I think that is definitely the big reason that we have become a society of grossly overweight people.
When we are children and teens our bodies burn the food because normally our metabolism during those ages is high.
When we get in our thirties we need to start cutting calories, eating less and less each year as we age in order to keep the same weight.
As far as children and teens today being overweight and even obese, I think it definitely is due to the change of fast foods rather than the homecooked meals that used to be prepared for the family. The high fat, high carb fast foods can be grabbed to eat as you go out the door. All of the sugar just makes you crave more sugar and kids as well as adults gobble it up.
I imagine the only people that think about it are those that are into a healthy life style. I also see that some people are OBSESSED with it and therefore we get the eating disorder crowd.
I think most of us are in between--we are conscious of what we eat, or rather what we should eat, but during super bowl sunday, etc., we pig-out, and like you say, our cars seem to pull toward those fast food entrances.
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