Agreed - all of the things said below, plus: depression; less activity due to cars, sitting at desks all day, and other non-active activities; the absolute cont

Agreed - all of the things said below, plus: depression; less activity due to cars, sitting at desks all day, and other non-active activities; the absolute contant confusion about what foods are healthy and aren't; the complete confusion over what "food" actually is (Michael Pollan has done some great writing there). It's a combination of all of these - and many other - variables, which have different influences on different people. For every morbidly obese person dealing with all of the health, societal, and metal affects, I can just as easily find at least one unhealthy "healthy" person who obsesses WAY too much over this stuff. Both have eating disorders for pretty much the same reasons, but with different results. And there are more than enough folks who continue to take advantage of all of this confusion to make money at both ends who see no reason to stop it and prefer to prolong it. Who is there left to trust here?