Good post!
Good post!
...at least to the extend we're led to believe.
According to worldhunger.org "In 2016, 12.3% of U.S. households (15.6 million households) were food insecure" and "4.9% of U.S. households (6.1 million households) had very low food security."
So, around 17% of people are not getting enough food.
According to NHANES, more than 2 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Approximately 1 in 3 are overweight and 1 and 3 are obese.
So, more than 66% (of adults) are overweight or obese.
Another way to phrase this is "More than 66% of adults are consuming too many calories."
My question is: How can these two concepts coexist? How can people be supposedly not having enough to eat while simultaneously being overweight/obese?
The point is: language matters. America does not have a hunger problem, America has a satiety problem.
Processed foods leave us feeling fuller for shorter amount of times compared to unprocessed foods. Fiber plays the major role in this. 2,500 calories of plant-based (and thus fiber-rich) foods will leave one feeling fuller long than 2,5000 calories of processed food.
In terms of weight management, our bodies do not care which type of calories we eat. When there is a surplus, we gain weight. When there is a deficit, we lose weight.
Americans need to create a caloric deficit. This is easiest with the proper foods. Americans are not hungry in the sense there's not enough to eat, they're hungry in the sense of not feeling full.
...at least to the extend we're led to believe.
According to worldhunger.org "In 2016, 12.3% of U.S. households (15.6 million households) were food insecure" and "4.9% of U.S. households (6.1 million households) had very low food security."
So, around 17% of people are not getting enough food.
According to NHANES, more than 2 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Approximately 1 in 3 are overweight and 1 and 3 are obese.
So, more than 66% (of adults) are overweight or obese.
Another way to phrase this is "More than 66% of adults are consuming too many calories."
My question is: How can these two concepts coexist? How can people be supposedly not having enough to eat while simultaneously being overweight/obese?
The point is: language matters. America *does not* have a hunger problem, America has a satiety problem.
Processed foods leave us feeling fuller for shorter amount of times compared to unprocessed foods. Fiber plays the major role in this. 2,500 calories of plant-based (and thus fiber-rich) foods will leave one feeling fuller long than 2,5000 calories of processed food.
In terms of weight management, our bodies do not care which type of calories we eat. When there is a surplus, we gain weight. When there is a deficit, we lose weight.
Americans need to create a caloric deficit. This is easiest with the proper foods. Americans are not hungry in the sense there's not enough to eat, they're hungry in the sense of not feeling full.
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