...blame america.

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It's very sad...How can we change this ?

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People do tend to eat more when they're stressed, but the cause of obesity and other diet-related health problems isn't the bad economy, it's a food industry that is based around cheap, nutrient-poor calories. And that is related to the free market, in some ways. We have found ways to produce a lot of calories for little money, but not all calories are created equal. The types of food we're eating are making of unhealthy, and as the Western diet spreads, so do the health problems that accompany it. It's been pretty well researched.

We need to stop subsidizing a food industry that is killing us, and start advocating for healthy, sustainably produced food.

Instead of blindly subsidizing agriculture as we do today, it would be better to find an option where healthy foods are subsidized over less healthy options. This would obviously have costs in the short term, but would help bring costs down in the long term; for instance, healthier citizens will demand less from medicare or medicaid when they are eligible for those benefits, they will be able to work more, and they will be generally more productive. Children will be less likely to get diabetes, become obese, etc, and that will have positive effects for everyone down the road.

It is interesting how these are (1) marketed to the poor and to children and (2) marketed in such a manner that the unhealthy side effects are ignored. And many are ignorant of the bad health effects. I remember last year a political advertisement where a mother complained about a soda tax, and how it would make it impossible to raise her kids; this, of course, is absurd, as buying large quantities of soda for your child is bad for your child. I'm not allowed to go buy 50 packs of cigarettes for a teenager! But people are less aware of the health effects of soda than of big macs or cigarettes, and so the ad worked.

The problem with our current political climate, however, is that any plan will be smeared by the right as some grand conspiracy by Soros or some other "villain" to "socialize" our country. China, however, shouldn't have that problem, seeing as how the government owns many of the companies and uses subsidies and state control far more liberally than our own system. Yet it is a shame that a highly authoritarian system would needed to redirect those consumer impulses.

That seems as a convinient but not a convincing hypothesis. In Denmark, where I reside, we have one of the most extensive welfare states in the world. A very high compensation level for both unemployment, pensions, disabilities, early retirement, social benefits of all sorts, welfare for those without jobs and insurance, money for families with children - regardless of income - free education (and a monthly transfer payment from the state to all students) and free health care - a lot of bikes and public transportations and walkable cities. And still.. the obesity levels are rising and number of GB operations in hospitals - on the states expense - are also on the rise. Denmark - a welfare state with great public spending - is getting fatter.

It does not seem plausible to roll down the role of ones own responsability for food intake - and also the role food culture plays. In France and Italy I would presume, they are brought up with af different consciousness about food and quality. Food quality and household spending on food is on average higher in France and Italy than in Denmark. The food culture is better - and when you eat higher quality food and have a culture that is respectful to the institution of a good meal - I guess you would have a tendency not to overeat because your senses get satisfyed in a different way. I other words - you eat less food but of higher value. Both in quality and in nutritional value.

Junk food makes junk people. And junk.. well, it has a tendency to accumulate into bigger piles. When you stop respecting food - and it is all about volume and bad eating habits that are tought to children, then you get the XXXL problem.

Not because you ara a comfort eater guzzling down your financial troubles with big gulps of coke and french fries.

Not sure where you got that 29% figure for Australia. According to the study, the mean was 23.58% who were obese (according to a grand total of 5 surveys, 3 of which were self-reported and one only covered females).