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by HDThoreaun 163 days ago
Many people pre ww2 were perpetually hungry. Now they can afford as much food as they want
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Obesity rate more than tripled since the 80s (1980s), people had already access to more than enough food to become obese in 1980 USA, so this alone doesn't explain much
It went up sharply in all countries. What is the common factor, if it is not the cultural moral failure you are painting it to be?