re: The latest on the obesity epidemic in America

It's so freaking bad. And absolutely no surprise, given how we eat and how completely wrong most of our doctors, our government, health orgs etc are about nutrition.

Sometimes I think people (outside of places like Boulder) look at me like I'm weird because I'm 6' 175.

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And absolutely no surprise, given how we eat

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Right. Look at the sugar content of almost everything on the shelf. It’s crazy.

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I hear that all the time, but I don’t believe it.

Water is cheaper than soft drinks.
Greens, broccoli, cauliflower, and squash isn’t expensive. Chicken is a cheap protein. Dairy products like cheese and yogurt aren’t any more expensive than a bag of chips

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No shite. It annoys me when I hear this argument and the argument that it costs the same to cook at home as it does to eat out. That's total BS. Most people could grow some, or a lot, of vegetables in their own yards. Buying vegetables, chicken, pork, dry beans and rice doesn't really break the budget and since we're already paying for tap water it makes no sense to buy nasty sugary drinks. Too many people want to eat shitty food and sit in their arses in the AC than to prepare a healthy meal and then go do something outside. America is killing itself.

Side note, I just spent a week at the beach and it's unreal how fat people are. People that are 30-40 lbs overweight actually look normal compared to the folks that are 100s of lbs overweight.

Most large people have genetics that make them gain weight and not be able to lose it

My BMI is 75.00

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the argument that it costs the same to cook at home as it does to eat out. 

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It isn't remotely close. Especially if you are even mildly savvy.

Last night I paid $32 for a tiny piece of meh snapper in a boring sauce and side of turnips. And a $7 can of beer. That's it. Tonight I made a giant mahi mahi filet w an awesome salad w pineapple and peppers and cauliflower loaded mash and 2 bells two hearted beers. Fed wife and me and had at least as much as we ate, leftover. $20.

Also, it took less time to make than it did to drive to restaurant and park. I shop every Wednesday. Hit three stores that are all next to each other. Always have fresh healthy food.

We've just turned into idiotic robots when it comes to food. It's really not difficult.

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Last night I paid $32 for a tiny piece of meh snapper in a boring sauce and side of turnips. And a $7 can of beer.

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This is a terrible example.
I’d venture a guess that the argument for eating out being cheaper is based on pizza and value menus, and not snapper and turnips.

I’d also guess people who are obese are not getting that way on fish and turnips.

Damn Louisiana has 4 states that are worse. That's actually a good ranking for us in just about anything.

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supplements

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Are mostly worthless. GNC is selling people a bunch of expensive crap that's probably doing more harm than good.