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The type of food we eat has a major impact on the prevalence of overweight individuals. The fast/easy food is the most calorie dense, most affordable, and least
by ssutch3 6y ago
The type of food we eat has a major impact on the prevalence of overweight individuals. The fast/easy food is the most calorie dense, most affordable, and least satiating compared to the food we used to eat 40+ years ago. Even adjusting for eating habits and lifestyle differences (sedentary people tend to get bored and snack) the food itself is just more efficient at delivering calories than it used to be and our population hasn't adjusted to this fact.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoGiven how desperately most people want to be thin and beautiful, if our standard answer of "calories in and calories burned" as our sum total understanding of how weight gain works were accurate, I imagine we wouldn't be seeing stats like "nearly three fourths of Americans are overweight."
- SlipperySlope 6y agoThe standard answer of calories in and calories burned is scientifically accurate. Processed foods created and delivered by grocery chains and by restaurants are the culprit. Ultimately, our appetites will be reprogrammed by the same genetic technology used for miracle cures. You will be able to have your cake and eat it too - but you will have no appetite for sugar.