Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192...
by amanaplanacanal on Thursday August 01, 2024 @06:18AM
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There was not widespread hunger in the US in 1970. This has nothing to do with the obesity epidemic in the US.
Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192...
by rbetts on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:04AM
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While cost of food (as a percentage of income) has declined significantly, hunger is a real issue in the US and shouldn't be downplayed.
Currently, in the US, there an estimated 40M people and 13M children at risk or experiencing hunger: https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=1077...
Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192...
by amanaplanacanal on Thursday August 01, 2024 @06:27PM
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Although true, it still has nothing to do with the obesity rate. My comment was about the idea that it was a lack of food availability that prevented obesity before about 1980.
We never had synthetic nitrogen fertilizers before. This is the first era where humanity does not have to experience widespread, frequent, deadly, hunger. This is also why there are eight billion people on the planet: we have enough calories to support that many. There were only 1.7 billion people when the Haber process was invented.