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I guess this view was just a lack of education about nutrition? One can get super fat from the cheapest things imaginable. Sugar and carbs. I guess in hard time
by bamboozled 6y ago
I guess this view was just a lack of education about nutrition? One can get super fat from the cheapest things imaginable. Sugar and carbs. I guess in hard times even that was difficult to come buy.
Wouldn't a sufficiently nourished body look strong? Plenty of lean muscle mass, low body fat?
- GuiA 6y agoLook at sumo wrestlers for a striking example of muscle mass and high (subcutaneous) body fat.
- nradov 6y agoSumo wrestlers are certainly strong. However the extra bulk causes a significantly increased risk of many health problems.
- Maakuth 6y agoEven the cheapest things are, by definition, not available in famine. Being fat is pretty clear indicator that you have not been recently suffering from famine.
- watwut 6y agoYou can be malnutrished and fat, but that is different situation. War and famine typically means it is impossible to find enough calories no matter what source. It means that sugar is expensive and so are carbs.