Most doctors and nutritionists say that the increased incidence of overweight and obesity has a simple explanation — we eat too much and exercise too little.
But, as a UK article recently pointed out,
“The current wave of obesity in the US began in about 1980. Back then, only about 5 percent of the population was obese. Now, the figure is six times greater. But the Western diet hasn’t become noticeably more calorific in the past 26 years. Nor do people exercise markedly less or drive more.”
The article asks the question “could something else be contributing to the epidemic?”
I can tell you the answer has to be YES. There’s just too much evidence that our dietary habits and physical activity levels haven’t changed enough to explain the population’s increase in weight.
Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of Finally, the Straight Scoop About Weight, Nutrition, and Fitness
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