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Re:A Contamination Theory of the Obesity Epidemic by chillpenguin on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:25PM (#27936293)
I'm pretty sure we are eating more calories than our grandparents did, too. Portion sizes for common things are much larger now. You can look at muffin sizes for example and how the average muffin is physically larger today. Same with burgers, soft-drink cup sizes, etc.

But yeah I agree with everything you said as well regarding lack of physical exercise.

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Re:A Contamination Theory of the Obesity Epidemic by krona on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:02PM (#27936629)
> I'm pretty sure we are eating more calories than our grandparents did, too

It varies from country to country. In the UK for instance, calories per household decreased 15-30% from 1980 to 2009 (https://ifs.org.uk/bns/bn142.pdf). The trend has continued since.

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