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There's very, very cheap food now that's also low-effort and craving-satisfying and/or inducing. All sorts of crappy low- or zero-prep food has gotten both chea
by baroomba 7y ago
There's very, very cheap food now that's also low-effort and craving-satisfying and/or inducing. All sorts of crappy low- or zero-prep food has gotten both cheaper and better at being hard to resist. Meanwhile, sedentary entertainment has gotten much better and also very cheap.
- chadcmulligan 7y agoYes I think this is a big factor - also the social barriers to eating this junk food is lower. It used to be you'd eat at home and seldom buy and eat anything when out, social eating at a restaurant was a special occasion and you'd eat 'treat' foods like cake or ice cream. This sort of eating is now nearly every day, all it takes is 100-200 calories to much a day and you're a fatty in 10 years. I suppose a good example of this is to look at asians who have a traditional diet - they sit around as much as the westerners but are still predominantly thin, though you can tell who's adopted a western diet.