Obesity in Adolescents You see it every day, news and information that bring to the front our problem with our weight. It’s not just the older sedentary population or the overworked middle-age population. It is a national epidemic. The first question we should be asking is how did we get here? How did we go from one of the most physically fit nations to just wallowing in our weight? Over the last thirty years, food nutritionists and the food industry have embraced the idea of lowering our fat intake. This was a direct result of the information published by the government that encouraged less egg consumption because of the cholesterol found in eggs. After that information, doctors discovered that when we consume fat, we have higher incidences of cholesterol problems. The logical conclusion: fat must be bad for you. So, an entire generation has grown up with fat-free foods because they were taught that fat was what made us fat, clogged our arteries, and generally caused ...