> Is something causing people to consume more calories than before? Yes. For most of human history, food was scarce. People regularly died from starvation. T

> Is something causing people to consume more calories than before? Yes. For most of human history, food was scarce. People regularly died from starvation. Today, that is no longer the case. Despite the outrage industry's continued and tired claims that hunger is at all time highs, etc, the truth of the matter is that most people in developed countries -- far more than ever before -- have access to all the nutrition they need at a price they can afford. Unfortunately, people are not used to that availability, and thus are not able to process it rationally. Instead we binge eat. For example, there is a free box of bagels today at work and I'm going to have one now because cream cheese... yum!