Is it a reaction to processed food or something like that?
Or is it just people doing fuck all exercise and eating shit all day?
I'm going option b.
It's both. Other than sweet potatoes, sugar and carbs weren't part of their diet before European contact. In addition to that, they didn't have to work very many hours to satisfy their daily needs. Hour or two fishing, while someone else gathers roots and berries and after that you could sit on your ass and sharpen your spear. Like niggers, they aren't able to acclimate to western society, and western society is actually bad for them.
It is somewhat cultural. Men are expected to be "large" and their family members will taunt and make fun of them if they are skinny and small.
Both. Polynesians literally have the highest obesity rates on the planet. Like the Native Americans, they weren’t built to digest basically anything in even the pre-Industrial Revolution European diet. Milk and grain are problems for them, as is sugar.
Plus, think about the average welfare recipient diet. Nothing but processed wheat, fat, and sugar, with a big side of preservatives.
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