Exercise is certainly important, but it takes incredible amounts of exercise to burn the calories consumed during just a single super-sized fast food meal. The

Exercise is certainly important, but it takes incredible amounts of exercise to burn the calories consumed during just a single super-sized fast food meal. The amount of exercise needed to maintain a healthy weight while regularly eating 4 or 5 thousand calories a day is not doable for most people with jobs, families, etc. The fact that you can consume in 15 minutes more calories than you can burn in 150 minutes makes it a losing battle, especially since people who are already overweight often find it impossible for exercise for long periods of time due to medical complications.