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Originally Posted by Fotzlid
I think the obesity epidemic is more related to the food supply than actual over-eating and lack of self control.
Go through your food cabinet and look at the ingredients. How many chemicals are in all those boxes and cans? How far do you have to drive to get a healthy meal vs a double cheeseburger with a supersized fries? How many different hormones are the cattle and chickens injected with to make them plumper with a bigger yield of meat?
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It's very much to do with overeating - average caloric consumption has gone up considerably in the west in the last 50 years while the physical demands of our jobs have gone down. Simple as.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications.../frsept99a.pdf
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