ECO: Obesity Blamed on Overeating, Not Inactivity

Nearly 100% correct.

"The rise of obesity in the U.S. is almost entirely due to overeating, not declining physical activity levels, researchers have found.

Using equations based on biological, epidemiological, and food supply factors, researchers reporting at the European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam found that excess food intake alone explains the obesity epidemic.

'Weight gain in the American population seems to be virtually all explained by eating more calories,' said Boyd Swinburn, M.D., of Deakin University in Australia, lead author of the study. 'It appears that changes in physical activity played a minimal role.'"

Which is why "exercise" will almost never make a difference.

Except to add pounds.

"Exercising" for weight loss is an idiot's game.

Caloric intake control is the game for success.