I think the largest problem with obesity, honestly, is food labeling. Every sentence on every piece of packaging for food is a targeted advertisement, and I do

I think the largest problem with obesity, honestly, is food labeling. Every sentence on every piece of packaging for food is a targeted advertisement, and I don't think most people know that. Whole grain, stone ground, low-fat, etc. They all specifically, legally mean something, and have across the board been perverted to the point that an average consumer absolutely cannot understand what is sold that is actually okay to eat and what is not. Hell, even when just tracking calories - look at the caloric content. Sitting on my desk is a package of pretzels. It says one serving is 28g, or about 17 pretzels. It's 12 pretzels when actually weighed. That's 70% of what they list. Read that again; the actual weight of 28 grams is 12 pretzels, not 17. How can we even hope to be able to understand what we're eating, when even basic facts are fucked beyond comprehension?