One-quarter of Americans are obese

Sixty percent live a sedentary lifestyle

If you’re unhappy with the way things are, consider how they got like this in the first place

McDonald’s doesn’t make cheap hamburgers because laws require them to

They make cheap hamburgers because people buy them

The decisions we make every day—what to eat, where to shop, how to commute—may seem small, but they send a clear message about what is important to us. If you think that change only comes from the top, and voting only happens at the polls, think again. Every time you buy food, clothing, fuel, or entertainment, you are, in essence, voting for the company that produced, packaged, and marketed it. Every time we spend money, the recipient of our dollars gets the message that we approve of their product and we want more of it. But the inverse is also true

Election Day happens every day

Here are 11 simple ways that you can "vote with your fork" every time you shop, eat, or dine out