Obesity

[kupo]

Now my question is, what do you think the main cause for it is

not including genetics, could be many - the diet their parents raised them on, depression, health problems (ex. bad asthma that limited their exercise time), just not giving a rats arse....lifestyle...and so on.
although, its probably a poor diet. our society is constantly being bombarded by ads on television for fast food restaurant meals where you get a bunch of crap between 2 buns for $5 or so; and its easy to give into that temptation because they can go down the street and grab a quick meal instead of taking the time to make food at home. there is also the fact that people who are on a low income budget usually can not afford to constantly buy "better" food.

do you think that if people had no sense of taste, would they opt for the healthier choices, since all food would taste the same?

interesting question....off the top of my head i'd say yes. sounds like a poll question.