Why are people so fat compared to the past?

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Gwendoline · Accepted Answer

It's certainly not in our genes, its greed. People today eat far far too much and of all the wrong foods too washed down with a big bucket of sugar. This begins in childhood. Certainly everyone enjoys a pizza, fry, curry, KFC, McDonald's and so on the odd time but to east fast food everyday in portions like a 14 inch pizza by yourself or a family sized bucket of KFC by yourself or 3 or 4 double quarter pounders from McDonald's by yourself with a whole litre of cola well you are going to become tubby, then fat then obese followed by super obese. I saq this growing up in Britain but more so now in America.

Why are people fat today? Because they eat what 3 or 4 times what they should living sedentary lives. They talk about carbon footprints and climate change bit nobody seems willing to address the affect of obesity on climate change.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

The chemicals in modern food lead to metabolic resistance that makes it hard to reverse weight gain which adds up to obesity within 6 years. In the past, people would become obese from family tragedy or pregnancy, and they would lose all the weight gain in 5 months because nutritious food does not lead to weight change resistance. Now even university cafeterias or job offices have foods that fatten people and shorten their lives. The other thing is vitamin deficiencies can block weight loss like B1 or B7 or B6 or B2.

NaultD · Accepted Answer

Sugar is everywhere today compared to a luxury good in the past. Even hundred years of selective breeding of our fruits have way more Sugar where zoo animals are getting fat off of human agriculture.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Accepted Answer

It's in one's genes, my late mom was overweight after she gave birth to us kids and when she was pregnant with me and my sister. But she never watched our diets, I did lose over a hundred pounds, I went from 372lbs down to 254lbs. I want to lose more weight.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

In the United States: No food purity laws (HFCS in drinks, hormones in meat...). Generally: Postindustrial societies with more and more people sitting at desks.

BadApple69 · Answer

Processed foods.  It’s all packed with salt, sugar and oils…. People don’t take the time to get fresh veggies and cook anymore.

Pete671 · Answer

Too many calories, not enough exercise,,, Caused by our decisions to not embrace exercise and/or eat too many calories,,,

Dargil · Answer

Fast food laced with fat and carbs, supersizing.

bolverk · Answer

Easier access to high calorie foods and a more sedentary life style/

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Ultra processed foods and the advent of modern, convenient transportation.

CVNT5 · Answer

Trans-fat and  McDonalds. Sugar, Salt and Fats are now more acessible than ever and companies put it into foods to make it tastebetter

Dammittu · Answer

Its a no brainer more and more shit food is readily available and technology is making people lazier

Anonymous · Answer

Automation in the workplace and general laziness compounded by fake food to sustain such vast overpopulation

Anonymous · Answer

Higher calorie diet. More highly processed foods. And an increased sedentary lifestyle.

Abbycado · Answer

Bad health habits. Laziness.

exitseven · Answer

Too much junk food, not enough exercise

jshm2 · Answer

Because they eat more crap, and less food.

Alex-Snow · Answer

Too much processed food and not enough exercise

jahaims · Answer

Easier living and worse diets

noohair · Answer

Food companies making poison.

Twalli · Answer

Processed foods, and no food shortages

Why are people so fat compared to the past?

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It's in one's genes, my late mom was overweight after she gave birth to us kids and when she was pregnant with me and my sister. But she never watched our diets, I did lose over a hundred pounds, I went from 372lbs down to 254lbs. I want to lose more weight.

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Why are people so fat compared to the past?

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It's in one's genes, my late mom was overweight after she gave birth to us kids and when she was pregnant with me and my sister. But she never watched our diets, I did lose over a hundred pounds, I went from 372lbs down to 254lbs. I want to lose more weight.

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