What is the root cause of obesity in the united States you ask?
It is the silent, cowardly, quivering acceptance of unjustified violence in human relationships.
The tacit approval of violently enforced taxes, of violently enforced compulsory schooling, of violently enforced monetary monopolies, of “necessary evils”.
Of evil being necessary for life on earth.
The problem is not what the government “officially” recommends — it is that the government has money taken under the threat of violence to broadcast such a recommendation in the first place.
The problem is not what children are eating, being forced to eat, or even being taught in school — it is that public schools are strictly funded through violently enforced taxes, and children are forced to attend, forced to obey, and the parents are “compelled” to comply.
Unless they want their children to be violently taken by the government, and they themselves locked in jail (and if they resist, shot and killed).
Nothing is free in this world. You cannot cheat reality.
Obesity, sickness, misery, and death is the price this country pays for turning a blind eye to these daily occurrences.