Philadelphia and Boston banned trans fats. San Francisco and New York City are now making chain restaurants display calorie information. Now a Los Angeles city councilwoman is pushing to ban any new fast food restaurants in a 32-square mile section of the city. Should the restaurant industry be held accountable for America's obesity crisis?

This is the ultimate cop-out. There are way too many factors contributing to obesity in the U.S. to single out the fast food industry - from technology to education, we could be doing a lot more to encourage people to be healthy and take control of their lives. Instead we look for someone to blame.

It all starts in school, where nutrition education is sorely lacking and physical education has become extinct. Video games, computers and 800 TV channels have made society sedentary. The outsourcing of manual labor like mowing the lawn and shoveling snow has led to less everyday activity.

While the government should get involved when it comes to making the industry more accountable, such as the banning of trans fats, it should not come at the expense of people's livelihoods - mainly small business owners and the people they employ. Instead, the government should be pumping money into grant programs for nutrition education and to build adequate fitness facilities. They should take action to bring fitness centers to low income areas at little-to-no cost.

It's time for Americans to be accountable for their bodies - and I'm here to help them do just that!