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Originally Posted by modest
Nitack, and many people in this thread, seem to be missing the point.
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Both our diet and our daily activities have changed over the past couple hundred years and now over 70 percent of Americans are overweight. What exactly is the cause of this? What exactly is the cause of a Polynesia immigrant to a modern, urban community gaining an average of some 30 odd pounds?
Is there a scientifically supportable answer to this?
~modest
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My point does address the questions you are getting at. Our diet has changed (much more readily available calories) and our daily activities have changed (the vast majority of people are much more sedentary). Take your pick for causes from these two (in my opinion after reading of the research):
- We have increased the amount of Calories consumed daily, and not increased our daily activities (energy usage) to match
- We have decreased our daily activity level, and have not decreased our daily Calorie intake to match
Either answer is supported by the facts and would explain the epidemic. Both answers can be true at the same time, and are according to the current literature, and would create the perfect storm for an epidemic of obese proportions.
