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> It’s just maladapted to our food environment where there is high calorie, highly rewarding, cheap food available to us at all times. I visited China and they
by matthewdgreen 4y ago
> It’s just maladapted to our food environment where there is high calorie, highly rewarding, cheap food available to us at all times.
I visited China and they seemed to have plenty of access to high-calorie, highly-rewarding food. What's special about the temptations of our food system?
- philipkglass 4y agoIt's possible that as China transitions to a post-food-scarcity environment like the West it will see high obesity like in the West: "The unparalleled rise of obesity in China: a call to action" International Journal of Obesity volume 45, pages 921–922 (2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00774-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00774-w