Uriah

There was a lot of media coverage on the 2020 finding that average body temperature has declined 1.2 degrees F since 1880, probably due to lower inflammation. Somehow though, no one asked the obvious question: wouldn't a higher metabolic rate help keep 19th century people thin?

That is to say, most of the drop in body temperature occurred just as the obesity epidemic began to take off in the 1980's. This also coincided with a large and mysterious decline in blood pressure, even as people grew fatter