When I saw the thread title I thought this was a "state the bleeding obvious" thread.
Muurcans are fat bastards because they put too much shit in their yappers and don't exercise enough. You can do all the socio-economic-demographic-racial lines studies in the New England journal of medicine you want, but that's it plain and simple.
It's basically a nation of glutonous lazy bastards who think a diet plan is having your stomach stapled or liposuction.
Eat a little less and exercise a little more and you will see miracles happen in a relatively short space of time.