Video / HealthMakers / Samuel Klein, MD / Is Our Environment Causing Obesity?

Is Our Environment Causing Obesity?

Is Our Environment Causing Obesity? (0:26)

Many agencies and industries promote the growth of unhealthy foods, which can lead to poor food choices. In this video, HealthMaker Samuel Klein, MD, explains how an environment that encourages obesity affects the epidemic.

Read Transcript

Our government subsidizes the growth of corn, and high fructose corn syrup which really adds a lot of calories to foods and so if you consider obesity has a major problem which is the balance between how much you eat and how much you burn up? We have a very obesogenic environment in our country, where we have tremendous amounts of inexpensive high-calorie, good-tasting foods that really drive people to consume excessive amounts of calories.