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Why not simplify it even more, and add: 4. Be born with genetics that avoid this common issue Also, obesity used to be a status symbol, as a proxy for power,
by manwe150 5y ago
Why not simplify it even more, and add:
4. Be born with genetics that avoid this common issue
Also, obesity used to be a status symbol, as a proxy for power, in many cultures. It wasn’t impossible before 1910, just likely more difficult to attain. And it seems unlikely that people in 1910 and before ate particularly “healthy,” as we define the term in 2010, since the modern abilities to produce and distribute food weren’t yet available. So perhaps remove point 1, if we want to be historically accurate?
- chillwaves 5y ago> It wasn’t impossible before 1910, just likely more difficult to attain. Find that hard to believe. It's not like there were meaningful economic restrictions from eating enough calories to get fat prior to 1910. More likely, people were just more active and food was less addictive.