Fake News Caused the Obesity Epidemic As a US citizen, the term "Fake News" is everywhere. It was used by both political parties to launch attacks on each other during our recent presidential election. I've been thinking a lot about what causes obesity and I think I've figured it out: it's Fake News.  As a teenager, I feared getting fat. So many older people would tell me that some life event happened, they got married, had a kid, hit 40, then... Boom! Obesity. I knew I was active and ate well. I knew what I was being taught in health classes. But so many people claimed to eat well and exercise and still get fat that I honestly, truly believed it could spontaneously happen to me. I dated a guy in college who told me he would, without hesitation, leave me if I ever gained too much weight. I thought that was so mean and shallow. Just like having your face become disfigured in an accident, I really thought I could just turn 40 and get fat! This was all roughly 10 years ago.... Now we have more ways to share things than ever. Between Facebook, Twitter, pinterest, etc I am constantly being subjected to other people's thoughts. I keep seeing blatant misinformation everywhere! There are so many weight loss tips that are complete BS (many of them make it here)! It's so disgusting how easy it is to lose weight and keep it off, yet so many people are so fat because of lies. Is there anything we can do to stop this? They keep trying all these stupid things that don't work, but when they see people actually lose weight, they refuse to accept the idea of calories. How do you make people see the truth when it's right in front of them?