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What always surprises me is that many obese people don't seem to actually eat that much more than me. I believe it's their addiction to sodas, microwaved meals, and basically never eating anything that's fresh.

I have an obese friend who grew up watching a lot of TV (especially sports) and when he was a kid, he believed that in order to become a famous athlete like the people on the TV screen, one should drink a lot of soda.

Growing up, I've watched a lot of cereal commercials too. They all have a memorable theme, and they try to convince the kids that it's both tasty and full of vitamins and so it's good for your body. But I was so addicted to the sugar in them -- there was a time in high school where I was sometimes eating a full box of cereal a day.

I feel sad that Mexico can ban junk-food commercials, make sodas more expensive by taxing them, and ban sugar-related goods in schools and we cannot. We should be doing the same things in the States too, and we should give the children a proper education about nutrition early on.