"What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?"

Is this still a relevant topic and are we doomed to be obese? Was this observation true in 2002 and will it be true in 2010 or 2020? What is no doubt true is what John Farquhar, a professor of health research and policy at Stanford University, said at the end of the article when he "attributed the cause of the obesity epidemic to the ''force-feeding of a nation.'' "

Maybe we just eat too much!

Now is that relevant to America or to my generation of Americans? YES! Read any news article on obesity in America and the statistics leap out. The Wall Street Journal in October stated “Two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese and approximately 60 million Americans are obese." *

How can that not be a health crisis waiting to happen?

In his book titled Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), Taube continued his argument and cited more studies that seemed to show that genes, hormones, and chemistry all play their part. Meanwhile, the medial establishment conducts more studies and publishes more research while America gets fatter. Perhaps my generation can discover how to overcome hormones, chemistry, and genetic factors and make obesity a thing of the past. Perhaps there's a magic drug awaiting discovery that will solve the problem and allow everyone to eat what they what when they want. Wouldn't that be great for the economy and health care?

Until there's that magic cure, perhaps the answer may be simply that when offered food, we eat way too often and way too much. That leads to people becoming part of health care crisis facing America. Perhaps the real underlying message is that what works for some people might not work for others, but we could all eat less.