The Decline of ‘Big Soda’

Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by kuschku on Saturday October 03, 2015 @05:19PM (#10325430)

The largest difference is movement. Which helps keep down obesity in many other nations: If you walk everywhere, or bike, or use transit for 90% of what you do, you will burn a lot more calories (especially grocery shopping and carrying them home via the metro).

Compared to driving everywhere, sitting at work, etc...

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Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by sundsta on Saturday October 03, 2015 @06:01PM (#10325550)

The study he's referencing took into account exercise as well: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871403X15...

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Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by kuschku on Saturday October 03, 2015 @09:27PM (#10326027)

That study is indeed interesting. I just skimmed through it and read the abstract, definitely interesting.

The question now is, what is it? Could it be that the difference in food – not just caloric value of intake – has an influence? Did people start eating more prepackaged foods? If yes, what specifically influenced it? Why did it not influence Europe nearly as much?

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Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by bsder on Sunday October 04, 2015 @07:33AM (#10327250)

Thanks for hunting the link.

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