3. No downturn in obesity among U.S. kids, report finds - "The latest analysis show...

No downturn in obesity among U.S. kids, report finds - "The latest analysis shows that the percentage of children ages 2 to 19 who are obese increased from 14 percent in 1999 to 18.5 percent in 2015 and 2016. In the 2-5 age group, obesity increased from about 9 percent to almost 14 percent."

You don't need lean meats if you've cut the carbs.

It takes me all of 5 minutes to put some chicken thighs in a baking pan and turn the oven to 400 degrees. Add another five minutes on the other end for pouring salad greens into a bowl and that's my dinner prep. Still too much time? Cut it in half then; cook all the chicken on one day and then portion it out for reheating.

On any average night, I spend as much time in the kitchen as I would driving to and from a drive-thru. Eating healthy is way easier than described by people who aren't actually doing it. They imagine some monumental effort as an excuse for just heating up a frozen pizza tonight. It's just that though, it's an excuse.

Someone working 2 jobs with kids can't afford to sit at home and cook every meal, like you state above.

Actually, I recall my mom doing precisely that while raising me and my brother as a single mother. She assembled the casserole in the morning before she left for work and left me instructions for cooking it when I got home from school. I didn't see a whole lot of her for a period of a few years because she was busting her ass to support us. But she included in her definition of support, "kids need fresh veggies for dinner." Time aside, we could only eat what she bought and put in the fridge. She didn't buy junk food so there was no chance we were eating any of that.

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