[amanaplanacanal]

It's unclear what the exact cause of the obesity epidemic is. Ultra processed foods are one theory, but not the only one. The US has been down the path before of making public policy from unsettled science, and it led to probably worse food.

[djur]

Anecdotally, I can say that you absolutely can get quite fat on a diet of abundant "quality", minimally-processed food. It's just a little more expensive. I don't know how the food supply arguments about obesity can land anywhere other than "we should make calories more expensive" or "we should make it illegal to make food taste good", neither of which are remotely politically viable or morally justifiable.

[kjkjadksj]

I wonder how much the smoking habit of the greatest generation kept the obesity at bay?