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Agreed, I was debating whether or not this was relevant to mention. What I could have added was a caveat that sample non-obese people from each time would indi
by bradarner 2y ago
Agreed, I was debating whether or not this was relevant to mention.
What I could have added was a caveat that sample non-obese people from each time would indicate that 2024 people have greater average muscle mass.
Personally, a more interesting question is whether growth along the Kardashev scale leads to a greater disparity in muscle mass vs body fat. The past 100 years would seem to indicate that it is possible. That being said, it could also be a uniquely American phenomenon. My hypothesis would be that avg muscle mass among French men has still grown over the past 100 years but I don't think obesity has grown to the extreme that it has in the USA.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoI'm not gonna go try to find the numbers right now, but the Anglo speaking world is just ahead of the others. They are all trending the same way.
- ido 2y agoWhile the US is extrem, the “obesity epidemic” affects pretty much all countries as they become richer. I wonder if recent developments in obesity drugs like ozempic will have a significant impact there in the coming decades.
- loeg 2y agoThese obesity drugs are already having a huge effect -- obesity is down in the US for the first time in a long time (2023). https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2827712 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...