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The vast majority of people I know do NOT eat out.

One of the noticeable changes of our society is "cubicle" living. No walks to the water cooler, to the office down the hall etc, etc.

Use "stagnant water" as an anology.

We need to aerate our bodies much more...not just at a gym...all day long.

I'm old now but take several trips to the nearby store to get in some walking in a safe environment.

There is a growing trend towards using stand up desks or workstations. I use one and I feel much better as a result. It doesn’t sound like much but just standing and walking around a bit (instead of sliding my chair back and forth) has made a big difference for me.

The vast majority of people I know do NOT eat out. One of the noticeable changes of our society is "cubicle" living. No walks to the water cooler, to the office down the hall etc, etc.

The problem is a relationship between food intake and energy expenditure. Even if you don't eat out, it's very, very easy to take in more kcals than you expend in a day because we require so little physical activity in the course of a day. A hundred years ago people were eating hundreds of calories more per day without being fat because they had so much more physical activity. By the time someone gets to be 40, he's probably put on 20 or 30 pounds more than he weighed in his twenties. This happens at the insensible rate of about 10 kcals/day (to compare, 1 small cake donut is about 150 kcals): 20 years X 365.25 days/year X 10kcals/day divided by 3500kcals/pound fat = 20.89 lbs of fat over 20 years.