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Obesity has increased uniformly across the US and much of the world. But in the US is fairly strongly, negatively correlated with income. And the obvious culpri
by joe_the_user 4y ago
Obesity has increased uniformly across the US and much of the world. But in the US is fairly strongly, negatively correlated with income. And the obvious culprit here is thus processed and cheap food. Now, exactly how that manifests is probably quite complex. I see everyone offering their pet theory and that tends to muddy the waters but the basic outline seems reasonably clear.
- JamesBarney 4y agohttps://www.prb.org/resources/for-women-in-the-u-s-obesity-links-to-socioeconomic-status-and-poor-diet/#:~:text=Whereas%2026.5%20percent%20of%20men,in%20the%20highest%20income%20group https://www.prb.org/resources/for-women-in-the-u-s-obesity-l.... That correlation with income is almost entirely driven by women. Rich men aren't much thinner than middle class or poor men. Rich women are just a lot thinner than middle class or poor women. This tells a different story than cheap processed food.
- joe_the_user 4y agoEven your link ends with "Cheap Food, Unhealthy Food" and doesn't claim a refutation. It's' plausible higher income men aren't as concerned about healthy food as higher income women.
- JamesBarney 4y agoThe claims I quoted were all facts. The article ends with a lot of interpretation of those facts that seem to be based on a lot of the authors priors and not at all based on good data.