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I'll take the downvotes for you. Various very plausible drivers IMO: - Plastics in EVERYTHING throw off hormone balances, including both metabolisms and... ot
by bpodgursky 6y ago
I'll take the downvotes for you. Various very plausible drivers IMO:
- Plastics in EVERYTHING throw off hormone balances, including both metabolisms and... other things hormones affect. It's not just BPA.
- Dramatically different ages and rates of childbearing. Both lifestyle and hormones again.
- Pornography has completely changed how many men (and some women) interact with society. Lifestyle and... hormones.
- What percent of Americans are on some form of chemical antidepressant? A lot.
I'm sure there are dozens of other plausible drivers, and the answer isn't any single one.
- Google234 6y agoOr far more likely they eat more calories than in the last and burn far less
- netizen-9748 6y agoWe need to consider that endocrine disruptors (the plastics mentioned) may interfere with the systems that control feeding behavior such as leptin and ghrelin.
- bpodgursky 6y agoIt's possible! But when you completely upend society in a generation, changing a thousand variables at once, I do not personally feel comfortable saying "far more likely" about any particular cause for any particular societal outcome.