For the record, I am not one of the people downvoting you. To address your question, this is not a U.S. problem. This is a modern dietary problem. Some coun

For the record, I am not one of the people downvoting you. To address your question, this is not a U.S. problem. This is a modern dietary problem. Some countries are just late to the game and the stats have to play catch-up. People are eating a lot of sugar, processes foods, alcohol, excessive carbohydrates, basically sugar sugar and more sugar. This spikes insulin and eventually the cells in the body become resistant to the hormone. It take a while for this to reach the stages of metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes or diabetes. Because of the time it takes, people do not associate the bad behavior with the bad outcome. Most are either unaware or in denial. [1] The report is from 2017, but this problem is only getting worse and it is not limited to the U.S. It is also not limited to people that are overweight. When people have any of the previously mentioned conditions, the liver becomes fatty. Eventually the liver starts putting fat into other parts of the body. Sometimes it is super obvious large belly but sometimes the fat is stored around the internal organs. This is actually very dangerous, not because of weight, but because of the increased risk in cancer. Working out is a great thing to do, but it will never account for more than about 15% of weight loss. The rest is related to environment and dietary intake, or lack thereof. So many are in denial or unaware that even talking about this in a public forum quickly becomes taboo and results in emotional responses. [1] - https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-repor...