Some teens and many adults are afflicted with obesity.  There's little doubt that it is a problem in our society.  But there's another part to teens as I see it.

What I see is teenagers wolfing down food like they've been deprived of sustenance for weeks. 

They'll heap a plate (the first of several) full to near-overflowing, take their fork firmly in hand and begin to devour that mound with a single-minded will and to the exclusion of any activity or conversation with others in the near vicinity. 

Once that fork is in motion it never pauses.  It continues to shovel groceries into the waiting orifice like a backhoe operator who's being paid by the bucket full. 

And many, having never been introduced to manners, begin to smack, slurp and chomp without ever bothering to allow their lips to come together.

But what's the result?  Their posteriors are, for the most part, not as big around as my left leg.  It's plumb disgusting that they can eat that much and just keep getting taller instead of wider. 

If I ate even a quarter as much, I'd be 75 pounds overweight as we speak... uhhh... forget that last comment as I already am... darn the luck.

Gettin' old ain't for sissies.
Teenagers seem to convert all of their caloric intake to height rather than width. 

Even those who spend most of their waking hours behind a computer... or on an "iPoop"... or a "Wii" (whatever that is) or some other $300 device that papa was stupid enough to purchase for them.  They simply grow taller.

I hasten to add, however, that due to inactivity (hours on computers and cell phones) many young people (and their adult counterparts) are, indeed, becoming morbidly obese. 

But the upside is that their thumbs get an excellent workout with texting and other such activities.