I believe that the “obesity epidemic” is a myth. I am not overweight or sick, and nobody in my extended family is. I work with hundreds of people every day, and very few of my co-workers are fat and sick. But the current administration has used this myth to force our kids in school to eat garbage like tofu and soybean sprouts, instead of the kind of high-energy foods that growing young bodies need to function at peak capacity. That’s why high school kids all over the country are protesting out loud about it. And they’re not even allowed to bring their own nutritious lunches from home. It’s a shame that they’re not old enough to vote, because they understand what’s being done to them.

Gordon, also, forgot to tell you that I believe in taking vitamins and minerals to supplement what we get in our modern foods. Much of the canned food is picked green and then overcooked to soften it up before canning. This doesn’t make for the best nutrition, but taking vitamins and minerals makes up for that.

I take zero prescription drugs but occasionally, take a Tylenol for arthritic pain. My bone density stays great, even though I am allergic to dairy foods – thanks to taking calcium tablets daily.

I heard a report recently that it is more like 1/3 of Americans are overweight.

A big problem is that cheap food is filling and fast. It’s easier to grab a burger and bag of chips than to prepare a meal. When I look at the gocery carts in the store around here, all i see is prepackaged, processed food filled with chemicals and preservatives. I live in a low income rural area in the south. Most of these people haven’t a clue about nutrition and could care less. It’s all about not being hungry – nothing more, nothing less. Of course instant gratification is a particularly American trait too.

I seem to see a lot of fat demo-rat’s all over while I see the skinny homeless more then the fat cat demo-rats, you dictate but, don’t want to obey your own rules, you just want others to bow at your alter of greed and selfishness. Get a life, get a job and you’ll lose the weight, or better yet, cut of your head, it is useless anyhow and a lot of dead weight gone in a second.

Opps, should have proofed it, “That should DO it” and “This IS how…” “think thingS through..” “as cost control…..” This is embarrassing.

I would say just cut off the food stamps to people that are overweight, and limit the rest of the funds to cover only fruits and vegetables, limited protein, and a minimum of carbohydrates. That should it! And Michele would love it, right? This how the Freedom thing is so lost on people who just don’t think thing through. As soon as the government pays for what you eat, it will soon tell you what you can eat. If the government is paying for your medical care, they will soon assume the right (by executive order, new law, or Czar regulatory edicts) to control how you live every aspect of your life, as a cost control measures, to control and limit choices, and to advance the growth of government. Freedom means paying for your choices, AND the consequences of those choices. As for big business, whatever happened to buyer beware and making intelligent choices. Marketing works because people are stupid and gullible.

[...] Severe Obesity An American Epidemic [...]

Look at the food supply (gmo’s, high fructose corn sugar, msg, processed foods, etc.) and prescription drugs (pain killers, alpha blockers, beta blockers, anti-depressants, etc). Those items are the true epidemic. They can put weight on you faster than you can diet/exercise it off. Then the gov’t steps in to regulate the size of your soft drink! How convenient.