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If you think asking you to support your claims is "some kind of weird joke", it isn't. Are you basing your claim on evidence? Then link some. US cheese consump
by jodrellblank 4y ago
If you think asking you to support your claims is "some kind of weird joke", it isn't. Are you basing your claim on evidence? Then link some.
US cheese consumption has gone up from 20lbs per person-year in 1975 to almost 40lbs per person-year by 2020[1]. Total dairy consumption up to record high levels from below 550lbs per person-year to over 650lbs per person-year milkfat equivalent.
Compared to 1970, Americans average grain eating went from 400 Calories per day to nearly 600. Fats and oils went from ~330 Calories per day to almost 600. Sugars went up, fruit and fruit juices went up. Daily Calorie averages went from eating 2025/day to 2481/day between 1970 and 2010, while beef eating went down.[2]
At the same time "Over the last 50 years in the U.S. we estimate that daily occupation-related energy expenditure has decreased by more than 100 calories, and this reduction in energy expenditure accounts for a significant portion of the increase in mean U.S. body weights for women and men."[3]
At the same time, TV watching went from 4.5hrs/day in 1950 to nearly 8hrs/day in 2018[4].
"Eating more" and "moving less" is a much better explanation for "we wonder why we are fat" than your explanation. No magical
[1] https://www.idfa.org/news/american-dairy-consumption-reaches-all-time-high-cheese-butter-and-yogurt-continue-to-drive-growth-for-dairy-industry https://www.idfa.org/news/american-dairy-consumption-reaches...
[2] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/13/whats-on-your-table-how-americas-diet-has-changed-over-the-decades/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/13/whats-on-yo...
[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102055/
[4] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-did-tv-watching-peak/561464/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/when-...