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.

[CloudvsLightning]

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.



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

That is exactly what I think. I mean there are so many people out there that don't take the time to make a meal out home so they go to McDonalds and grab a hamburger or that Double Down thing from KFC. Depression is also a major connection as my godmother is depressed and she never takes the time to make a meal at home and is always overeating. She will eat a whole package of cookies or bag of chocolate which is sad. When I was little all my parents could afford really was fast food but now we never eat it because we have the time and money to make proper meals. There are so many things that affect and cause obesity.