We're Fat Because We Eat Too Much

We're not "big-boned."

There isn't a "fat gene" or "fat germ."

We eat too much. Period

And it's actually the fact that we're exercising as much as we are that has prevented us from being even fatter, at least according to a new study highlighted by The New York Times.

All of this is bad news for the food industry, especially restaurants and marketers of processed foods.

Americans talk about having "small government" and "keeping government out of our private lives," but the truth is we want Big Brother to keep us from doing bad things we can't stop ourselves from doing:

Smoking
Driving drunk
Being fat
Getting diabetes

We don't want to accept that we're fat because we eat too much. It's because never in human history have we had so much plenty. Our genes developed our bodies to sustain a hunter-gatherer society on the plains of Africa where food was a sometime thing. As a result, our cells hoard energy in the form of fat during times when there are more calories available than we need for maintaining life. Our evolution wasn't prepared for the cornucopia of goodness available to us. Thanks to the benefits of fertilizer, pesticides, refrigeration and a food supply chain that can provide us with healthful, nutritious and delicious foods in- or out-of-season, there are no longer times of the year when food is scarce. So we're fat.

The answer?

For one thing, we must take responsibility for our actions. Eating less is possible, but it requires discipline. Is it a coincidence that Americans are so overweight at the same point in our history when we've overspent, over-leveraged our companies, over-borrowed?

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