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> People don’t suddenly have less self control. That's what we get after decades and decades of marketing targeting kids... large scale behaviour changes. Loo
by lm28469 4y ago
> People don’t suddenly have less self control.
That's what we get after decades and decades of marketing targeting kids... large scale behaviour changes.
Look at how tobacco was advertised, it was the same thing, now most of us know smoking is very detrimental to your health and addictive. I wonder when people will realise they're pulling the same shit for food
- Retric 4y agoAgain, most people who gained weight were adults. Someone who was 18 in 1975 is only 66 today. Young kids are more likely to be obese but it’s only 22.2% for 12 - 19 year olds vs 44.3% among adults aged 40 to 59.
- lm28469 4y agoKids burn much more calories than adults, once their metabolism starts slowing down they'll take the hit "only" is quite an understatement, having a quarter of your youth being physically disabled is quite alarming
- Retric 4y agoI agree ”only” isn’t the best descriptor. Still it’s clear it isn’t simply people eating a constant amount rather calorie consumption is significantly increasing with age. Weight gain doesn’t seem to be a metabolic issue, rather on average people eat just a little more and gain just a little more weight every single year and metrics like obesity and morbid obesity smooth over this underlying trend as even the morbidly obese still tend to gain weight.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y agoObesity started rising across all age groups at about the same time (ca. 1980).