I'd have to agree with Bathos. I have friends who feed their kids McD's all the time because it's fast and cheap. My wife and I don't do that. Our daughter didn't get her first taste of TV or fast food until she was 18 months. If we get caught unprepared then we get something to eat; but we try to stick to a local Subway to feed the family. I think some of this has to do with both parents having to work to make any kind of income. There aren't enough good paying jobs for only one parent to work; so there's fewer meals being prepared at home.

@Bathos When I say "people" I do mean everybody. I grew up on dr.pepper and whoppers when I was a kid like everybody on this site I am sure. I also bought lunches at school. Most schools have programs to make sure kids get proper nutrition, especially low income families. Kids are informed just as much as adults are when it comes to good nutrition at school. Thats where it all starts! They teach that stuff at PE, and as much physical activity that goes on at school with sports and other outside activities its crazy that kids are overweight these days. Playgrounds, dodgeball, soccer, flag football? Schools make physical activity part of your day! Adults and kids have just gotten lazy! They would rather be at home playing halo or thumbing through their iPhone. I know how it is when you get a new game and you veg out for a week and consume nothing but code red mountain dew and cheetos until you beat that thing on every difficulty! We have all done it, but some people build their life around it and thats all they wanna do! I work in IT so I see it everyday, lol. To say that your parents were not "educated" on nutrition I find that hard to believe? Health and nutrition have been around forever, it is not rocket science to understand that eating junk food and loading up on soda is not healthy? Laziness and bad habits from the parents on a child at an early age is horrible, no child deserves that, but eventually that child starts to think on their own and they need to become their own individual. Cant blame mom and dad forever for why your life is the way it is. Your a good example, your 21, your young, and your making a change, so right on. Which is exactly what my argument was. People have to make the change for themselves.

@DNRCMO Just because its fast and cheap? Thats not an excuse? It doesnt take an hour to make your kids a decent meal at home? Google healthy 20 min meals and you will see a ton of websites that offer pretty good recipes. It stinks to have to come home and cook, but thats your job as a parent? Why stuff your kids with junk that you know is not good for them? Sorry dude, I am a father of two kids and was a single dad for a few years, and I never ran to mcdonalds for anything... so no sympathy here...

Pepsi is not the problem. It's laziness and lack of motivation to change. Everything else is just an excuse as to why u don't have the body u want.