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I'd add "cars" to the answer, but sugar definitely comes first.

• dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  I hate cars as much as the next tree hugging urbanist but they are almost certainly not a major culprit here. In the US cars were almost as dominant as they are today in the 1950s-70s (for adults, kid were much more likely to walk to school then). If anything the use of car has stayed close to constant. How we spend our time when not in transit has become far more sedentary though. Instead of going out and doing things for recreation we shitpost on the internet. Instead of manually washing dishes we load the dishwasher and go watch netflix. Our jobs have also become much less physically demanding. Many jobs that would have one engaging in a moderate amount of physical activity have been automated or altered to be far less demanding though this has greatly reduced workplace injuries from repetitive strain (manhandling stuff around all day might not be good for your back but you're not gonna get fat doing it). Even someone employed as a secretary is going to do far less physical work and walking around the office than in 1970 thanks to tech.
• agumonkey 8y ago
  Oh yeah, cars will make you lazy in ways I'm still surprised. It changes your notion of time and space. You can go from A to Z in 1h, something that would take a day. And the speed increase is exhilarating. It's a bad drug.