Survival of the FITtest?

Over 150 years ago, Charles Darwin developed an evolutionary theory
based on a process called natural selection. In short, natural
selection is the process in which traits that make it more likely for
an organism to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in
an organism's population over the course of several generations. Darwin
claimed only the fittest organisms on the Earth would continue to
evolve and survive over long periods of time. Of course, what he was
talking about was an organism's ability to adapt and survive in its
competitive ecosystem. Do you think Darwin would ever have guessed a
population of the most intelligent life form on the planet might
actually think and act itself totally unfit for survival?

Homo sapien erectus-Americus (yes I made that up) is becoming
increasingly gluttonous and unfit. Unlike the rest of the animal
kingdom and much of the human population, the rate of obesity,
metabolic disease and coronary heart disease continues to climb in
America. Over 67% of Americans are overweight with another one-third of
them weighing in at obese. The number one killer in America is heart
disease, followed by cancer, then stroke and rounding out the top five
is diabetes. To put things simply, lazy Americans are making lifestyle
choices that are killing them. The research is in and four of the top
five causes of death in America are strongly linked with lifestyle
choices we make on a daily basis. Do you know of any other animal
population that will eat itself sick, ingest chemicals and poison for
recreation, almost completely neglecting to protect its own valuable
life?

Charles Darwin is rolling around in his grave as he watches one of the
most fit and evolved organisms actually choose to be unfit for
survival! Thanks to modern medicine, technology and economic status
(we're in a recession, but we're no where near a third-world country)
our survival is a no-brainer. At least it was until we as a country
decided to super-size everything including our assess. 24 Hour Fitness
came under a lot of scrutiny a few years back when the company made
t-shirts and billboards with a picture of aliens that said, "When they
come, they will eat the fat ones first". With two-thirds of the country
overweight, you can see why there was a lot of uproar and hurt
feelings. All sensitivity aside; being sedentary, overweight and
overindulgent in food and drink is unfit. This lifestyle undoubtedly
points at an organism that is choosing its own extinction in
evolutionary theory. I used to think Darwin was just a crazy scientist,
but now I'm beginning to think he may have been a personal trainer...