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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by magashna on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @01:36PM (#20749638)
It's hard to notice when you've grown up here, but any Euro who visits the US will tell you how sweet our milk, bread, and other basics are. You can think you're eating healthy and still be having lots of sugars in your diet.
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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by lazypenguin on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:23PM (#20750227)
Yeah but just walk around Hamburg or London and you'll see equally as many overweight people. Hell, if you look carefully in a lot of developing countries you'll see more overweight people than you expect. I'd suspect it's slowly becoming a global phenomenon.
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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by nitrogen on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:22PM (#20750219)
I am from the US, and I often wish I could find half-sweet (or less) versions of things, even things I only eat rarely as a treat.
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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by xur17 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:09PM (#20750779)
Maybe they should replace all of the "low fat" items with "low sugar" (and just reduce the sugar rather than replacing it with artificial sugar).
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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by nitrogen on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @12:27PM (#20758796)
and just reduce the sugar rather than replacing it with artificial sugar

That's the key. I have a low-sugar protein powder but rarely use it because it's too sickly sweet with sucralose and I have to bury it in a ton of other ingredients.

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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by jobigoud on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:44PM (#20751155)
I was surprised to learn than 50% of Europeans are also overweight (vs 75% or so in the US). It doesn't feel that way. It's crazy.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

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Re:Rising rural BMI is the main driver of the global obesity... by Apocryphon on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:38PM (#20750425)
Anecdotally, Asian pastries, even local versions of western desserts, taste less sweet and rich for whatever reason.
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