Jessica McClain: The trouble with your argument is that Americans use hormonal and mental imbalances as an excuse to justify their bad weight. It can really only be true for a select small amount of the population...not 60% of the -entire- US population. People here live sedentary lifestyles, they spend 8+ hours a day sitting on their butts, they don't exercise, they pretend that miracle cures and silly fad diets can save them and that they don't have to put in any effort.When you realize that, using "I have a thyroid condition" just makes healthy weighted folks want to smack you around. There is NO EXCUSE for being overweight. Take one good look at the world, and its non-human inhabitants, and you'll find that the only creatures that also have weight problems are the PETS kept BY PEOPLE that are fed lousy diets. General activity (ie: not necessarily going to the gym, but walking, romping, playing outside) and eating a diet that doesn't include so much sugar and fat WILL keep the pounds off. Any doctor will tell you this. And dietitian and nutritionist and fitness guru will tell you this.People don't "choose to be obese" as the documentary first said. People simply "choose not to do anything worthwhile about it and then feel sorry for themselves and make up excuses for their lousy lifestyle."