001 Real Good Health: Weight loss – it is time for truth: Part 1 – fat

Joel, this is awesome. May I add my thoughts as someone who sees the US from the outside and, obviously, as being someone who has been affected a lot by the craziness of the weight loss industry. 

When I came to the US to go to high school there (in 2004), I was more than shocked by the mixed and conflicting messages circling around media. Another thing that shocked me was the overwhelming number of massively overweight teenagers. I was shocked by what teenagers would order to eat in high school. No healthy options in sight.I think that people are just completely out of touch with nature. 
Although we have a growing number of overweight people in Europe too, things are not as drastic. 
In Europe eating homemade meals is something you just do. There is no going to a restaurant on a weekday, just because you are too lazy to cook. 
I hate to be so critical, but it is just something I observed. 
I also believe that the mixed messages of the media hurt the process of living a healthy life or figuring out what that even is. There is so much emphasis on being SKINNY and DIETING that people are overwhelmed. 
I believe that we should start eating NORMAL and HEALTHY and put the emphasis on these things instead of LOSING WEIGHT. 
There is a huge gap in the educational system regarding healthy eating as well. People don’t even know what that is anymore. 
Just to say it again, dieting is not normal eating. We need to figure out how to balance these messages and suggest a healthy way of life instead of something else.