While what we eat is important I think it's less important than the absolute lack of physical exercise. If people got anywhere near the appropriate amount of exercise it would matter a lot less what they ate. Poor diet does compound the lack of exercise.

I'm in the process of working off 15 years of weight and I'm still "overweight" by 10 pounds or so. Most of the people that I see in wally world are clearly obese by BMI standards if I'm still classified as overweight.

I can sometimes understand adults that are overweight and/or obese, but it really upsets me when I see children that are clearly *very* obese. I've seen children as young as 5 that are, at a minimum, *twice* the weight they should be squeezing their way into a McDonalds behind parents and siblings that are all cardiac patients waiting to happen. Sure my kids love McDonalds too, but it's a treat and my eldest loves the play area as much as the french fries.