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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by c54 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:20AM (#32672674)
Average amount of exercise has gone up and average amount of alcohol consumed has gone down. Those two factors alone cannot explain the steady rise in obesity starting in the 1980s in the US and other developed nations. This[0] analysis points to environmental contamination, specifically three candidates: animal antibiotics, PFAs, and lithium.

https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/07/a-chemical-hunger-p...

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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by Denvercoder9 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:25AM (#32673134)
> Average amount of exercise has gone up

Exercise is not the only thing that matters. If you eat twice as much, but exercise only 1.2x as much, you'll still get fat.

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