Root cause of most obesity is an overabundance of food and lack of physical activity. That's a nasty combination that has produced a nation of fatties.
For the majority of human civilization, food was scarce and the average human engaged in an enormous amount of physical activity (compared to today).
This is how our bodies are wired and it will take many generations to adjust for it as our technological progress has greatly outpaced our evolutionary cycle.
“Root cause of most obesity is an overabundance of food and lack of physical activity.”
The simplistic view you share with Michelle Soetoro, and one that, for many, erroneously assigns cause and effect to an observed correlation — beware that fallacy.
Per the article, which I assume you didn’t bother to read, different people have different metabolisms. Think about it. During lean times folks programmed to get fat easily are likely to be those most genetically fit. During times of plenty, like what we had before Soetoro became pResident, folks programmed to stay lean are likely to be those most genetically fit.
The human population appears to have evolved with a diversity that ensures survival in good times and bad.
Your post is full of sense and wisdom.
“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.