>then the current normal is essential over-eating. It definitely is, but it's very insidious, because it doesn't /look/ like overeating. One of the things I've

>then the current normal is essential over-eating. It definitely is, but it's very insidious, because it doesn't /look/ like overeating. One of the things I've learned from following calorie restriction diets is that most of the food we eat is crazily calorie-dense. You can get 30% of your entire required daily calorie intake from a salami and cheese sandwich. Now, some of that is the pepperoni and some is the sauce, but a huge amount of it is just the single slice of bread. In case you're wording, 1 slice of bread is about 5% of your daily required intake, which makes a sandwich 10% before you even talk about fillings. If governments really want to reduce obesity in the west, they need to pass laws aimed at getting food with low calorie counts on the shelves. You can certainly make food with low calorie counts yourself, but who has the time? To make a difference, that shit needs to be as easy, cheap and available to buy as a microwavable lasagna (~40% of your daily calorie requirements). 90% of my problems with dieting are the mental stress of having to hand-calculate calories constantly and dive deep into the recesses of supermarkets to find things I can fit into the diet.