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by Mikeb85 2232 days ago
In most countries, most people. Problems with obesity and chronic health conditions are relatively recent in the history of mankind.
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Almost 80% of people in the US are overweight as of 2015, with 35% suffering from obesity and 5% from extreme obesity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States

Hence why I said most countries.
“People in another country who are less fat will be fine” might be technically true, but it’s less than helpful when you’re trying to decide what to do right here and right now.
It is interesting to consider what the death toll from exporting American food culture worldwide is. I think it would really help put the death toll from corona virus in perspective.