CBS Sunday Morning on FAT

CBS Sunday Morning was on obesity yesterday. I really don't like that word. I've made myself face the F word, but obese bothers me. Anyway, here's some of what I learned.



There are over 1 billion overweight adults in this country. 1/3 of American are overweight. Another 1/3 are obese. That's 2/3s of us that are unhealthy.


Food affects the same areas of the brain, the same “circuits” in the brain, as recreational drugs.


The new “Axis of Evil” is salt, sugar and fat.


25% of all meals are eaten in restaurants


Several 100 genes contribute to body mass, so there is no single “fat gene.”


McDonald's was the first restaurant to make, fat, sodium and calories available to the public.