What if Being Fat is Not Your Fault? America's Obesity Epidemic May Be Fueled by Chemicals in Everyday Products
AlterNet
Tara Lohan
October 3, 2009
It's hard to escape the image of Americans as slothful and overweight. But what if being fat weren't totally our fault?
The narrative we pound into our heads everyday is that we live in a country where fast food rules, where morning coffee drinks can provide nearly one-quarter of your daily calories before you even get to breakfast, and where you can have pizza topped with Oreos.
And there's the issue that less thana quater of us exercise regularly, and on average we spend 142 hours a month lounging on our couches, our eyes glued to a TV.