US citizens spend more on weight-loss programs, pills, and panaceas than any other people in the world. US citizens also spend more on greasy, high-calorie, nutritionally-free, fast foods than any other people in the world.

No wonder USAmericans are so often pilloried in the press as being two-faced or wishy-washy in our priorities and commitments. The problem is, that as privileged citizens of this remarkably gifted country, US citizens have so many choices available to us that limiting ourselves to one road, one set of options, seems almost Un-American.

We want "Super-Size" and "Lo-Cal/Lo-Carb/Lo-Fat" at the same time. We want to drive gas guzzling huge Hummers and we want to drive small, fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. We want the privacy and anonymity of computerized e-mail relationship…