“Root cause of most obesity is an overabundance of food and lack of physical activity.”
I will be *so* glad when that cliche is finally debunked.
I spent 13 months on daily interferon and ribavirin, which—you may have heard—kills your appetite.
I put on weight.
When I was a kid we ate *more* and what we ate was less “healthy” than what you see today. Still, obesity was a rare thing. Childhood obesity is now popping up in China and Japan. I predict they will ultimately discover that too much food and too little exercise is the sole cause of about 5% of obesity.
You're confusing the term cliche with scientific fact. Obesity results from an imbalance between energy consumed in foods and energy burned by metabolic processes and physical activity.Same as it ever was. Same as it will always be.
When I was a kid we ate *more* and what we ate was less “healthy” than what you see today. Still, obesity was a rare thing.
Yeah, the sedentary lifestyle today is a killer. Michael Phelps consumes 12,000 calories a day when he's in training and his body fat is only about 5%. Kids today don't get enough exercise.
Childhood obesity is now popping up in China and Japan.
Yup. A predictable result when you combine a high energy diet with a sedentary lifestyle.
I predict they will ultimately discover that too much food and too little exercise is the sole cause of about 5% of obesity.
I hope you don't back your predictions with money.