cares or has the same problem? I use to think i didn't/ couldn't weigh enough. I ate everything in sight and couldn't get over a hundred lbs. I couldn't find anything to wear, everything was too big. even my size 0 jeans. So I guess i had to opposite problem. It went away after I had a kid. I use to talk to girls who had eating disorders to help them.
706382
its either the implants or the fact that a lot of american women being overweight.  natural breast, in most people, are composed of a lot of fat.
489623
I hear you.  We Americans need to stop consuming so much (food, energy, products) and thinking only about ourselves and start thinking of others.  You're probably right when you say that so many around the world could be fed if we would just stop eating so much and learn to share what we have.\n\nOn the other hand, obesity is not just about eating.  It's about people using food to heal their emotional and psycological pain.  The problem with that is it's so temporary.  Whereas learning why we have the problems we have and how to solve them would be a tremendous turnaround in our society.\n\nIn spite of all the self-help books and talk shows out there, we are getting worse and worse.  We keep trying to heal ourselves, when what we really need to do is connect with the One who can heal us.
1116069
I think that aspects of the political and media elite have worked hard at dumbing down the media outlets to where most people don't even realize that there is a problem. Most are more concerned with who won American Idol or Survivor than what has been done to the Constituition. I also think that Americans are daily exhorted to act in our own interests rather than the interests of the whole of society and sometimes we succumb to the temptation. Buy the latest  greatest, must have thing, lose weight, but don't stop to think about the people that made a lot of the things we are able to buy that are on subsitence or less wages, and never question how is it that obesity is a problem here and there are people starving in every ghetto, and in other places around the world.. Sorry for the long answer..
161390
It would be very boring if everybody was the same size...but come on....people have very bad eating habits in the US. Look at Japan and other oriental countries : almost no obesity !......You install McDonalds and the size of the population changes !
224237
I do not know why. Human beings can be very cruel creatures sometimes. It is not a joke it is a very serious matter. It can lead to many health problems. I used to be overweight and it was not funny when people would make remarks behind my back. It hurt a lot. just becasue they are bigger than you does not make them something other than another person.
124851
It isn't in the genes. We have a problem in the world with poor nutrtion. Obesity is on a major rise. This isn't a problem that they had 100 years ago. This is a problem that started with the rise of fast food chaines and convenience foods.
58340
My research has been limited only to my family( including near and dear cousins) and trust me, being overweight runs in the family(atleast in  mine)! Lots of people in my family struggle with weight and obesity even though we are a pretty active people in respect of exercising and keeping fit. We have to work hard to keep the weight down.
454564
Good and bad...big people need all kinds of fat people stuff...like specially made things that can withstand the weight. So this could be good economically because they would buy more stuff. It is bad for what it does to them, and also the health care costs of caring for obesity are enormous. It is bad for us because of all the things that come with it. It seems pretty rare that an obsese person only has the health issue of being fat. They bring diabetes, hygiene issues, cholesterol, and blood pressure problems to name just a few. So, in the end, the costs will far outweigh (no pun intended) the benefits of obesity. It is a serious detriment that our nation needs to acknowledge and stop the problems before they become a huge epidemic.
426794
60% of the adult popolation is overweight\nand 66% of children in the U.S are overweight.\nThese numbers have doubled and tripled respectively in the last decade
528957
A lot of crap that makes us the fattest country in the world.
396438
I think being concerned about health is good, but we seem to be obsessed with our weight.  Skinny does not always equal healthy.  This is the lesson we should learn.  It's possible to be a little on the overweight side, but also be healthy.  As long as we have a healthy diet and are exercising regularly, we shouldn't worry about anything else.
87121
I believe that malnutrition and overnutrition ARE health problems. Another impact that obesity may have on society is the absolute predjudice that people so casually express about overweight people...even in the workplace! How hurtful that is! It must make quite a negative effect on our society - which frankly is mostly made up of overweight people.
1048430
We have many cultures and traditions. But the one thing that can be said of most of us is we are rebelous. If the trend is to be extreamly fat then half of us will take it to the extream the other way and become fitness fanatics. \n\nLook at politics here the more conservative half of the population is the more extream the other half goes liberal. \n\nWe divide and argue about everything, coke/pepsi\nChevy/Ford, city/country.\n\nWe are diverse but united in being rebelous. It is in our history. We drink coffee because you all drink tea. We race horses the opposet direction as you do, just to rebel. We even drive on the different side of the road, just to rebel. \n\nWe are a country of contradictions and we would not have it any other way.
408284
One example is corn. Agriculture was big in the US. Our land had room for an abundance of crops. Corn is a huge government subsidy. Corn starch is in many processed foods. It's cheap.\n\nMarketing is also something that's hard for us to hide from. There have been case studies in which a certain country (I forget which country) doesn't allow commercials during children's programming. The result? Kids have less of an urge to want. They don't crave Happy Meals, and they eat a lot healthier.\n\nIn the US, because we have so many freedoms, people feel as if they're entitled to be whatever they want to be, even if what they are is unhealthy. People also want to be kind to fat people and encourage them by saying "It's ok to be overweight. There's just more of you to love." Plus size clothing stores are nice because they cater to overweight people. But do they, at the same time, encourage them to lose weight? No. They'd lose money and wouldn't be in the business. In the US we just find ways to get around things and be lazy.\n\nI'm not saying fat people don't exist anywhere else. But whenever I go to a theme park or a mall, I am disgusted by the fact that many people don't care about their health. Again, because we have freedoms, they can be fat if they want to be. But what are they teaching future generations to be?
113451
Good point! Excessively obese people seem to be the ones striking against hunger. LOL!