[Amalthia]

guys I don't think it's acceptable for anyone and most especially adults to tease people about their weight, or use over weight people as the butt of all jokes. And it's certainly not acceptable to make fun of an entire group of people on giant billboards. Maybe I'm too PC but I can already see the outcry if they replaced the fat woman in the picture with a black person...How would people react then?

Sorry, as a human being I can't tolerate that kind of behavior. It's not acceptable and I don't care if someone thinks that "fat" people need to exercise more. Even if it is the person's fault for being overweight it's still not right to make jokes about it because it's not funny. You don't know when you make jokes if the person is overweight due to life style choices or medical reasons like having asthma and needing to take steriods to help which does cause weight gain. And still even if every overweight person on the planet got there through their own efforts it still wouldn't be right.

hate to say it but in America the food poor people can afford is VERY fattening, to buy fresh fruit and vegetables (which I've never seen coupons for) costs an arm and a leg. There are hardly any bike/walk paths in most major cities past the Mississippi River, gyms are incredibly expensive too, and after working 40-60 hours a week sometimes you just want to go home and relax! If health care and keeping people fit was truly important cities would have built their cities up instead out of out so people could walk to work or take a subway. And the work weeks would be shorter so people have more time to be with their families and be active.

Basically, based on all these factors I'm shocked that other people are shocked that as a nation the United States has gained a lot of weight.