7.21.2021

Obesity

This is long and may not be accurate but is a damn good read.

A Chemical Hunger – Part I: Mysteries

"The first mystery is the obesity epidemic itself. It’s hard for a modern person to appreciate just how thin we all were for most of human history. A century ago, the average man in the US weighed around 155 lbs. Today, he weighs about 195 lbs. About 1% of the population was obese back then. Now it’s about 36%."


 

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