I exercise walking, swimming, running 1 to 1 1/2 hours every day and still managed to gain 3 kilos in 5 months. Eat a healthy balanced mostly vegetarian diet, full of vegetables and fruits.

I do physical labor and work out as well.Although I'm tall 6' 7" i weigh 340 and have very little body fat about 8%

Also, they don't do physical work, like paving roads or working on farms. Without working people don't live long.

Poor economies result in higher carb and starch intake simply because they are cheaper to purchase. The added problem is that GMO grains are causing people other health issues. The human body is not made to digest enormous portions of hard cheeses and sugary drinks. Even if exercise amounts to just taking a half hour walk once a day, it will improve health. In fact, if during that walk you increase your speed for twenty minutes your outcomes for diseases fall significantly. I tell people that if they would just do these diet changes: No bread, no hard cheese and no soda, and one forty minute walk a day, they would lose twenty pounds over a year. To number one, it sounds like you have gained muscle. Use a tap measure instead of a scale--or in addition to it. The scale should not be the single instrument to judge health and weight. Also, some people (I am one of them) have to drop weight, then tone. When we exercise to lose, it turns solid and we stay overweight. Once you hit fifty, the chances are increased that weight will be hard to come off because of hormonal changes--in both sexes.

90% of deaths from cancer .are all misdiagnosis, ingorance of health matters from doctors that know litttle about how the human body works'!

...a new plague in USA, see the "FARE" website for details...weight control is very complex in spirit.emotions.mental.nefesh , I just lost 80+ lbs and dropping following Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo...there is wisdom + life to intuitive eating...may Moshiach come quickly

...like Yitro...I found Judaism has filled all the voids in my soul = no more excuses for obesity...not an easy quest for a baby boomer body...never give up...may Moschiach come quickly

Where is Israel's Michelle Obama telling everyone what to eat and what not to eat? How is it possible that in a land of 6 million know-it-all shmendricks we don't have anyone like that?

Israel is an advanced economy so that people can overindulge in food and not exercise enough to keep weight in check! should be thankful it has a good and affordable medical system. still prevention is better than cure!