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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by klodolph on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:07PM (#20461648)
On average, people in the US have a high-protein diet relative to the rest of the world.

There is a lot of evidence that periods of food scarcity in childhood have a profound impact on our body chemistry and the way our body feels hungry or metabolizes food.

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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by grenoire on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:13PM (#20461734)
> On average, people in the US have a high-protein diet relative to the rest of the world.

A problem with this statement is that you're assuming the average is applicable in a uniformly distributed manner. People who are obese (or morbidly obese) and in the lower income quartile could consume little to no protein, and still you could have a higher protein content in Americans' diets. On average.

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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by klodolph on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:21PM (#20461851)
Assuming the opposite doesn't get us any closer to finding the truth.
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