I grew up in a small farming town, and I don't remember any of my school mates or neighbors being fat. I think TV and processed foods and now the internet and video games are a big blame. While I was growing up we stayed outside and played a sport until it was too dark to see, then went home for dinner. Now most youngster sit in a classroom all day, then go home and play video games most of the night. Makes me sad to see pre-teens and teens so fat and not enjoying physical activities. My dad used to tell me "if all you do is sit around, after awhile that's all you can do".
I used this name on voat, a couple of years ago a ladder collapsed under me when I was on the roof and I fractured my hip. Got 3 bolts in it now, it's not 100% but I can walk without a limp, now.
It's mostly the addition of sugar to everything. Sugar is highly addictive, causes you to overeat and be unable to properly regulate hunger, and you constantly crave more and more of it.
It's also super high in calories.
Before they changed the "food pyramid" to the shitty "6-12 SERVINGS of fucking BREAD, goy", the average American ate more fats and protein, fewer carbs and sugar etc.
This directly contributes to how fat people are. It's hard to find shit that doesn't have tons of sugar added to it, and people eat WAY too much bread (which converts to sugar anyway).
"if all you do is sit around, after awhile that's all you can do".
Yeah it's true.
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