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The number of obese people in America outweighs the number of people who are merely overweight. 34% of Americans are obese, closely followed by the 32.7% of Americans that are overweight. That is crazy and extremely ridiculous. Consider this, the lowest percentage of obesity is 3.2%, three point two present, in both Korea and Japan the next lowest percentage is 7.7 in Switzerland. America has the highest obesity rate in the world, followed by Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada and Greece. In fact the only English speaking country that is on the lower end of the spectrum is Ireland; they have a 13% obesity rate. Experts say that obesity continues to increase due to poor eating habits and not enough exercise. There are other factors such as stress, not getting enough sleep and sometimes certain medications. Obesity has become more and more prevalent in society, and not just in America. However the number of obese people has more than doubled since 1980. Food seems to be the main cause of obesity, so naturally in order to fix something just remove the root of the problem. People enjoy food; they indulge in it and even gorge upon in to the point that they stuff themselves, full, to the point of bursting. Not literally of course. So the only real way to solve the obesity epidemic is to remove all food sources. Not only is it the root of the problem, but food of any kind costs money and labor. Since America is the most obese country, predictably it would be one of the laziest as well. So why waste time, and money on a substance such as food, that is causing obesity? In order to grow and make food farmers and cooks spend many hours of labor in order to prepare it for people to eat. There is a phrase; Lake 2 â€Å"killing two birds with one ... ...e of food: food and drink designed for weight loss, for health or religious reasons, or to control or improve a medical condition. However the definition should read: a way for people to make money and become famous, at the expense of obese and overweight people. People spend tones and tones of money on diet programs, books and special food, and it always ends the same, little to no results. As stated before Americans are lazy and it seems impossible to break bad eating. Plus diets are filled with boring and bland food, with restrictions at every corner. Not even the most dedicated person would be able to stick with this type of plan. The people who create the diets and exercise plans have one thing in common, and that is they are setting millions of Americans up for failure. Yes there is the occasional success story, but in all reality it does not happen very often.