I couldn't agree more with you. However, the following I disagree with: >The real issue to the obesity issue in much of the West is a lack of exercise coupled w

I couldn't agree more with you. However, the following I disagree with: >The real issue to the obesity issue in much of the West is a lack of exercise coupled with over consumption of calories, from all sources be it veg or animal protein... I really don't think exercise has anything to do with it. I also don't think the number of calories has much to do with it either. I believe it's largely the type of calorie that's mostly ingested by Americans, especially poor Americans: simple carbohydrates. The processed sugars, processed grains and simple carbs are causing most of the damage to our quickly declining health. Frankly the country and most of the world is addicted to sugars of one kind or another.