It's not that hard to believe with western fast food becoming popular in China and India, thats a few hundred millions cases of obesity right away. At the same time we ARE successful in fighting hunger. And we are probably seeing more fit people than ever before as well, given how popular gyms have become in the last 15 years. Even my (formerly grossly obese and 68 year old) parents have caught on that and are seeing significant improvements.

Governments should keep their hands off food. If they should attack anything its the correlating factor of crap education/antiintellectualism... And maybe make lives easier for restaurants in general, that would help those with good food as well.

And how hard could it be to set up a chain with healthier fast food?

The stuff I cook in 10-15 minutes (mainly stews that can be reheated without losing much taste and pasta sauces) is nutritious enough, and doesnt take too long to produce. In Singapore they have food courts where 10-20 stalls serve 2-3 dishes each during lunch hour, making scale big enough for each stall to always have fresh food available right away. And I freaking lose weight while eating like a horse when I'm there:)

[ 08-30-2006, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Zaleukos ]

<font color=8fbc8f>The BFI is easy enough to manipulate as well. A male with an 18.5 inch neck and a 36 inch waist will BFI @ 14-15% BFI, yet could weigh 251 lbs.

The same person could lose a lot of mass, and measure a 17 inch neck with the same 36 inch waist and BFI @ 19-20%, yet only weigh 227 lbs. Go Figure.

Healthy food is not readily available in the moderen U.S. super market, nor are there very many households that actually prepare a meal. I was astonished a short while back when the daughter element had some friends over and they were served at the table as part of the family. Most of them had not done that in years! Much less eat something that was prepared and 'cooked' as opposed to opened and nuked! I won't mention what happened to the backyard fresh tomato, zucchini, and cucumber salad.

Sadly the industry has managed to add sweetner or some other ingrident to juice in order to make it sell, while stripping it of it's natural properties, and enlarging the profit margin. Next they will be the rescuers with a product that will be sugar free, taste great, and do the body good. Opps, Elsie the cow has already done that!</font>