As a worker in the healthcare field, and an overweight woman it is a combination of both. Excess weight leads to being unhealthy. given the amount of preservatives and chemicals that processed food goes through it has to have negative affects on the body. I know it may sound like a cliche or even a conspiracy, but it actually is. What money is there in actually getting consumers to eat unprocessed healthy food? But, rather to satisfy their need to be part of the instant gratification nation....everything NOW, NOW, NOW. Ask yourself this, who stands to gain more, the weight loss industry by keeping consumers misinformed? Or the informed and knowledgeable consumer? You can be healthy, thick, curvy without being a slave to the numbers on the scale. But true health comes from what you put in your mouth. You are literally what you eat. Eat healthy, and live well, eat junk and chemically treated food???.....well you can figure that out.