Surely the country would be better off if we tacked it rather than just accepted it as a fact of capitalism and a complement of freedom. Can’t we be free without being fat? As a free market economy, nothing stops businesses such as Mcdonalds from turning us all into big monsters. Any ideas?

What are the direct causes?

- American eating habits?
- Mc Donalds / Burger king / KFC?
- Freedom??

More importantly what can we do to tackle it?