How can we stop obesity?

Obesity is a rising problem in America, it is actually called an epidemic. People have been asking why obesity is such a problem for a long time, but the real question we should be asking is how can we stop the problem in its tracks and keep people from becoming obese. No one wants to be obese, but so many people are. Why? There are so many reasons why people over eat, but I believe that the biggest reason is the fact that people are uneducated. Ignorance kills. Not only do people not receive enough information about healthy eating habits, but the information they do receive is wrong. We are constantly bombarded with commercials advocating for the unhealthiest of places, McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King. It is ingrained in people's minds that all these fatty foods are too tasty to resist, and that a Big Mac equals good food.

If we were to just eat foods that came purely from the Earth, nothing processed whatsoever and free of any additives, there would be no such thing as obesity. The Earth gave us an abundance of good food, everything we need to live and prosper. People used to eat just when they were hungry, just to survive. Now there is so much food available that people no longer eat to live, but eat for pleasure. There is of course nothing wrong with getting pleasure from food, but most of the food that people get pleasure from are very unhealthy and very fattening. We need to begin educating people right from the start, in elementary schools, that everything you put into your body becomes your body.