This is Stupidity at it's Finest!

Health Economist, Eric Finkelstein, published a book this month, "The Fattening of America", in which he states that obesity is not a "lifestyle choice". He states that it's expected that an advancing nation would cause more people to become overweight. He goes so far as to state that, "the side effects of obesity aren't as nasty as they use to be."

Wait one second.

Children today have a lower life expectancy than their parents. More people are having health complications than ever before due to obesity. Diabetics are losing limbs, younger people are having heart attacks, and more and more people die every day of diseases that are preventable if they will just lose their weight.

Based on what I just stated, I have no idea how he could think that obesity is not a "nasty" thing. He goes on to say that people don't chose to be obese. That if they had the choice, they would chose to be thinner.

"But you can't say if you quit going to the drive-through, exercise more and eat more vegetables, you'll lose weight. There are so many more factors involved."

Let me just say that if I had a choice to be in shape without having to exercise, eat all of my fruits and vegetables, and avoiding the drive-through restaurants, I would. However, every day I make a conscious effort to work hard to stay in the shape I want to be in.

"If you knew that you could be what society considers normal, why would you not choose to do that?" English told AFP.

I guess he doesn't realize that "normal" today means watching tv, playing on the computer, not exercising, eating out often, and gaining weight on a consistent basis.

I'm done talking about the article. It makes my blood boil just thinking about it.