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The obesity rate is the US is at over 36%, so at quite a distance to France [1]. The overall rank of all countries by body mass index places the US at #9 and F
by bildung 8y ago
The obesity rate is the US is at over 36%, so at quite a distance to France [1].
The overall rank of all countries by body mass index places the US at #9 and France at #43. [2]
Evolutionary psychology is fine for producing plausible-sounding explanations, but I have not yet heard a single case where it actually produced something of scientific value.
Sure, aeons of scarcity obviously made us like food. But as can be seen with this example, culture often plays a much bigger role.
[1] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/29-most-obese-countries-in-the-world.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/29-most-obese-countries-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass...
- Fricken 8y agoObesity rates in both France and the US are rising at similar, alarming rates. In the mid-90s the US surpassed 24% obesity rates, and at that time France was at less than 10%. This is crazy. What are we doing? Nobody chooses to be fat, except maybe sumo wrestlers and a few other strange outliers.
- bildung 8y agoOne successful approach seems seems to be education at schools and banning junk food there: "From 2012 to 2015, the number of overweight and obese children has dropped by 12%." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/14/amsterdam-solution-obesity-crisis-no-fruit-juice-enough-sleep https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/14/amsterdam-so...