The Real Cause of the Obesity Epidemic

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Gee! What could be the real cause of the obesity epidemic?

As it turns out, unhealthy foods are more affordable than healthy foods.
... so capitalism is the problem. I can't say I'm surprised.

$10 for few apples? wtf?


https://www.expatistan.com/price/apples/beirut/USD

However, it’s still cheaper to eat less and go hungry.

Where I work both the big bars and packs of chocolate and bird food are huge sellers (we sell practically everything and we're cheep). I keep thinking that these people would be a lot healthier if they eat the bird food. I think that would make a good experiment, 'can humans live on bird food' at least it would be an affordable diet, and a body would have to put a lot of effort into digesting all those seeds. I wonder what the fat balls taste like. I'm particularly tempted by the really big cheep bags of peanuts. I'd leave the mealworms, even though the birds love them. Just a thought.

Maybe I should do this diet on youtube

Consider the damage caused by bottle feeding infants.

^ Not every woman can nurse.

And I was bottle-fed, and I am not obese.

I was breast-fed for a really long time, and I am obese, so …

Sugar...

the biggest weight gain factor, is chronically unrelieved stress over years. cortisol causes fat deposition in the viscera resulting in the apple-shaped pre-diabetic metabolic syndrome shape.

And walking.

I lived in Yurp for several years - hiked all over, took trains and hiked some more, and saw lots of other people hiking and just walking everywhere. Didn't notice much obesity. Every time I came home to the US on visits, my compatriots looked fatter and sadder. And people drive everywhere, here.

Walking is one of the best stress-busters there is. Costs nothing . If you live someplace where you can do it safely, or at all .

most days can find me walking up and down the hills here.

My neighborhood's very walkable too. Makes such a difference!

yeh, the hills made my legs tough.

BS. Getting rid of capitalism won't magically make quality cost less. In addition, while cheap food might be less healthy, you shouldn't be getting obese off it unless you're overeating.