[zalo]

While they might be linked, I find it difficult to believe modern males have lower testosterone than pre-80’s females (which I’d expect if simply “Low-T” was causing the current surge in obesity in both genders).

It’s possible the threshold (where Testosterone is converted to Estrogen) is lowering, and both fat deposition and other things are all downstream effects of phthalates.

However it’s just as likely that this is due to antibiotic-contamination in food changing our gut flora, or Pesticides/Lithium/PFAS/High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup/EM-Radiation/Elevation are messing with our homeostatic equilibrium in other ways…

It would be interesting to find a study that controlled for each of these factors to find the strongest correlates.