Re:Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity
by rgoulter on Sunday October 11, 2026 @09:16PM
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It's kinda a question of scope.
If your concern is about your own health as an individual? I want to lose weight now? I think it's useful to say "I have agency, I can lose weight". If you have the agency to lose weight, it makes sense you can take on the responsibility for having gained weight.
"Why did society in general get fatter?" is a different question. And if your main concern is "how can I lose fat?" it's not directly interesting.
From an epidemiological standpoint, something changed in the environment that caused obesity rates to start rising in the 70s and 80s. There are many theories as to exactly which environmental change is the cause. Figuring out what that change was would be a good thing.