This is all very interesting - so many different perspectives and experiences!

DM - you're right that there are broader sociological and economic considerations and consequences bound up in this issue - and clearly these are big topics that are being talked about at a societal level. And as individual members of this society, we all have our own specific metabolic and emotional reactions to food, exercise, and self-image.

Maybe it's the use of the word "happy" that's part of the problem - does it mean content, numb, settled and safe (as it used to for me), or does it mean challenge, stretch, discovery and change (as it does now). Of course, I'm only speaking for myself.