"Obesity" Soon to be the new social norm.

My paper covered the topic obesity. I was able to learn that obesity is actually a much larger problem than society thinks it is. Obesity is actually an epidemic of disease proportion. In one of the articles I read, it is stated that if the obesity trend continues on the path it is currently taking, without interventions, by 2025 obesity will become the new social norm and "anyone" with a BMI of less than 30 will be considered small.
Obesity is not a new disease, but with the recent advancements in technology, current fast food trends, and the general populations apathy toward health, society has become more and more idle and indifferent to their well being. Over the past 30 years alone obesity rates of American children have more than doubled among preschool to age 5 and 12-19 years of age and more than tripled among children aged 6-11. These numbers were gathered by the CDC and used in the report I used. This is a shocking number to me especially since this same report correlated this increase directly to the change in family situation. Over this same period the women in the work force has increased dramatically taking mothers out of the home and causing a decrease in the amount of time spent cooking for the family. This was either due to lack of energy, convenience or get this socialization needs among family's. Because of fast food the American family has a new kitchen table or so it would seem.