Why what you're eating could be killing you...

Or, how big pharmaceutical is turning being fat into a disease.

All I have to say is WOW. I mean I know that Coppertone created the hype and cultural buzz to be tanned, effectively pushing everyone into the sun, and now they sell sunscreen... I mean true they created their own market, but at least it was kinda over 20-30 years and things did really change... we did kinda put a big hole in the Ozone and made things worse.... but turning fat into a disease just so you can come up with a pill to cure it? C'mon.

Reference, the October Issue of Wired Magazine: The Thin Pill. Aight, now I can believe that some cases of obesity are related to true disorders, just as much as cases of extreme (read sickly) thinness are, and require appropriate treatment. But the idea of telling 84 Million people that they're fat because of a disease and that there's a little pill that can fix it is just... well crazy.

What happened to a balanced diet, and exercise? Oh that's right, the USDA has been feeding us the wrong pyramid for the last 20 odd years. Now that it's been 'fixed' why can't we return to the same idea, and hit across the broad spectrum of health.

Personally, I'd like to see tax breaks for exercise programs (especially for kids) HMO's and PPO's providing helping cover the cost of going to the gym, and moving to preventative health measures rather than reactive measures like the Thin Pill.