> Let’s be clear, I am not saying that obesity is good, or that it should be ignored. I am certainly not saying there are no issues within our food system. I am

> Let’s be clear, I am not saying that obesity is good, or that it should be ignored. I am certainly not saying there are no issues within our food system. I am just pointing out that BMI rose steadily for decades throughout the 20th century, and that rise was almost certainly because the food supply improved dramatically over that time, meaning that fewer people were going hungry. Although there is a strong argument that there has been a disproportionate increase in extremely high BMIs in more recent decades (a different issue entirely in my opinion), nothing special happened in 1978. I'd say that paragraph agrees with you on all points except that it doesn't specifically nail sugar as a culprit. No idea where the author stands on that though.