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That’s mostly due to obesity, which is a consequence of the quantity and (flavor) quality of food getting better over time; a side effect of economic prosperity
by philwelch 3y ago
That’s mostly due to obesity, which is a consequence of the quantity and (flavor) quality of food getting better over time; a side effect of economic prosperity.
- r00fus 3y agos/economic prosperity/lack of regulation/ Palm oil is in everything in the US, in France there's a lot more lighter oils and butter.
- philwelch 3y agoThe obesity epidemic hasn’t spared France either: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_France https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_France
- actionfromafar 3y agoYou meant getting worse.
- philwelch 3y agoNo, I didn’t. Obesity is a side effect of having so much food that calories are cheap and plentiful. That’s why obesity rates are rising everywhere in the first world. It’s also something virtually unprecedented in human history.
- actionfromafar 3y agoAnd it won't last. Fossil fuels make up almost all fertilizer.
- Sterm 3y agoIf food is killing more people than it used to that's not an improvement in food.