Nope, simply observation over time, knowing from labor statistics the
kinds of jobs we have now compared to 30 or 40 years ago. We have fewer
farm, manufacturing, heavy labor, etc., jobs and more desk jobs, service
jobs, etc.

All true, but how do you explain skinny people that are sedentary and
don't diet? Although rare by comparison, they do exist in measurable
numbers.


Metabolisim among other things.

I know a woman who is about 40 years old who, to this day, constantly
has to show ID to buy any kind of alcoholic beverage. She looks like
a 16 year old girl. She diets, but it is a special diet to try to
GAIN weight. She has as much trouble gaining as most everybody else
has losing. She doesn't have anorexia or the like, she's just plain
skinny.


There are medical exceptions to every rule but by and large, the obesity we are
experiencing as a nation is a direct result of eating habits and lifestyle.

There is no question that a sedentary lifestyle is a factor, but its
not the only factor. The odds are, most of the people reading this
know of a person similar to the woman described above.

Dennis.

I not only know of a person who was similar, I was one. I could eat anything
and all of everything I wanted and could not gain weight until I got into my
mid 30's. I then slowly started gaining weight. Now, I must watch what and
how I eat or I would be grossly overweight in no time. I also know of people
who are overweight in spite of eating reasonably and having an active life
style. But the vast majority of the overweight people I know are simply
unwilling to make the changes in their eating and lifestyle needed to keep
their weight under control.

Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)