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And many were smokers.

• ginko 5y ago
  Ooh, that's an interesting correlation. The number of smokers dropped a lot since the 80s, essentially right when the obesity epidemic started: https://ourworldindata.org/smoking#the-rise-and-fall-of-smoking-in-today-s-rich-countries https://ourworldindata.org/smoking#the-rise-and-fall-of-smok... Nicotine is known to suppress hunger
  • giantg2 5y ago
    It's also possible that nicotine triggers epigenetic changes that affect the metabolisms of future generations.