What aspects of the American lifestyle contribute to the obesity epidemic?

Just to clarify, I am not tryint to single out people in the United States. My assignment is based on the Unitied States only for a paper, and I wanted everyone's opinion.

1) More and more, we sit on our gazunkases while doing our "work." Our anscestors used to actually WORK for their living!

2) We rush everywhere and seldom have time for a leisurely meal, thus grabbing a quick bite at the fast food joint instead.

3) Who has time (or even knows how, for that matter) to cook for themselves anymore?

4) Crazy scheduling and/or broken families. The faimly sit-down dinner is fast becoming a thing of the past.

5) Self-indulgence and instant gratification. People would often rather eat what tastes good than what is good for them.

proliferation of fast food Establishments.

eating on the run...
not watching what we eat...
not exercising....
boredom/mood eating...
the list goes on and on

Last time I checked it wasn't just an American thing! I've seen loads of fat butts in the UK you can attribute that to their love of fried fish and chips along with alcohol!

there are so many aspects of the american lifestyle that contribute to obesity in the US.
lack of regular exercise
not consuming enough vegetables/fruit and important vitamins/minerals
sleeping habits
too much non active activities
influences from parents
consuming fried/ unhealthy/fast foods
there are just so many aspects of the average american lifestyle its hard to state all, and if they are stated then its like "The what do I eat? And what I can do? I cant be doing healthy things everyday?" Being healthy is a balance that is not always balanced, like eating healthy cant be achived everyday but can be little by little and exercise too.

Hi

Industrial Revolution !

Now a days everything is instant, just by the push of a button.

We have been made lazy over the past few decades.

Fast food, cars, etc have made up our lives easy.

So what can we do!

I for one believe in ,

' DONT BE LAZY, BE LEAN'

Take care.

People who are fat or obese, assuming they are not that way due to health reasons, have generally eaten more food and calories than the calories they burn. In my case, I love being very fat and am very happy. My weight gain of 400 pounds in the last nine years has been from overeating. In the U.S. it is easy to eat at restaurants or shop for a wide variety of food. If it is easy to eat, then eating behaviors will adjust to the ease of supply.