ABC News - How To Get Fat Without Trying

[peewee2627]

This is really sad, but true.

[evodmac]

What country is this? AMERICA! if i want to eat unhealthy foods, its my choice. If i dont teach my children to eat responsibly ITS MY CHOICE! You people blaming the government and business need to learn about taking responsibility for your own actions. Expecting the gov. to step in on your behalf is a week willed persons way of avoiding blame.There are some very good lawyers that feed off of this CRAP> and then theres you people who want the settlement, YOU ARE WHY AMERICA IS SLOWLY FAILING

[lexingtonann]

@evodmac Is child abuse your choice too? Feeding your children crap leaves them overfed and undernourished...with a host of health complications. I don't see how this is not considered abuse. Our children are failing because of attitudes like yours. By the way, who do you think puts junk in the schools...the government. Why shouldn't we want them to clean it up?

[curlye93]

the government is encouraging us to become obese, live to eat junk food as an activity, sell it for less so we buy more, and then get all our money.....  HATE THIS COUNTRY of processed food domination

[curlye93]

these kids eat fries like they're breathing air, they learning bad habits

[brutus301]

The worst part is that the fat people are breeding more fat people and raising them with the same eating habits. It's sad that drug addicts and alcoholics are ridiculed. Yet obese tublards walk around wearing their addiction in plain sight. Sick sick world.

[afarius]

The food isnt the problem. It's the lack of exercising.

[gbnnn]

im 1 of the 2 of 3 that are healthy

[InsaneOFlex1991]

fhatter n fhatter n fhatter

[CSUfishfarming]

yes im the 1 out of 3 haha

[gurillajuice]

Americans need to take responsibility too. Its both the fast food industry and AND Americans but also the government for letting it happen, they do need to step in. Nobody forces fries and double cheese burgers down anybodies throat. And all these diseases and health problems ppl are getting,well Most could have been preventable if better choices were made. Eat healthy

[lunarain19]

@gurillajuice It's not only Americans who are obese. lol It's everyone that is obese needs to make better choices.

[mjp3md]

The poorer you are, the less healthful food you can afford. It's cheap to eat junk -government subsidized junk. Who's gonna pay $4 for strawberries when you can hit the $1 menu at McDonalds? Disgusting.

[camykatherman]

I'm sorry but it is no good passing the blame on the government and the food industry. We are in charge of our own bodies and we're not being force fed and tied to our couches. TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AMERICA!

[medicalrenaissance]

I see what you're saying here. Yes I agree with you. BUT- MSG and High Fructose Corn Syrup have addicting properties. They are chemicals which are in foods which most Americans eat. They can be found in 100% of fast foods and in every soda! Americans are victims. They are not aware of what they are eating. Currently there is no limit to how much MSG or HFCS can be put into our foods. The FDA needs to regulate this!

[mellabelle3]

No one is blaming it all on the government. They are widening a realization that it is a COMBO of issues. Look at it again, closed mind! By the way, I am not overweight.

[Aproxy2]

Peter Jennings was the best. Too bad there are no other well known reports who really want to go after some of the more controversial issues like this. All the news personalities now are too interested with corporate responsibility to want to have to do with anything dealing with finding the truth.

[Aproxy2]

it is not about choice, if almost all of your food is saturated by products that are known to cause diabetes or obesity. Human beings by design are programmable. Why do you think so much money is spent in advertising.

[honeyslip]

Oh now put the blame on the government. It's still about choice. How can you blame companies for selling junk food??? It's about choice, knowing what you should eat and not eating what you see. It's expensive to eat healthy, but that is only an excuse. People should stop putting the blame on everything else and start looking at themselves.

[BlacklitFloater]

how long will it take goverment? aha, very long. That's why we shouldn't rely on them to baby us.

[moonchilddarshan]

Real scary when you think about it , so much of our future health depends on it. we are what we eat. Thanks Christopher