Citizens of the United States consume too much of what is irrelevant to the body and not enough of what is necessary. “Americans need to consume more fruits and vegetables, especially dark green and orange vegetables and legumes. Nutritionists must help consumers realize that, for everyone over age 3, the new recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake are greater than the usual five servings a day” (Guenther 1371-379) Traveling Around for America, noting the eating habits of each state is important and hard to miss. Eating what you want, when you want, is fine, as long as you undo it with exercise. Being obese and being overweight are two completely different things. Americans created programs like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers to influence others to become healthier. But in reality, no one wants to spend large sums on food programs when paying the house payment in this economy has become difficult. If the nation as a whole realized that paying $8 for a hamburger and paying $1 for a hamburger could make a big difference in the future. The cheaper hamburger will be the main cause of higher medical expenses. So you see that the more expensive burger costs more upfront but is cheaper in the future. Or even eating the cheapest burger, if one eats the cheapest burger then a gym membership should be in question. Gym memberships cost around $30 a month and could gradually improve your health: heart, metabolism, etc. Speaking of costs, if company employees considered becoming healthier, their insurance premiums would drop dramatically. Homosapiens should consider things like not being so lazy, then maybe their health test wouldn't come back so abnormal. “According to a recent survey on food and health, 52% of Americans surveyed believe it is easier to pay taxes than figure out how to eat