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Weak scientific result put in the media as a new truth. It does not take a genius to see any picture of Europe in '70s where there are people, to see that with
by antirez 8y ago
Weak scientific result put in the media as a new truth. It does not take a genius to see any picture of Europe in '70s where there are people, to see that with very rare exceptions everybody was slim. The same happened in France, Italy, Germany, ... and now despite that we are genetically the same people are fat. Maybe there are people genetically more inclined to stay lean despite the terrible lifestyle, but that would be another story and another message: you still have control on your weight most of the times.
- manjana 8y agoMy thoughts as well.. Changes in genes very certainly are epigenetic to some degree.
- adrianmonk 8y agoSame thing in the US. Although I'm old enough to remember the 1970s firsthand and to remember that most people were pretty thin. Other things I remember from that time include: people not having microwave ovens, people eating at home for the most part, trips to fast food restaurants being only an occasional thing, regular restaurants having much smaller portions, and a lack of social acceptance of being overweight.
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- flycaliguy 8y agoI often hear people grumbling about the rise of people in motor scooters in a judgemental way. I always try to remind them that perhaps those people couldn’t really get around before scooters became available and perhaps the amount of people with that need hasn’t changed. I’m not suggesting that obesity rates are unchanged, but I will say that there are a lot of different factors which influence people’s ability to be out and about and in a photo. There might even be a lot of photos from the past, when photography was a lot more work, where overweight people were deliberately excluded from the scene.