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This is a very bad news. According to one obesity expert I follow, the best variable that explains growth in obesity epidemic is processed food consumption. Ev
by qnsi 5y ago
This is a very bad news. According to one obesity expert I follow, the best variable that explains growth in obesity epidemic is processed food consumption.
Everyone that struggles with weight can tell you, this foods are just to addictive.
For a good overview of how food industry makes it more addictive read a book Hooked by Michael Moss
- wonnage 5y agoAlso a person's relationship to food gets set in childhood, it's hard to grow up on processed food and change in adulthood.
- balfirevic 5y ago> Also a person's relationship to food gets set in childhood How do you know?
- meiraleal 5y agoIt does get set just because of the linearity of time, there is nothing preventing it to change in adulthood as you learn and proper understand about your body and nutrition.
- Clubber 5y agoNot only is it addictive with the added sugars, it's hard to find food that doesn't have some form of sugar in it outside the fresh fruit/vegetable/meat section.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoIf you start paying attention to frozen foods, the salt content is absurd. I grew up on the stuff and had no idea. Even our processed foods are different than the alternatives manufactured by the same company in a different country. I've discovered that even some canned foods have significantly more sugar by volume than the identical item in a European market.