everything you guys just said has its contradictions
just look at this chart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/yourweig...is_stats.shtml
most russians dont drive, dont eat fast food, cook at home and still have a high % of fat people and always had.
Italians eat out all day long, eat a lot of breads, pizzas and have the lowest %
Finland, it gets really cold up there. You'd think their body would use a lot of energy to keep them worm thus burning some fat off, but they're still fat
spain, simular lifestyles to Italy, and late night eating, but still high %
out of all countries Americans excerise the most, have the most gyms, and all kinds of weight loss programs but are the fattest ?
and on top of that to contradict everything i just said, When i was in europe 2 months ago i didnt see a single fat person.
would be interesting to compare these #s to the #s of smokers in those countries.