The American "Obesity Epidemic?"

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The real problem is that kids and adults are so woefully undereducated when it comes to healthy foods and the effects of eating poorly. Many people are brought up to believe that they are just naturally fat and can do nothing about it.

No one tells them that yes, it is natural for some people to have "better"/faster metabolisms but that does not mean that they have to be overweight. It simply means they have to control their diet in a different way, but they CAN look as good as naturally skinny people.

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I think people in this thread are underestimating both people's intelligence and their lazyness. I'm overweight because I have a slow/medium natural metabolism, eat like crap, and don't work out. It's fairly obvious to me that if i were to eat better and exercise i wouldn't be fat....I'm sure anybody who's not a complete idiot knows this.