is it any wonder Americans are fat??

[notlob]

but they still have an intake of calories and they don't exercise.

Your body will burn calories without you exercising - it's your Basal Metabolic Rate, in men it's around 2,000 calories. So you can sit on your ass all day and eat 2,000 calories and not gain a pound. Eat 2,000cal and do 500 calories of work, you'll lose weight. Eat 2,500 cal and do no work, you'll gain weight.

I'll say it one more time - you gain weight by eating more than you need. If you don't want to get fat, stop eating so much.

Quite right. The cure for obesity is almost always reducing calories in, not increasing calories out.

However, I find that an occasional one hour work out is helpful in one way -- It's at least one hour during which I can guarantee I won't eat anything.

[notlob]

It's not like you lot arent heading our way. i've seen the portions over there. I've also seen the bellies.

Hehe, too true!

[Bruce Rioja]

When Minnie Driver was asked how come she'd managed to lose weight, her answer was; "Simple, eat less and move around more".
Aye, that'll be it then.

[TANGODANCER]

It's not like you lot arent heading our way. i've seen the portions over there. I've also seen the bellies.

Hehe, too true!

Geordies eat a lot.